Visual Arts

Brett Cook: “Embodying Liberation: A Dialogue on Community and Healing”

October 6, 2014
Embodying Liberation: A Dialogue on Community and Healing with Brett Cook Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
October 6, 2014, 7:30-9:00pm
The David Brower Center, Berkeley CA

Lectures are free and open to the public.

Reserve your ticket here.

Watch the recording here!

Special Reception with Cheryl Haines in honor of “Creative Interventions and Social Activation”

November 3, 2014
Special Reception For: Creative Interventions and Social Activation with Cheryl Haines Executive Director, FOR-SITE Foundation & Curator, “@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz” as part of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium November 3, 2014
5:30-7 p.m.
Hazel Wolf Gallery, The David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA

Tickets are $100; please purchase your ticket here....

Maya Lin: “What is Missing?”

September 29, 2014
What is Missing? with Maya Lin Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
September 29, 2014, 7:30-9:00pm
The David Brower Center, Berkeley CA

Lectures are free and open to the public.

Watch the recording here!

Reimagining Progress: Production, Consumption and Alternative Economies

May 5, 2014
Reimagining Progress: Production, Consumption and Alternative Economies May 5, 2014 David Brower Center We are living as if we have an extra planet at our disposal.

–Jim Leape, Director General, World Wildlife Fund International

We face an urgent problem: our current consumption patterns outstrip our planet’s available resources, and yet our society continues to produce massive amounts of cheap, disposable goods. With its complex history as a center of international commerce, radical politics, technological innovation, and cultural experimentation, the Bay...

Public Art/Housing Publics: Conversations on Art and Social Justice

November 21, 2014
Public Art/Housing Publics: Conversations on Art and Social Justice

Open to the public, RSVP requested

Note: Symposium participants are welcome to attend the Museum’s L@TE event, though a paid admission is required.

Public Art/Housing Publics: Conversations on Art and Social Justice is co-sponsored by The Arts Research Center, the Global Urban Humanities Initiative, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and UC-...

The Aerial View in Motion

December 4, 2017
The Aerial View in Motion with Bull.Miletic Monday, December 4, at 6:30pm at BAMPFA Artist Talk with Art + Science Artists-in-Residence Bull.Miletic
as part of Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA

Watch the recording here!

Claire Hong Poetry Reading & Craft Talk

March 2, 2023
Claire Hong Poetry Reading & Craft Talk

Visual Activism: Michael Rakowitz

October 20, 2020
Michael Rakowitz in conversation with Anneka Lenssen, Associate Professor of History of Art, and graduate students Alejandro Múnera, Tausif Noor, and Anna Riley Tuesday, October 20
4:00-5:30 PDT

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Visual Activism: Alfredo Jaar

September 22, 2020
Alfredo Jaar: When the Music Stops Tuesday, September 22, 2020
4:00-5:30pm PDT

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Visual Activism: Favianna Rodriguez

September 15, 2023
Favianna Rodriguez Tuesday, September 15
11:30-12:30pm PST

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Favianna Rodriguez is an interdisciplinary artist, cultural strategist, and social justice activist based in Oakland, California. Her art and praxis address migration, gender justice, climate change, racial equity, and sexual freedom. Her practice boldly reshapes the myths, stories, and cultural practices of the present, while healing from the wounds of the past.