Arts + Design Thursdays @ BAMPFA

September 2–December 2, 2021

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  • Grace O’Connell

  • Ron Rael

  • Lisa Wymore

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Past Events

  • Thursday, December 2, 12 PM

    Carmine Cella: New Sounds

    Carmine Cella shares his compositions and musical instrument intonations that produce novel sounds, music, and spatial experiences.

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

  • Thursday, November 18, 12 PM

    Alex Saum-Pascual: New Poetics

    The poet and new media artist Alex Saum-Pascual shares her experiences using common tools in unconventional ways toward a new poetic practice.

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

  • Thursday, November 4, 12 PM

    Elisa Giardina-Papa: New Labor

    Join artist Elisa Giardina-Papa as she discusses the creative path she developed to move her ideas from an impossible present to a possible future.

    BAMPFA

    Available as livestream only.

  • Thursday, October 28, 12 PM

    Marti Hearst: New Inventions

    Marti Hearst discusses the creative side of computer science, sharing examples from her research lab. 

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

  • Thursday, October 21, 12 PM

    Aya de Leon: New Stories

    Through sharing her experiences creating literary works, author Aya de Leon discusses why new times demand new narratives and new heroes. 

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

  • Thursday, October 14, 12 PM

    Vikram Chandra: New Writing Tools

    The author and programmer Vikram Chandra discusses how new writing tools such as artificial intelligence can inform creative work. 

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

  • Thursday, October 7, 12 PM

    Stephanie Syjuco: New Aesthetics

    Join artist Stephanie Syjuco for an overview of her work and her processes for developing creative strategies for questioning the world and exploring new alternatives.

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

  • Thursday, September 30, 12 PM

    Pablo Gonzalez: Solidarity Art and Memory

    Pablo Gonzalez explores what it means to produce public art in an era of permanent protest through his collaborative project documenting murals in downtown Oakland.

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

  • Thursday, September 23, 12 PM

    Abigail De Kosnik: New Archives

    Join Abigail De Kosnik as she discusses how new media can create the archives that form a foundation for collective action and social innovation.

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

  • Thursday, September 16, 12 PM

    Lisa Wymore: New Movements

    Join Lisa Wymore to discover movement as a fundamental condition of human existence. 

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

  • Thursday, September 9, 12 PM

    Ronald Rael: New Ways of Building

    Professor of Architecture Ron Rael discusses how new tools can change our creativity and the design methods that change how we live and who we are.

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

  • Thursday, September 2, 12 PM

    Grace O’Connell: New Materials

    Join the first installment in the Arts + Design Thursdays fall event series on creativity across disciplines with a talk about what it means to invent a new material.

    BAMPFA

    Available to the general public as livestream only. UC Berkeley students may attend in person with valid Cal One ID.

Past Films