Creative Writing

The Future of Media in the Trump Era

May 1, 2017
The Future of Media in the Trump Era with Dave Pell, moderated by Deirdre English Monday, May 1 at 6:30pm BAMPFA Theatre, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley

Watch the recording here!

The Future of Media in the Trump Era is part of The Future of Cultural Criticism series, a program that explores the changing role of criticism and cultural content in response to new technologies, new media platforms, and a new Presidency. Sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Arts + Design...

Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA

Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA

Join us every Monday evening to explore cutting-edge thinking and making on topics of current interest to UC Berkeley’s creative faculty. Whether we are exploring new immersive art technologies, the future of cultural criticism, or the role of the arts in social justice, expect an exciting array of ideas and people. All lectures will commence at 6:30pm in the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) Theater. Co-curated by...

Thinking Through the Arts and Design at Berkeley: California Countercultures

Spring 2017 Lecture Series: Thinking Through the Arts and Design at Berkeley: California Countercultures

We are reprising last year’s Big Ideas course, “Thinking Through the Arts and Design at Berkeley,” and once again, this course will open its doors to the public each Wednesday at noon. This year’s theme — “California Countercultures” — is co-taught and co-organized by Natasha Boas, independent curator, and critic of contemporary art and theory, and Michael Cohen...

Fall 2023 Poetry & the Senses Fellow Reading

December 12, 2023
Fall 2023 Poetry & the Senses Fellow Reading December 12, 2023 5:30 pm Online

The Arts Research Center (ARC) celebrates our Fall 2023 ARC Poetry & the Senses Fellows with a reading of work created during their fellowship semester. Please join us in welcoming thirteen extraordinary poets to ARC’s virtual stage:

Impact in the Arts Think Tank

January 17, 2014
Impact in the Arts Think Tank January 17, 2014

On January 17, the Arts Research Center brought together Bay Area leaders in the arts and culture and UC Berkeley arts, humanities, and social science professors to address social and economic ‘impact’ in different artistic models. This daylong think tank discussion kicked off a series of related but differentiated activities we are plotting this term to explore a variety of research and art practices that address social and economic questions in the arts.

Our conversation began with reflection on a broad collection of...

Michael Wasson & Alice Te Punga Somerville Reading

March 8, 2023
Michael Wasson & Alice Te Punga Somerville in conversation with Beth Piatote Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 2:00 – 3:15pm PST

Watch the recording here!

This event is presented by the Arts Research Center with support of Engaging the Senses Foundation, and co-sponsorship from the Center for Race & Gender and Departments of English and Ethnic Studies.

Spring 2023 Co-Sponsored Events

Spring 2023 Co-Sponsored Events

ARC was thrilled to be co-sponsoring with Arts+ Design, Berkeley Center for New Media, Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, Center for Latin American Studies, Engaging the Senses Foundation, English Department's Lunch Poems series, Future Histories Lab, Stanford and SFMOMA, and the Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies in Spring of 2023!

2023 Flash Reading Series

Spring 2023 Flash Readings Featured poets for April 2023 National Poetry Month Andrea Abi Karam, Kaylan Black, Gloria Frym, Yona Harvey, Leticia Hernández-Linares, Rina Huang, Việt Lê, Muriel Leung, Adam Mansbach, Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, Dr. Alan Pealaez Lopez, Tony Robles & Natalia M. Vigil Each poet will read one of their poems related to the theme Reclamation.

New Readings curated each Friday in April on our YouTube Channel here.

This series is...