Visiting Artist/Writer/Curator/Lecturer

Layli Long Soldier: Poetry Reading + Conversation with Solmaz Sharif

April 1, 2026
Read more about Layli Long Soldier's work at the Poetry Foundation here

Poetry & the Mythic Imagination: Jennifer Reimer and Aimee Suzara

October 16, 2025

Read more about Jennifer Reimer here, and Aimee Suzara here.

Christina Rivera Book Talk & Reading

October 29, 2025

Read more about Christina Rivera's work here.

Isabel Allende, in Conversation

November 5, 2025
Read more about Isabel Allende's work on her website, here.

Julia Keefe Indigenous Jazz Masterclass

March 5, 2026
Julia Keefe Indigenous Jazz Masterclass Thursday, March 5, 2026 (tba) 4pm – 6pm (tba) Morrison Hall

Masterclass limited to 20 attendees

Indigenous singer & band leader Julia Keefe will be an artist-in-residence during her Cal Performances' Illuminations concert visit with the Julie Keefe Indigenous Big Band from March 4 - 6, 2026, and is offering:

Indigenous Jazz Masterclass for students, in partnership with Myra Melford (Music Department) - application required

Artist Class Visits...

Drew Woodson, Playwright-in-Residence

April 14, 2025
Indigenous Performing Arts Residency Program Drew Woodson Playwright-in-Residence April 14 – 18, 2025 Location/map to the Arts Research Center here

Co-presented by the Arts Research Center and the Department of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies, in partnership with Alternative Theater Ensemble, and with support from the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities, the Department of...

Reclamation Poetry Gathering with Natalie Diaz, Craig Santos Perez, and Beth Piatote

February 15, 2024
Reclamation Poetry Gathering February 15 – 18, 2024 Public Programming: February 16 – 17, 2024

A trans-Indigenous conversation, with juxtapositions that decenter European thought and begin to translate an oceanic-to-desert-to-river-to-forest poetic imaginary

Reclamation gathered 19 fellows chosen to participate in the 2023 Poetry & the Senses program for a weekend of readings, conversations, and workshops. Three readings, hosted at...

Super Futures Haunt Qollective

Artist Collective
Super Futures Haunt Qollective gave a Performance and Artist Talk at the Arts Research Center on March 18, 2025.

Super Futures Haunt Qollective (SFHQ) is an art and research based collaboration between three avatars.

In their terrestrial forms, SFHQ members F. Sam Jung (MCP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is a sky person and urban planner in New York. C. Ree (MFA University of California, Irvine) is an artist and film programmer based in San Diego, California. Angie Morrill (Klamath Tribes...

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Artist Talk with Wendy Red Star

April 1, 2022
Artist Talk with Wendy Red Star in conversation with Beth Piatote Friday, April 1st 2022 4:00 – 5:30pm PST

Watch the recording on ARC's YouTube here!

This lecture is presented by the Arts Research Center with co-sponsorship from the Departments of Art Practice and Ethnic Studies, and the Program in Critical Theory

Raised on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana, Wendy Red Star’s work is informed both by her cultural heritage and her...