Lily Gee (she/her) is a hapa movement artist and arts administrator from Berkeley, CA. Lily has worked in arts adminstration since 2020 and became ARC's Program & Communications Coordinator in January 2024. Her work focuses on producing events, social media management, and creating spaces for art to grow. As a choreographer, Lily seeks to humanize both the dancers and audience. She has produced original dance works with ODC Pilot 74, Battery Dance Festival, SAFEHouse RAW, Kearny Street’s APAture Festival, Shawl Anderson's Youth Ensemble, and most...
Aisha Kazi (she/her) is a student at UC Berkeley, double majoring in Media Studies with a concentration in Digital Studies and English Literature. Alongside her studies, she is pursuing the Berkeley Certificate In Design Innovation at UC Berkeley, and has a strong interest in design especially as it pertains to the "Human First" approach. Her work focuses on digital media, education, through her work at CreaTV San Jose, Learning Unlimited, and Splash at Berkeley. She is passionate about anything design, storytelling, and cultivating a space for people to be creative in their respective...
Laurie Macfee (she/her) is a poet, artist, art administrator, and educator. She joined the Arts Research Center in 2018 and was named Associate Director in 2021; she manages all programs, finances, and day-to-day operations of ARC in concert with the Center's appointed faculty director. Macfee has over 15 years of arts administration experience including: Writing Program Manager as well as Grants Manager at the Vermont Studio Center; Curator of Education and Museum School Director at the Nevada Museum of Art; Director the Contemporary Art Gallery at University of...
ARC Director, 2020 ARC Fellow – Poetry and the Senses
Beth Piatote is a creative writer, playwright, and scholar. She is the author of two books, including the mixed-genre collection, The Beadworkers: Stories (Counterpoint 2019), which was long-listed for the Aspen Words Literary Prize and the PEN/Bingham Prize, and short-listed for the California Independent Booksellers Association “Golden Poppy” Prize for Fiction. The Beadworkers was named the winner of the 2020 Electa Quinney Award for Published Stories. Her full-length play...
Eva Whitney was the Arts Research Center's Communications Assistant from Jan 2023 through August 2024. It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Eva passed away in December 2024. We are heartbroken at the loss of such a generous, vibrant, kind and brilliant light.
Eva was a graduate from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in comparative literature. Born and raised in San Francisco, she attended Ruth Asawa School of the Arts for creative writing and has been immersed in the city’s art scene her entire life. She has led poetry...
