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Read more about Layli Long Soldier's work at the Poetry Foundation here

Read more about Solmaz Sharif's work at the Poetry Foundation here

Lyric Empathy: Conversations with the Nonhuman 
featuring Tess Taylor with Christopher Schell

Thursday, March 19, 2026

10am – 12pm

ARC| Hearst Field Annex D23 (map)

This workshop is interdisciplinary and designed for students in ESPM and Comparative Literature.

WORKSHOP FULL!

Two-Day Letterpress Workshop

Sat February 28th & Sun March 1st, 2026
10am to 4pm each day
Location: The Codex Foundation, 1331 Seventh Street, Unit D, Berkeley, CA

Open to Berkeley undergraduate & graduate students
Limited enrollment, capped at 8 students
Spots given on a first-come, first-served basis
Cost to participants underwritten by the Arts Research Center

The Loft Hour: Chris Batterman Cháirez (Music)
+ Cathy Lu (Art Practice)

in conversation with Alex Saum-Pascual (Spanish Literature & New Media)

Thursday, Feb 12, 2026
12 – 1pm
Hearst Field Annex D23

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

Love Poems: Writing Workshop
with Margaret Ross 

Friday, Feb 6, 2026
1pm – 3pm
Hearst Field Annex D23 (map)

UC Berkeley is lucky to have poet Margaret Ross in residence as the Holloway Lecturer in Poetry for the spring 2026 semester. She will be leading a two-hour poetry workshop at the Arts Research Center on Feb 6, 2026, free & open to Berkeley students. Application is first-come, first-served. 

The November installment of The Loft Hour transformed the Arts Reseach Center into a shared space of sound, movement, and collective breath as Xandra Ibarra (Art Practice) and Matthew Evan Taylor (Music) joined Anne Walsh (Art Practice) for a powerful hour of performance and conversation hosted by the Arts Research Center.

The Loft Hour: Xandra Ibarra (Art Practice)+ Matthew Evan Taylor (Music)

in conversation with Anne Walsh (Art Practice)

Thursday, Nov 13, 2025
12 – 1pm
Hearst Field Annex D23

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

At the Arts Research Center on October 29, Pushcart Prize, winning essayist Christina Rivera brought the ocean to Berkeley. Reading from her debut collection My Oceans: Essays of Water, Whales, and Women, Rivera invited the audience to submerge into her world of vulnerability, ecological  kinship, and the fluid shapes of motherhood.

Read more about Isabel Allende's work on her website, here.

Read more about Christina Rivera's work here.

A livestreamed recording of the event will be available soon here.

Poets Jennifer Reimer and Aimee Suzara joined the Arts Research Center on October 16 for Poetry & the Mythic Imagination, an evening of readings and conversation moderated by Erika Higbee, Ph.D. student in English and Mellon-Chancellor Fellow at UC Berkeley. 

Poetry & the Mythic Imagination:
Jennifer Reimer & Aimee Suzara
Poetry Reading and Conversation

Moderated by Erika Higbee

Thursday, October 16, 2025

6:00pm

Location: Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23

Free & open to the public

The Loft Hour: Karina Gutiérrez (TDPS) + Mu-Xuan Lin 林慕萱 (Music)

in conversation with Iggy Cortez (Film & Media)

Thursday, October 9, 2025
12 – 1pm
Hearst Field Annex D23

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

The door was propped open, and a small ensemble could be faintly heard from the hallway: laughter, conversation, and the sound of music spilling out into the evening. Peeking in, the room was full of life: faculty, students, alumni, and guests gathered together, conversations flowing as old friends reconnected and new ones met for the first time. This was the Arts Research Center’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, a moment to honor not only a milestone year, but a quarter century of thinking through the arts.

In Loving Memory of

Eva Whitney

Caring for Our Ancestors:
Weaving ~ Listening ~ Writing

Co-organized by Dr. Tanya Lukin Linklater & Dr. Beth Piatote

April 28 - May 2, 2025
Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23 (map)