Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley

BUMP! This is today, in just one hour. Take a break from the news and join us for this short event. https://youtu.be/8nRdbhFp9K4

Looking for some distraction from the news cycle on Election Day? This Tuesday, Erin McElroy from The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project will be with us to speak on their experiences executing said project. Link to the livestream is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=8nRdbhFp9K4

‘Quiet Orient Riot’ is an exploration of the tendons of motherhood, it’s mutinies and munificence. ARC’s 2020 Poetry & the Senses community fellow Nathalie Khankan just published her second book, Quiet Orient Riot, with Omnidawn Publishing. We would all like to wish her our warmest congratulations. Purchase her book and learn more here: https://www.omnidawn.com//quiet-orient-riotnathalie-khank/

Our next #VisualActivism guest, Erin McElroy, will be speaking more on the Anti-Eviction Mapping project, which they co-founded. Don’t miss it! Set a reminder notification here. https://youtu.be/8nRdbhFp9K4

If you weren't able to make it to our wonderful event with Alfredo Jaar last month, we've got you covered! Students Tess Futterman, Ninel Melkonyan, Fannie Osran and Ruby Shapiro shared their responses to the talk on our blog. Read on here: https://arts.berkeley.edu/students-respond-alfredo-jaars-w/

HAPPENING SOON! Join us in the waiting room for Michael Rakowitz's talk today at 4PM PST.

This is tomorrow! We can't wait to see you there.

Only a few more days to register for this upcoming event exploring the futuristic fashion of Italian designer Nanni Strada, and her influences from the field of... anthropology. https://fb.me/e/3pI2339pf - - The virtual program will be presented via Zoom on Thursday, October 22nd from 4-5pm PDT. Co-sponsored by UC Berkeley History of Art Department, Berkeley Arts + Design, Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley Department of Italian Studies and presented by History of Art PhD candidate Michele D'Aurizio. See more

Fellowship Applications for the Spring 2021 Poetry & the Senses initiative are LIVE! Apply now through November 15 here: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSeAolSyqUKa1FvE_/viewform We can't wait to read your latest work.

We can’t wait! Set a reminder notification for yourself on YouTube via the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5F7RovElIg&feature=youtu.be

What happens when fashion and anthropology intersect? This upcoming lecture by Michele D'Aurizio will explore the futuristic work of designer Nanni Strada in 19...70s Italy. Join in on Thursday, October 22nd from 4-5PM PT. Tickets and more info at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nanni-stradas-ethnological-fas Hosted online by the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley and co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley History of Art Department & Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley. Co-promoted by Berkeley Arts + Design.

Our next event is just two weeks from today! The incredible Michael Rakowitz will be in conversation with Anneka Lenssen as well as three graduate studentsAnna Riley, Tausif Noor, and Alejandro Munero. Please join us for what is sure to be a great evening. Set a reminder for yourself via our YouTube page! https://youtu.be/X5F7RovElIg

Are you an undergraduate student writing a thesis in the Arts & Humanities? Our friends at the Townsend Center for the Humanities are offering a workshop from Dec 2020 through April 2021! The program includes a $300 research stipend as well as the opportunity to apply for additional funds. The deadline to apply is November 10, 2020! More info on their site, under the ‘Funding’ tab.

As our poetry fellows continue to consider the ways in which our current emergen/cies are evolving, we urge you to revisit an original work from the springtime. This excerpt, from community poet Nathalie Khankan's "inside calamity, calamity," reflects on the various pressures put upon our relationships with others during times like these. Read on in the link in our bio, and look out soon for more original work on our website.