Activism

Keeping San Francisco Alive: A Frank Conversation

June 12, 2015
Keeping San Francisco Alive: A Frank Conversation June 12, 2015

The second of three “Friday Nights” celebrating the work of Janet Delaney, this evening offers a historical and contemporary perspective on the role of the arts in urban planning and public policy in San Francisco. Discussions across the museum will explore exemplary case studies, pivotal policy decisions, creative compromises, and new alternatives that affect the changing cultural life of the city.

Cross Sector Conference

Open Engagement Pre-conference | CROSS-SECTOR Thursday, April 28, 2016, 10am to 6pm Friday, April 29, 2016, 10am to 1:30pm The Magnes Collection, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
Accessible from the Downtown Berkeley BART station CROSS-SECTOR pre-conference will be free and open to the public. Kindly REGISTER here for the plenary talks, break-out sessions, and closing lecture so we can track attendance.

Day With(Out) Art: Everyone I Know is Sick

December 1, 2023
Day With(Out) Art: Everyone I Know is Sick December 1, 2023 All Day Online

PROGRAM LINK AVAILABLE DECEMBER 01 - watch here.

The Arts Research Center is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2023 by presenting a video program highlighting strategies of...

Day With(out) Art 2021

December 1, 2021
Day With(out) Art 2021: ENDURING CARE Wednesday, Dec 01 2021 World AIDS Day

Watch the screenings here!

This event is co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center, California College of the Arts and Visual AIDS

Critique/De-coloniality/Diaspora

May 6, 2019
Critique/De-coloniality/Diaspora Nadia Yala Kisukidi | How to Philosophize in a Dominated Country
Rocío Zambrana | Pasarse políticamente: Hopeful Acts of Protest in Puerto Rico
Monday, May 6, 2019
5:00-7:00pm
470 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley

Watch the recording here!

Art Against Housework

April 4, 2018
Art Against Housework: The Gruppo Immagine and the Wages against Housework Campaign Jacopo Galimberti on Art against Housework. The Gruppo Immagine and the Wages against Housework Campaign with response by E. C. Feiss Wednesday, April 4 at 4:00pm
308A Doe Library, UC Berkeley

Jesse Drew and Glenda Drew: “A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat”

April 13, 2015
A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat

Special Reception with Cheryl Haines in honor of “Creative Interventions and Social Activation”

November 3, 2014
Special Reception For: Creative Interventions and Social Activation with Cheryl Haines Executive Director, FOR-SITE Foundation & Curator, “@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz” as part of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium November 3, 2014
5:30-7 p.m.
Hazel Wolf Gallery, The David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA

Tickets are $100; please purchase your ticket here....

Brett Cook: “Embodying Liberation: A Dialogue on Community and Healing”

October 6, 2014
Embodying Liberation: A Dialogue on Community and Healing with Brett Cook Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
October 6, 2014, 7:30-9:00pm
The David Brower Center, Berkeley CA

Lectures are free and open to the public.

Reserve your ticket here.

Watch the recording here!

John Perry Barlow: “The Death Throes of the Desert God”

September 8, 2014
The Death Throes of the Desert God with John Perry Barlow Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
September 8, 2014, 7:30-9:00pm
The David Brower Center, Berkeley CA

Watch the recording here!