Visiting Artist/Writer/Curator/Lecturer

Reading by Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate

April 22, 2020
Reading by Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate in conversation with Beth Piatote Wednesday, April 22, 2020 5:30 – 7:00pm PDT

Watch the recording here!

Please inquire for an educational copy of the full recording.

Social Engineer: The Artist as Bridge Builder

April 16, 2020
Social Engineer: The Artist as Bridge Builder with Cannupa Hanska Luger Thursday, April 16, 2020 | 12:00-2:00pm PDT

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Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center, the Ethnic Studies Department, the Native American Studies Program, and Berkeley Arts + Design

This event was part of the Arts + Design Thursdays series.

Contingent Intimacies: Queer Criticalities + Photographic Portraiture

February 27, 2020
Contingent Intimacies: Queer Criticalities + Photographic Portraiture
With Horace Ballard In conversation with Justin Underhill Thursday, February 27 | 5:00-7:00pm
Visual Resource Center, Room 308A | Doe Library, UC Berkeley

Co-sponsored by Arts Research Center, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and the Berkeley Center for New Media

A photograph is many things. It is a relationship, an index, a text, a betrayal. It is a contract. It is a sustainable fragility. It is a political act of community-making. It is a matrix of entangled signs and...

Artist Talk with Cara Romero

April 11, 2023
Artist Talk with Cara Romero in conversation with Prof Gregory Levine & Talia Dixon Tuesday, April 11th 2023 11:00am – 12:30pm PDT free & open to the public Maude Fife Room 315 Wheeler Hall In addition to her artist talk, Cara Romero will be doing studio visits with students in the MFA Art Practice program.

Watch Cara's artist talk here!

Presented by the Arts Research Center with co-sponsorship from the Departments of Art Practice, Ethnic Studies, and the...

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

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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 engagement with many forms of...