Creative Writing

Vito Acconci

Vito Acconci gave a Visiting Artist Lecture at the Arts Research Center on September 28, 2016.

Vito Acconci was a contemporary American poet, performance artist, and architect—a founder of the Performance Art movement. He has been immortalized in the canon of art history for his seminal works, including the infamous Seedbed (1971), which Marina Abramovic re-performed in 2005. In the original performance, Acconci positioned himself beneath a wooden...

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Andrea Abi-Karam

Poet-Performer Cyborg

Andrea Abi-Karam gave a Visiting Writer Reading at the Arts Research Center in April 2023, part of the Spring 2023 Flash Reading Series.

Andrea Abi-Karamis a trans, SWANA, punk poet-performer cyborg, workshop facilitator, and activist. Their chapbook, THE AFTERMATH(Commune Editions, 2016), queers Fanon’s vision of how poetry fails to inspire revolution. Under the full Community Engagement Scholarship, Andrea received their MFA in Poetry from Mills College. With Drea Marina...

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Fractured History: Martha Redbone Songwriting Workshop

February 27, 2025

Fractured History: Martha Redbone Songwriting Workshop Featuring Martha Redbone & Musician Aaron Whitby Thursday, Feb 27, 2025
4pm – 6pm
Morrison Hall, Rm 250 APPLICATION OPEN NOW! Workshop open to UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Graduate, and Post-Doc Students Limited to 25 participants Free to attendees Application Link available December 2, 2024 through Jan 27, 2025. Attendees Announced: February 5, 2025

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Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading featuring Maurya Kerr, Vincente G. Perez, & D'mani Thomas

April 3, 2025

Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading featuring Maurya Kerr, Vincente G. Perez, & D'mani Thomas Thursday, April 3, 2025 5-6:30pm Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23 Join the Arts Research Center in celebrating the chapbook publications of Poetry & the Senses Fellows Maurya Kerr, Vincente G. Perez, & D'mani Thomas. Each poet will read for 15 minutes, followed by a book signing. Free & open to the public.

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Alex Saum-Pascual

ARC Fellow, Digital Artist, Poet, and Associate Professor of Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Media at UC Berkeley

Alex Saum-Pascual is a (digital) poet and professor. She is author of #Postweb! Crear con la máquina y en la red (Iberoamericana-Vervuert 2018) and numerous articles, special issues and book chapters on digital media and literature in the Spanish-speaking world, being featured in The Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature Studies, The Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, and Digital Humanities Quarterly,...

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Theater as a Site of Public History: Dillon Chitto in conversation with Laurie Arnold

February 6, 2023

Theater as a Site of Public History: Dillon Chitto in conversation with Laurie Arnold February 6th, 2023

ARC SPRING 2023 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

in conversation with Laurie Arnold

with Beth Piatote as interlocutor

Watch the conversation here(link is external)!

Reflection of the event by our very own...

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Jake Skeets Poetry Reading & Craft Talk

October 6, 2022

Jake Skeets Craft Talk: The Memory Field in conversation with ARC Director Beth Piatote Thursday, October 6, 2022 4pm Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23

Co-presented by the Arts Research Center & the Berkeley English Dept with generous support from Engaging the Senses Foundation, Dr. and Mrs. Tom Colby, the UC Berkeley Library, the Morrison Library Fund, the Dean’s Office of the College of Letters and Science, and Poets & Writers, Inc.

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Mother Language Day 2025

October 31, 2024

Mother Language Day Celebration Friday, Feb 21, 2025
10 – 11am
Hearst Field Annex D23

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New Photos: Internet Tour 2024

October 22, 2024

Joanna Wong

On October 14th, ARC presented the Internet Tour with the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), led by Alex Saum-Pascual, Poet and Assoc Professor of Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Media, and created with Mario Santamaría, Visual Artist and Lecturer, BAU, College of Arts and Design of Barcelona. With the participation of Asma Kazmi, Research-Based Artist and Associate Professor of Art Practice, the Fall 2024 Class of Questioning New Media...