Visual Arts

Laurie Macfee

Associate Director

Laurie Macfee (she/her) is a poet, artist, art administrator, and educator. She joined the Arts Research Center in 2018 and was named Associate Director in 2021; she manages all programs and day-to-day operations of the center. She was a cohort leader and facilator of ARC's Poetry & Senses program (2020-2024), including designing the Flash Reading Series and visiting writer program. Macfee has over 15 years of arts administration experience––she managed the Writing Program as well as grants at Vermont Studio Center; served as Curator of Education and Museum...

Art, Technology, & Culture Colloquium 2016-2017

Art, Technology, & Culture Colloquium 2016-2017: Global Circulations 2016 talks took place at 6:30pm in the Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley, CA 2017 talks took place at 6:30pm in the Osher Auditorium, BAMPFA, Berkeley CA

Berkeley’s Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium is an internationally recognized forum for presenting new ideas that challenge conventional wisdom about art, technology, and culture...

Silvia Gruner in conversation with Tarek Elhaik

February 20, 2019
Artist & Curator Silvia Gruner in conversation with Tarek Elhaik Wednesday, February 20, 2019
5:30-7:30pm
Dwinelle Annex, Room 126

Watch the recording here or listen here!

Co-sponsors: Arts Research Center and UCHRI.

Book Launch with Trevor Paglen

April 24, 2018
Mapping as Research Trevor Paglen in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson and book launch Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Osher Theater, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, UC Berkeley

Doors open at 5:00pm | Event starts at 5:30 pm

Watch the recording here!

Art Against Housework

April 4, 2018
Art Against Housework: The Gruppo Immagine and the Wages against Housework Campaign Jacopo Galimberti on Art against Housework. The Gruppo Immagine and the Wages against Housework Campaign with response by E. C. Feiss Wednesday, April 4 at 4:00pm
308A Doe Library, UC Berkeley

DIY Couture Fashion Lab

February 23, 2018
DIY Couture Fashion Lab with Angie Wilson Friday, February 23, from 12:00 – 6:00 pm
Dwinelle Annex, Room 126, UC Berkeley

No sewing skills needed! Used garments will be redesigned and reconstructed into fashion masterpieces: shirts, pants, jackets, dresses, bags, etc. Students will have the option to showcase their garments in a student-led fashion show in March as part of our Amateurism Across the Arts Conference! All are welcome! For the workshop we are seeking donations of used clothes in any condition. Please bring garments to 203 Dwinelle Annex....

Jesse Drew and Glenda Drew: “A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat”

April 13, 2015
A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat

Rirkrit Tiravanija: “The Way Things Go”

February 23, 2015
The Way Things Go with Rirkrit Tiravanija Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium February 23, 2015, 7:30-9:00pm
The David Brower Center, Berkeley CA

Lectures are free and open to the public.

Watch the recording here!

Caroline Woolard: “What is a work of art in the age of $120,000 art degrees?”

January 26, 2015
What is a work of art in the age of $120,000 art degrees? Caroline Woolard Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium January 26, 2015, 7:30-9:00pm The David Brower Center, Berkeley CA

Lectures are free and open to the public. Co-presented with the Art Practice Department.

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....