Hands-on activities, participatory readings, performances, movie matinees, and more events designed for kids and their families.
ViewFive Tables is a monthly event coinciding with First Free Thursdays organized by the BAMPFA staff, and periodically by the Student Committee. Drop by the Florence Helzel Works on Paper Study Center for a curated behind-the-scenes experience.
ViewThis noon lecture series explores relationships between art and belonging, with a focus on race.
ViewPersonal Perspectives on the Collection
This new audio series is designed to bring you closer to individual people behind BAMPFA and individual works from our art and film collections.
ViewPoetry in Response to the Pandemic
We’re presenting some of our favorite poets from the last few years of the series online, reading recent work that speaks to our current moment of isolation.
ViewVisual Cultures: Aesthetics of the Digital
This webinar series focuses on the creation, delivery, and interpretation of visual experiences, defined by physical, physiological, and social conditions, which together form visual cultures. Presenters reflect a diverse range of cultural and creative backgrounds.
ViewTogether: Reinventing Politics, Reimagining Health
This public lectures series is organized by the UC Berkeley Arts + Design Initiative and cocurated by departments across campus. This year’s theme focuses on the aesthetics and politics of being “together,” online and offline—in educational contexts, civic contexts, and our... View
Meet the authors of new books and hear poets and other literary lights read their work.
ViewJoin a changing lineup of artists, scholars, and experts as they share perspectives on timely topics.
ViewTime-based Media Art
Join a changing lineup of media artists, curators, and thinkers as they explore the history and future of time-based media art.
ViewGet a deeper look at the artworks on view by joining an expert-led tour.
ViewCreativity and Practice
All events will be live captioned. If you require captioning to access a prerecorded event on our site, please contact Paris Cotz at pariscotz@berkeley.edu. Please allow seven to ten days for captioning to be provided.
ViewPerseverance, Renewal, and Reflection in a Changing World
Pre-register for the events using the zoom registration link in the event pages below. For more information and updates, visit artsdesign.berkeley.edu.
ViewMeet the authors of new books and hear poets and other literary lights read their work.
ViewFive Tables is a monthly event coinciding with First Free Thursdays organized by the BAMPFA staff, and periodically by the Student Committee. Drop by the Florence Helzel Works on Paper Study Center for a curated behind-the-scenes experience.
ViewPerseverance, Renewal, and Reflection in a Changing World
Join us every Friday afternoon to explore cutting-edge thinking and making on topics of current interest to UC Berkeley’s creative faculty.
ViewThinking Through Art and Design: Creativity & Practice
BAMPFA partners with Berkeley Arts + Design to offer this lecture series about creativity and practice as a vital resource in times of change. Join us every Thursday afternoon to hear cutting-edge thinkers and makers share about their creative practice.
ViewLandscapes of Migration, Incarceration, and Resistance
Join us for a lively series of talks by artists, performers, scholars, and activists exploring themes of global and US migration, exclusion, and belonging. We use the historic Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay as jumping-off point for this exploration.
ViewThis reading series brings together a deeply talented group of Black poets and highly skilled performers to address themes of revolution, wounding, and intergenerational healing through powerful words.
ViewFive Tables is a monthly event coinciding with First Free Thursdays organized by the BAMPFA staff, and periodically by the Student Committee. Drop by the Florence Helzel Works on Paper Study Center for a curated behind-the-scenes experience.
ViewArtists, curators, scholars, and others share their insights on BAMPFA exhibitions, the arts, and other cultural topics.
ViewExperience the vitality and range of cultural production in the African diaspora through this multidisciplinary event series.
ViewSecond Saturdays: Hands-on activities and participatory readings designed for kids and their families.
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