Fall 2024 Season

Each semester, ARC curates and presents a season of events, under a unifying theme, and in coordination with our many partners on campus.

The theme for 2024/25 is Duration.


Fall 2024 Events

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Sherwin Bitsui: Lunch Poems Reading & Craft Talk

September 5, 2024 at 12pm | Morrison Library

Co-presented by UC Berkeley's Arts Research Center and the Lunch Poems Series, and supported by the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities, Dean's Office of the College of Letters & Sciences, the English Department, Dr. and Mrs. Tom Colby, Berkeley Library, Morrison Library Fund, CODEX Foundation Logan Book Arts Center, and Poets & Writers, Inc.

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Trevor Paglen: You've Just Been F$%^#d By PSYOPs

September 10, 2024 at 4pm | David Brower Center

Presented by Berkeley Center for New Media, co-sponsored by Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute and the Arts Research Center

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Holloway Poetry Series: Robyn Schiff

September 19, 2024 at 5:30pm | Maude Fife Room

Presented by the English Department, funded through an Endowment made by Roberta C. Holloway in 1981, co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center

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Muscogee (Creek) Tribal Town Futurity: Decolonial Imagining of Land Back with Laura Harjo

September 30, 2024 at 5pm | Zoom

Moderated by Indigenous Poetics Fellow Jesús Nazario; Presented by the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) as part of BCNM's Indigenous Technologies program, co-sponsored by the Native American Studies program, the Arts Research Center, and the Department of City & Regional Planning

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Artist & Scholar Talk: Lina Meruane

October 7, 2024 at 5pm | Arts Research Center

Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies in collaboration with the Arts Research Center, and part of the New Vocabularies, New Grammars: Imagining Other Worlds Series

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Holloway Poetry Series: Monica Youn

October 9, 2024 at 5:30pm | Maude Fife Room

Presented by the English Department, funded through an Endowment made by Roberta C. Holloway in 1981, co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center

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The Loft Hour: Tehmina Khan + Fae Myenne Ng

October 10, 2024 at 12pm | Arts Research Center

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

Internet Tour by Alex Saum-Pascual + Mario Santamaría

October 14, 2024 at 1pm | Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Presented with the Arts Research Center and returning to the Bay Area as part of the Berkeley Center for New Media's 20th year anniversary. Co-sponsored by the Dept of Spanish and Portuguese

Indigenous Poetics Lab: Wander & Wonder Writing Workshop with Måsi Santos

Oct 18, 2024 at 10am  | Meet at Hearst Field Annex D23 - REGISTER TODAY! Limit 10 people

This workshop is presented by the Arts Research Center through it's Indigenous Poetics Lab, and is supported by the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities

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Lee Mingwei: "5 Stories"

October 24, 2024 at 5pm | Geballe Room

Presented by the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center

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Artist-in-Residence: Amanda Strong

WITH VISITING ARTIST BRACKEN HANUSE CORLETT

Oct 30 at 7pm - Film Screening Retrospective & Talkback | BAMPFA
Nov 1 at 4pm - Artist Talk: Amanda Strong & Bracken Hanuse Corlett | BAMPFA

Presented by ARC in collaboration with the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, with support from the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities, and co-sponsored by the BCNM, the Depts of Art Practice, Film & Media, and Ethnic Studies, the Native American Studies Program, and the Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues

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Holloway Poetry Series: Douglas Kearney

November 13, 2024 at 5:30pm | Maude Fife Room

Presented by the English Department, funded through an Endowment made by Roberta C. Holloway in 1981, co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center

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The Loft Hour: Asma Kazmi + SanSan Kwan

November 14. 2024 at 12pm | Arts Research Center

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

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Lisa Blackmore: How to Eat a River

November 14, 2024 at 5pm | Arts Research Center

Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies with the Arts Research Center

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In the Future, Our Community will be Safe - A Conversation about Art, Abolition and Anti-Asian Violence with Twin Walls Mural Co.

November 14, 2024 at 4pm | 691 Social Sciences Building

Elaine Chu and Marina Perez- Wong are the dynamic duo behind the mural arts collaboration Twin Walls Mural Company (TWMC). Presented by Center for Race and Gender and co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center

Indigenous Poetics Lab: Zine Making Workshop with Sierra Edd

November 15, 2024 at 10am | Arts Research Center

This workshop is presented by the Arts Research Center through it's Indigenous Poetics Lab, and is supported by the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities

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The Khipu Model: An Indigenous Knowledge-Based Research Framework

November 25, 2024 | Online

Presented as part of Berkeley Center for New Media's Indigenous Technologies program, co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center

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Day With(Out) Art: Red Reminds Me...

December 1, 2024 - All Day | Online

For the 7th year, on World AIDS Day the Arts Research Center is proud to partner with NY Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2024 featuring Red Reminds Me…, a program of seven videos reflecting the emotional spectrum of living with HIV today featuring work by Gian Cruz (Philippines), Milko Delgado (Panama), Imani Harrington (USA), David Oscar Harvey (USA), Mariana Iacono & Juan De La Mar (Argentina/Colombia), Nixie (Belgium), and Vasilios Papapitsios (USA).

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Holloway Poetry Series: Daniel Borzutzky

December 5, 2024 at 5:30pm| Maude Fife Room

Presented by the English Department, funded through an Endowment made by Roberta C. Holloway in 1981, co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center