Fall 2023 Events

Two dancers lay a top each other

Ceinwen Gobert and Ivanie Aubin-Malo in open rehearsals for “Ewako ôma askiy. This then is the earth.” choreographed by Tanya Lukin Linklater at BAMPFA. Image by Laurie Macfee

Fall 2023 Events

Maziar Maghsoodnia Memorial Fund 2023 Reading Featuring Solmaz Sharif

September 13, 2023 at 4pm | David Brower Center

Sponsored by the Maziar Maghsoodnia Poetry Fund, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Culture, Dean’s Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, & the Arts Research Center

Writing Workshop featuring Maōri Poet Robert Sullivan

September 20, 2023 at 1pm | Online

Sponsored by ARC's Indigenous Poetics Lab

All Arts Welcome - Reception & Open House

September 21, 2023 at 4pm | ARC, Hearst Field Annex D23

Sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the Dean’s Office of the Division of Arts and Humanities

Latinx Poetry Now: Reading with J. Michael Martinez + aracelis girmay

in conversation with John Alba Cutler

September 28, 2023 at 11am | Maude Fife Rm 315, Wheeler Hall

Presented by the Arts Research Center and co-sponsored by Engaging the Senses Foundation, the English Department, and the Center for Latin American Studies

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dg nanouk okpik: Lunch Poems Reading + Craft Talk, "Eskimo In The City: Reading and Writing for Life"

October 05, 2023 at 12pm and 4pm | Morrison Library & ARC

Presented by the Arts Research Center with the English Dept Lunch Poems Series and co-sponsored by Engaging the Senses Foundation, Berkeley Libraries...MORE

Internet Tour: Invisible Infrastructures & AI Hallucinations

An in-person journey through the physical Internet infrastructure––a tourist route of non-touristic places, with artist Mario Santamaría.

October 12, 2023 at 9am | Bus & Walking Tour 

Sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media with the Arts Research Center, Insitut Ramon Llull, and the Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study

The Loft Hour: Zamansele Nsele (History of Art) + Nicole Starosielski (TDPS)

In conversation with Roshanak Kheshti

Oct 19, 2023 at 12pm | ARC, Hearst Field Annex D23

Sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the Deans Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities

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Tanya Lukin Linklater: Ewako ôma askiy. This then is the earth.

Fall 2023 Visiting Artist/Choreographer in Residence

November 1 – 4, 2023 | Open Dance Rehearsals at BAMPFA

Presented by the Arts Research Center in collaboration with the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, and co-sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Department of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies, Native American Student Development, the Department of Canadian Studies, the Department of Ethnic Studies, and the Native American Studies Program

Claudia Rankine + Pamela Sneed: A Conversation on Commemoration

In conversation with Simon(e) van Saarloos

Nov 8, 2023 at 6pm | Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall 

Sponsored by the Rhetoric Department, Arts Research Center, Black Studies Collaboratory, Department of English, the Holloway Poetry Series, Othering & Belonging Institute, & Townsend Center

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What Gets Amplified: Raven Chacon with Berkeley New Media Center

Nov 13, 2023 at 5pm | ARC, Hearst Field Annex D23

An Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium lecture, presented as part of BCNM’s Indigenous Technologies initiative. Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center, the Department of Music, the Department of Ethnic Studies, and the Department of Art Practice

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The Loft Hour: Marié Abe (Music) + Luanne Redeye (Art Practice)

In conversation with Angela Marino

November 19, 2023 | ARC, Hearst Field Annex D23

Sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the Deans Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities

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A Day With(Out) Art: Everyone I Know Is Sick

Commisioned video program featuring artists Dorothy Cheung (Hong Kong), Hiura Fernandes & Lili Nascimento (Brazil), Beau Gomez (Canada/Philippines) Dolissa Medina & Ananias P. Soria (USA), and Kurt Weston (USA)

December 1st, 2023 | ONLINE

Sponsored by Arts Research Center in partnership with Visual AIDS NY

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Echoes from the Borderlands, Artist Valeria Luiselli - with BCNM

Nov 30, 2023 at 5pm | Maude Fife Room, Wheeler Hall

A BCNM Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium special event, presented with the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Arts Research Center, the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS), and co-sponsored by the Latinx Research Center, the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry (CICI) and the American Cultures Center