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Sampling the Arts Online

Berkeley Online Events

Nov 12, 12:00pm PST
Trevor McFedries: In Conversation with Aria Dean
Media creator Trevor McFedries discusses the development of his creative style with theorist Aria Dean @lol_prosciutto from his early music productions (Buzzin') to the most recent adventures with the virtual influencer avatar @lilmiquela.

Nov 12, 4:00pm PST
Cultural Representation & the Guadalupe Dress in "Heavenly Bodies"
This talk will present a critical exploration of the Heavenly Bodies exhibit at the Met, and interrogate its curatorial biases.

Nov 12, 5:00pm PST
Backlash: Defiance, Human Rights, and the Politics of Shame
From the historic public square to modern-day social media, “naming and shaming” is widely regarded as an effective tactic to enforce social norms. Rochelle Terman's research challenges this conventional wisdom, revealing that public shaming can be counterproductive and even dangerous.

Nov 13, 9:30am PST
LAW AND LITERATURE: A Virtual Symposium
Sponsored by the English Department, Berkeley Law, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Division of Arts and Humanities, Rhetoric Department, Jurisprudence Social Policy Program, and the Townsend Center for the Humanities.

Nov 13, 12:00pm PST
[Virtual] 2 Poets, 37 Nats, and a Walk With History
This online event highlighting modern Burmese poetry will include a special focus on works from Maw Shein Win's new poetry collection Storage Unit for the Spirit House, recently published by Omnidawn. Note: Some poems will be read first in Burmese, followed by the English translation.

Nov 13, 12:00pm PST
Design Pioneers: Shiva Rajaraman
Join the Jacobs Institute in welcoming Shiva Rajaraman to our Design Pioneers speaker series, where industry leaders across design and technology share stories and insights from their work that has innovated and shaped the way we live.

Nov 17, 4:00pm PST
From the Throat: Women's Textile Work & Memories of Disaster in Bangladesh
This talk looks at the forms of textile work as occupational therapy that were offered to displaced Bangladeshi women following the 1971 war alongside the development of contemporary NGO-supported handicraft work and ready-made garments labor.

Nov 23, 6:30pm PST
Journalism and the Post-Presidential Election Political Scene
Geeta Anand joins UC Berkeley professors David Thigpen and David Barstow for a conversation about journalism in the wake of the presidential election. As political priorities shift before the new term starts in January 2021, panelists discuss the national agenda and its impact on California.

 

Berkeley Online Collections

Arts + Design Mondays
Our Arts + Design Mondays is back as a free webinar series! Visit artsdesign.berkeley.edu/mondays for the most up-to-date information on participants and topics.

Arts + Design Thursdays
Curated by Greg Niemeyer, professor in UC Berkeley's Department of Art Practice, this series will focus on the interactions between image, mind and society.

BAMPFA From Home
Connect with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive online as they join the nationwide #MuseumFromHome effort to keep on sharing the art, culture, and community we all crave right now.

Berkeley Arts + Design Video Archive
Explore our robust digital archive of Arts + Design Mondays and Thursdays lectures from years prior on our Berkeley Arts + Design YouTube channel.

Berkeley Art Studio: Spring Online Classes
The art studio is closed right now, but we have moved many of our classes online! Stay connected to our community, learn something new, and support the Studio we all love.

Cal Performances At Home
Original, full-length performances streamed direct to your home screen. Tickets will go on sale Sept 8 at noon (PDT).

Cal Performances: Now, More Than Ever
A series of performing arts videos for a time of physical distancing. Compiled by Jeremy Geffen, Executive and Artistic Director, Cal Performances

Hearst Museum Online Collection
The Hearst Museum offers countless hours of digitized film in the Hearst's online collection, in addition to a robust digitized collection of all of their holdings.

Pandemic Diaries, Art of Writing
The Pandemic Diaries is virtual anthology with the aim of convening the thoughts and reflections of our colleagues, students, and friends as we live through this unprecedented time.

Shelter-in-Place Book List, UC Berkeley Library
UC Berkeley librarians suggest books to read while you're stuck at home. All of the selections on this list are available online for free. So, as much as you can, stay calm, and read on.

 

Beyond Berkeley: A+D Picks for Happenings, Videos, and Collections

Ailey All Access
For a limited time, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is streaming full-length videos of the Company performing on stage, with broadcasts of past performances every Thursday at 7 p.m. Eastern time.

Dorothea Lange Digital Archive at the Oakland Museum of California
The Oakland Museum of California houses Lange's personal archive, a gift from the artist that includes 25,000 negatives, 6,000 vintage prints, field notes, and personal memorabilia. 

First Look: New Art Online
A series of innovative online projects and new commissions by the New Museum, a leading destination for new art and new ideas, and Manhattan’s only dedicated contemporary art museum.

In Terms of Performance
In Terms of Performance, produced by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and the Arts Research Center, generates shared literacies for how we understand the goals, skills, and artistic traditions of experimental interdisciplinary work.

Minnesota Street Project Group Exhibition: Invincible Summer 
This online exhibition is open through September, 2020.

Nightly Met Opera Streams
Met launches “Nightly Met Opera Streams,” a free series of encore Live in HD presentations streamed on the company website during the coronavirus closure.

Roxie Virtual Cinema
SF's iconic nonprofit cinema is screening films and movies that may no longer be able to receive a proper theatrical release virtually. 50 % of each ticket purchased will go to support the Roxie.

Silkroad Virtual Concert Series
Silkroad artists will be sharing short, musical performances live on Facebook and Instagram — bringing music of comfort and joy directly from our homes into yours! 

The Bancroft Library: Civil Rights Movement in the Bay Area
This exhibit shows the struggles and triumphs during the Civil Rights Movement in the Bay Area through photographs and news stories from the News-Call Bulletin Newspaper during the period 1960-1965.

 

Creative Discovery: Projects & Pedagogy

A new category that anticipates more creative encounter on our campus as we turn our eyes toward Fall of 2020 at UC Berkeley.

Artivive

Artivive is an augmented reality (AR) tool that allows artists to create new dimensions of art by linking physical with digital art. Visit the Arts + Design Artivive resources page to learn how you can mobilize the use of Artivive to enhance and scale creative pedagogy.

Faculty: Arts + Design will fund the use of Artivive in courses that use AR in creative pedagogy. Please send an email to Soomin Suh, Communications Coordinator at the Berkeley Arts + Design Initiative, at smin10@berkeley.edu, for more details on how to get involved. 

Campus Public Art + Architecture Map

With indoor museums and art centers closed for the time being, Berkeley Arts + Design invites the community to explore the largest collection of artworks that UC Berkeley has to offer—the UC Berkeley campus. Explore UC Berkeley's rich arts landscape with the new Campus Public Art + Architecture Map, created in collaboration with Artivive, an AR/VR app. View the map here.

Made at Berkeley Gallery Student Nominations

Berkeley Arts + Design invites all UC Berkeley students to submit their art works, writing, and design projects to the Made at Berkeley Gallery hosted on the Arts + Design website. All forms of online cultural production are encouraged, especially during this time when access to physical resources may be limited.

To have your work published on our site and promoted across our social channels, please complete this Google form and submit your high-res file (limit ONE per person/project).

 

Art Relief Funds and More Resources

Relief Funds:

The following are financial resources and guidelines for artists and arts organizations affected by COVID-19. *More comprehensive lists of resources can be found below.

Berkeley Student Resources:
Cal COLA Mutual Aid / Financial Emergency Fund - Requests Form
UCB Mutual Aid Fund

Local:
Alameda County Arts Relief Grant Program (NEW)
Bay Area Emergency Fund: Artists/Event Production 
Berkeley Relief Fund
COVID-19 Relief for Bay Area Arts
Performing Arts Worker Relief Fund
SF Arts Relief Fund: Arts Loans
SF Queer Nightlife Fund
Untitled, Art Emergency Fund

National:
American Society of Journalists & Authors Writers Emergency Assistance Fund
Artists' Fellowship
Artist Power Center
Artist Relief
Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
Authors League Fund
Blues Foundation HART Fund
Carnegie Fund for Authors
CERF+ Craft Emergency Relief Fund
COVID-19 Relief Fund: Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Max's Kansas City Project
MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund
New York Foundation for the Arts' COVID-19 Emergency Grants and Resources
Queer Writers of Color Relief Fund
Rauschenberg Emergency Grants
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America Emergency Medical Fund
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
Washington DC VoxCorona Emergency Relief for Artists

More Resources:
Alliance of Artists Communities COVID-19 Preparedness for Residencies Resources + Approaches
Common Field COVID-19 Resources for the Artist Organization Field
COVID-19 & Freelance Artists Emergency Funding
Creative Capital List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak
CUE Covid-19 Artist Resources
Issue Project Room COVID-19 Resources
KQED Emergency Funds for Freelancers, Creatives
NEA COVID-19 Resources 
Intersection for the Arts: Artist Resources
SF Arts Commission Resources
W.A.G.E. Guidelines for the Postponement or Cancellation of Work

Support Those who Support Local Artists

Our growing list of collectives, galleries, studios, and micro-commissioning sites that support artists, their work and their lives, directly.  Below is a sampler of organizations who have collaborated with A+D and our allied units, and those who represent artists important to our campus community. 

3 Fish Studios
Aggregate Space Gallery
Altman Siegel
ArtSpan 
Bay Area Women's Theatre Festival
Berkeley Rep School of Theatre
Catharine Clark Gallery
Creative Growth
Creativity Explored 
EastSide Arts Alliance 
Gallery Wendi Norris
Haines Gallery
Headlands Center for the Arts
LIV & CHIU Art Studio
Queer Cultural Center 
Root Division 
San Francisco Women Artists
San Francisco Women Artists
SF Film Society
Shibumi Gallery
The Crucible
The Lab
Traywick Contemporary