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Join BAMPFA Education staff for a highly descriptive guided tour of Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California. In a discussion enhanced by touch panels demonstrating a range of materials and techniques, we will discover the vibrant evolution of quiltmaking rooted in Southern Black traditions yet responsive to new lives forged in California.
Graduate students from the Departments of History of Art and Film & Media offer tours of Object Oriented on Wednesdays at 12:15 PM and Sundays at 2 PM.
Graduate students from the Departments of Folklore, History of Art, and African American Studies offer tours of Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California. See calendar for upcoming dates
BAMPFA Curatorial Associate shares in-depth stories of individual quilts in the exhibition that illuminate the bonds of love, kinship, commemoration, and innovative artistry entwined in their making.
BAMPFA Associate Curator and Academic Liaison Elaine Yau shares in-depth stories of individual quilts in the exhibition that illuminate the bonds of love, kinship, commemoration, and innovative artistry entwined in their making.
UC Berkeley graduate students in the English and Critical Theory offer tours of To Exalt The Ephemeral on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 and Sundays at 2:00, and on Free First Thursdays at 1:15.
UC Berkeley graduate students in the Departments of Gender & Women's Studies, History of Art, and Film & Media Studies offer tours of Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 and Sundays at 2:00, and on Free First Thursdays at 1:15.