Visiting Artist/Writer/Curator/Lecturer

Isabel Allende, in Conversation

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

Jeff Kelley

Art Critic, Author, and Curator
Jeff Kelley was a Visiting Curator Panel Participant at the Living Time Symposium at the Arts Research Center on February 20, 2014. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.

Jeff Kelley is an art critic, author, and curator. A practicing art critic since 1977, his reviews and essays about artists including Chinese conceptual artist Ai Weiwei have appeared in publications including Artforum, Art in America, and the Los Angeles Times.

In 1993 the University of California Press published Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life,...

Artist Directory

A directory of all artists, writers, performers, art historians and curators who have given lectures with the Arts Research Center

Andrea Abi-Karam

Poet-Performer Cyborg
Andrea Abi-Karam gave a Visiting Writer Reading at the Arts Research Center in April 2023, as part of the Spring 2023 Flash Reading Series. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.

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...

Christina Rivera: MY OCEANS | Book Talk & Reading

October 29, 2025

Read more about Christina Rivera's work here.

Sam Aros-Mitchell, IPAR Artist-in-Residence

April 20, 2026
Indigenous Performing Arts Residency Program ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Sam Aros-Mitchell Choregrapher/Performer April 20 – 25, 2026

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

Poetry & the Mythic Imagination: Jennifer Reimer and Aimee Suzara

October 16, 2025
Poetry & the Mythic Imagination:
Jennifer Reimer & Aimee Suzara
Poetry Reading and Conversation Moderated by Erika Higbee Thursday, October 16, 2025 6:00pm Location: Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23 Free & open to the public Presented by the Arts Research Center with support from the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities and co-sponsored by the Dept of English, Asian American Research Center, and the Center for Race & Gender

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

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...