Stan Lai was the Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center from 2012-2013. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
One of the most celebrated voices in the contemporary Chinese theatre, Stan Lai has been called "The best Chinese language playwright and director in the world." (BBC) "The preeminent Chinese playwright and stage director of this generation." (China Daily) "Asia's top theatre director." (Asiaweek) "The most celebrated Chinese language playwright and director in the world and his body of work...
Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid were ARC's 2001-2002 Artist-in-Residence. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid are Moscow-born artists who emigrated to Israel in 1977 and then to New York in 1978. The two artists first collaborated on a joint exhibition entitled Retrospectivismin Moscow in 1967, and from 1972 started signing all their works with both names, regardless of whether they were made collaboratively. They continued to collaborate until the early 2000s, referring to their...
2024 ARC Indigenous Performing Arts Residency AIR, Diné playwright, Screenwriter and Dramaturg
Blossom Johnson was the ARC Indigenous Performing Arts Residency's first-ever artist-in-residence (2024). If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
Blossom Johnson is a Diné storyteller, playwright, teaching artist and screenwriter. She is from the Yé’ii Dine’é Táchii’nii (Giant People) clan, and her maternal grandfather is from the Deeshchíí’nii (Start of the Red Streak People) clan.
She was raised by her grandmother on the very top of Dził Yijiin (Black Mesa), AZ and she’s always been surrounded by stories. When she opens...
ARC Artist-in-Residence, Cellist, Composer, Arranger, Improviser, and Former Member of the Kronos Quartet
Joan Jeanrenaud was an ARC artist-in-residence from 2008 to 2009. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
Joan Jeanrenaud is a cellist, composer, arranger, and improviser. She was the cellist of the Kronos Quartet for 20 years. Her work with Kronos included more than 30 recordings and over 2000 performances that took her to virtually every major concert hall worldwide. During those years the group became, in the words of The New York Times critic John Rockwell, "the world's best known, most innovative contemporary-...
John Gromada was the 2008-2009 Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
John Gromada is a multi-award winning, pioneering sound designer and composer, with a career spannning more than three decades. He has composed scores for 40+ critically acclaimed Broadway productions and hundreds off- Broadway and at major regional theatres across the nation and abroad. Highly sought as a collaborator for sound designs that combine original music, abstract sound, and found music to support...
Shannon Flattery was an Artist in Residence at the Arts Research Center from 2006 to 2007. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
Shannon Flattery is an Artist, Cultural Worker, and Activist based in Santa Fe. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Touchable Stories, an organization that uses art to take community oral history onto the main stage of civic dialogue. Flattery is also the Co-Director of The Bobby Mendes Peace Legacy, an anti-violence program of Touchable Stories, co-directed by peace activist Isaura Mendes. The program...
Dillon Chitto was a Visiting Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center in Spring 2023. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
Dillon Chitto, (he/him) is an Indigenous playwright of Mississippi Choctaw, and Isleta and Laguna Pueblo descent. Originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico he grew up learning the importance of art, culture, and traditions. In his playwriting, he explores these ideas through the lens of comedy. He is presently based in Chicago, Illinois and is a company member of BoHo Theatre where he serves as literary...
Creativity Across the Disciplines: Stan Lai and Bruce Beasley in conversationModerated by ARC Director and Professor Shannon Jackson Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Alumni House, UC Berkeley 4:30-5:00 Light Reception 5:00-6:30 Public Dialogue and Q&A
Temporal ShiftsTime Across Contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese Art Practices Friday, Feb 1, 2013 | 3:00 pm Museum Theater, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Free and open to the public.
Temporal Shifts, in February 2013, was organized in conjunction with a residency at the Arts Research Center by renowned Taiwanese playwright/director/filmmaker Stan Lai (Lai Sheng-Chuan), who was on campus for two weeks as an Avenali Resident Fellow in January and February of this same year. This daylong symposium brought together scholars such...
The Creative Time Summit Re-Broadcast Friday, November 14: California College of the Arts Monday, November 17: UC Berkeley Co-hosted with CCA Graduate Fine Arts Department and ART SCHOOL X
