Past Events

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.

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.

Pueblo Revolt by Dillon Chitto

February 2, 2023
Pueblo Revolt by Dillon Chitto
World Premiere of Rella Lossy Award Winning Play

Nordic Time Zones: Time-based art across disciplines in the Northern Landscape

March 26, 2014
Nordic Time Zones Time-based art across disciplines in the Northern Landscape
 Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo

(Closed roundtable, by invitation only)

Aruna D’Souza in Conversation with Al-An deSouza

September 21, 2018
Aruna D’Souza in Conversation with Al-An deSouza Friday, September 21, 2018
5:00-7:00pm
Maude Fife Room, Room 315, Wheeler Hall

Watch the recording here or listen here!

Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the University of California Humanities Research Institute, the...

Poetry Reading featuring Terrance Hayes and Simone White

March 17, 2021
A poetry reading featuring: Terrance Hayes and Simone White in conversation with Chiyuma Elliott Wednesday, March 17, 2021 4:00-5:30pm PDT

Watch the recording here!

Ocean Vuong, with Townsend Center

April 5, 2024
National Poetry Month Townsend Center Presents: Ocean Vuong in conversation with Cathy Park Hong Avenali Lecture Thursday, Apr 4, 2024 5:00 pm | BAMPFA Poetry Reading Friday, Apr 5, 2024 5:00 pm | BAMPFA Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center

Presented by the Townsend Center for the Humanities in partnership with BAMPFA, co-sponsored by ARC.

Ocean Vuong, poet, MacArthur Fellow, and author of the celebrated novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, is the 2023-24...

Latinx Poetry Now: A Reading and Conversation with J. Michael Martinez + aracelis girmay

September 28, 2023
Latinx Poetry Now: A Reading and Conversation with J. Michael Martinez + aracelis girmay Thursday Sept 28, 2023 11am - 12:30pm Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall

Join the Arts Research Center for our first Poetry & the Senses reading of fall 2023, featuring the incredible poets and multimedia artists J. Michael Martin and aracelis girmay. Following their readings, they will be in conversation with Prof John Alba Cutler (English).

J. Michael Martinez is a multimedia artist and the author of three collections of poetry, including Heredities, which received the Walt...

Writing Workshop Maōri Poet Robert Sullivan

September 20, 2023
Writing Workshop Maōri Poet Robert Sullivan September 20, 2023 1 p.m. Online

Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi and Kāi Tahu) has won awards for his poetry, editing, and writing for children, including the 2022 Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for a distinguished contribution to New Zealand poetry, Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Hawai’i, the Montana New Zealand Book Award for co-editing Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English, the Māori Literature Award for co-editing Puna Wai Kōrero: An Anthology of Māori Poetry...

All Arts Welcome!

September 21, 2023
All Arts Welcome!

Reception and Open House

September 21, 2023 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23

Join us at our annual Open House to renew connections and meet new arts faculty at UC Berkeley. We’ll showcase our programming for the year, including our new series, The Loft Hour.

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