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Workshop: Back Patches with Feral Fabric
PC Muñoz
Roberta Smith

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Presented Saturday, January 23
Workshop: Back Patches with Feral Fabric

Join this intergenerational workshop and find out how undomesticated cloth can be! We’ll look at fabric’s history as a radical tool for communication and make back patches and flags that reflect ourselves, our communities, and our values.

Programmed by Alayna Tinney
Thursday, January 28, 7 PM PST
Livestream: To Hell and Back: Artists Explore the Post-2020 Landscape

Acclaimed recording artist/musician PC Muñoz and a panel of peers take a deep dive into how artists can create and thrive in a post-2020 world.

Programmed by Sean Carson
Sunday, January 31, 10:30 AM PST
Virtual Art Lab Drop-In Session

Do you miss the experience of making art in a collaborative, companionable space? In the spirit of BAMPFA’s Art Lab, join facilitator Alayna Boots Tinney for a free-form, all-ages drop-in art session, using any materials and techniques you choose.
Saturday, February 6, 11 AM PST
Workshop: Journeys in Natural Dyeing: Local Color + Design

Learn about the remarkable palette potential of plant-based dye in this workshop with textile artists Kristine Vejar and Adrienne Rodriguez, authors of the new book Journeys in Natural Dyeing: Techniques for Creating Color at Home.
Saturday, February 20, 2 PM PST
Livestream: Among Quilters: Carolyn Mazloomi and Ora Clay on Rosie Lee Tompkins

Two leading African American quilt artists explore Rosie Lee Tompkins’s work and its resonance with their own in a live conversation moderated by Elaine Yau, cocurator of BAMPFA’s Tompkins retrospective.
Artist Conversation: Making Orbits of Known and Unknown Objects: SFAI Histories / MATRIX 277

A recorded conversation between several contributors to MATRIX 277, which explores and honors the rich legacy of the San Francisco Art Institute on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.
Presented Thursday, January 7
La Folia

Post:Ballet presents the premiere of La Folia, a ballet duet, along with other works.

Programmed by Sean Carson
Presented Thursday, December 3, 2020
Destani Wolf

Powerhouse vocalist and songwriter Destani Wolf mixes live performance and multimedia in this special event.

Programmed by Sean Carson
Recorded Thursday, October 22, 2020
Roberta Smith and Lawrence Rinder on Rosie Lee Tompkins

Join New York Times art critic Roberta Smith and BAMPFA Director Emeritus Lawrence Rinder for a lively and searching conversation about the art of Rosie Lee Tompkins.
Presented Friday, October 23, 2020
Workshop: Drawing to Soothe the Mind and Relax the Senses

Meet multidisciplinary artist Rob Moss Wilson on Zoom to explore drawing techniques for feeling free, getting loose, and having fun. All ages welcome!
Presented Sunday, November 1, 2020
Vote Feminist Parade

Artist Michele Pred presents a feminist digital art parade that combines recordings of two parades performed in New York and Oakland with live music, guest speakers, sing-alongs, and more.
Artist’s Talk: Gauri Gill

Hear acclaimed New Delhi–based photographer Gauri Gill discuss the evolution of her practice and collaborative projects in this recorded talk.
Presented Saturday, July 25, 2020
Storm in Isolation

A new dance work from inkBoat followed by a live interview and participatory exercise.
SKYNSUIT: Little Stranger

Edie Fake’s Little Strangers establishes the content and provides the title for a performance video by SKYNSUIT (Bashir Naim and Shamu Azizam).
Black Life Podcast: Akande X

Black Life host Ryanaustin Dennis speaks speaks with writer and thinker Akande X, whose work explores the intersection of blackness, comedy, the Internet, and politics.
Black Life Podcast: MahaWam

Black Life host Ryanaustin Dennis speaks with Oakland-based musician, nightlife organizer, producer, and DJ MahaWam.
Duets in Social Distance: Grex

Grex presents "Blood" and "Moon Baby."
Duets in Social Distance: Lisa Mezzacappa and John Finkbeiner

Bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and guitarist John Finkbeiner perform from New, Improved Recording in Oakland, California.
Duets in Social Distance: Theresa Wong and Ellen Fullman

Theresa Wong and Ellen Fullman reveal their music recording process while sheltering in place at home.
Duets in Social Distance: Adam Theis and Shaina Evoniuk

Husband-and-wife duo Adam Theis and Shaina Evoniuk of Jazz Mafia perform from home.
Duets in Social Distance: Charlton Lee and Kathryn Bates

Violist Charlton Lee and cellist Kathryn Bates of Del Sol Quartet perform from home, including two pieces composed during shelter-in-place.
From Collective Isolation: Ava Koohbor

Ava Koohbor reads “Time Recycled.”
From Collective Isolation: James Cagney

James Cagney reads “The Ending of Things” and “Compliance.”
From Collective Isolation: Sara Wintz

Sara Wintz reads “Buddy.”
From Collective Isolation: Farnoosh Fathi

Farnoosh Fathi reads “Morning Poem (Undie Popovers).”
From Collective Isolation: Sunnylyn Thibodeaux

Sunnylyn Thibodeaux reads “Notes from the Fire Escape.”
From Collective Isolation: MK Chavez

MK Chavez reads “The Great Mother.”
From Collective Isolation: Tongo Eisen-Martin

Tongo Eisen-Martin reads “I Do Not Know the Spelling of Money” and “The Chicago Prairie Fire.”
From Collective Isolation: Maw Shein Win

Maw Shein Win reads “Quiver, fern,” “Stranger,” “The Parlors,” and “The Soft Part of the Brain.”
From Collective Isolation: Josiah Luis Alderete

Josiah Luis Alderete reads “somos . . .”
From Collective Isolation: Michal “MJ” Jones

Michal “MJ” Jones reads “Gone” and “Unnamed.”
From Collective Isolation: Raina León

Raina León reads “For Aurélia on the 16th day of self-isolation, March 28, 2020.”
Views and Voices: Constance Lewallen on Paul Kos’s Equilibre II

BAMPFA Adjunct Curator Constance Lewallen considers a favorite work by Bay Area artist Paul Kos, the sculptural balancing act Equilibre II.
Views and Voices: Sandra Phillips on Lee Friedlander’s New Mexico

BAMPFA Adjunct Senior Curator for Photography Sandra Phillips closely observes Lee Friedlander’s photograph New Mexico (2000), whose stunning composition she sees as “miraculously conceived in the moment,” finding levels of meaning in the evocatively empty street scene.
Views and Voices: Lucia Momoh on a Portrait of Sojourner Truth

BAMPFA Curatorial Assistant Lucia Olubunmi Momoh discusses a carte de visite of American civil rights icon Sojourner Truth.
Views and Voices: Delphine Sims on James Oliver Mitchell’s Portrait of Diane di Prima

Delphine Sims, a PhD candidate in UC Berkeley’s History of Art Department, reflects on local photographer James Oliver Mitchell’s multivalent portrait of Beat-era poet Diane di Prima.
Views and Voices: Saffron Sener on Hans Hofmann’s And out of the Caves . . .

BAMPFA Student Committee Co-chair Saffron Sener looks at Hans Hofmann’s painting And out of the Caves the Night Threw a Handful of Pale Tumbling Pigeons in the Light through the lens of its title, a line from Rainer Maria Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus.
Views and Voices: Claire Frost on Eva Hesse’s Test Pieces

BAMPFA Curatorial Assistant Claire Frost discusses one of Eva Hesse’s intriguing Test Pieces in this recorded talk.
Views and Voices: AJ Fox on Simulated Marin Tour

BAMPFA Media Relations Manager AJ Fox shares his very personal experience encountering the video installation Simulated Marin Tour.
Views and Voices: Claire Ittner on Romare Bearden

Claire Ittner, a doctoral candidate in UC Berkeley's History of Art Department, explores Romare Bearden's collage Berkeley: A City and Its People.
Views and Voices: Rachael Dickson on Hyun-Sook Song’s Four Brushtrokes Over Figure

BAMPFA Associate Director of Administration Rachael Dickson shares her responses to the painting Four Brushtrokes Over Figure by Hyun-Sook Song.
Views and Voices: Jamie Danis on Fred Wilson’s Wanderer

Recent UC Berkeley graduate Jamie Danis offers timely insights into Fred Wilson’s powerful and provocative artwork titled Wanderer (2003).
Views and Voices: Lynne Kimura on the Bodhisattva Manjusri

BAMPFA Collections Engagement Associate and Academic Liaison Lynne Kimura discusses a Chinese painting of the Bodhisattva Manjusri.
Views and Voices: Sherry Goodman on Ad Reinhardt’s Abstract Painting

BAMPFA Director of Education and Academic Relations Sherry Goodman discusses Ad Reinhardt's all-black painting.

Online Events

Ongoing

Stay connected with livestreaming and recorded events, including dance, music, and poetry performances, virtual exhibition tours, conversations with artists and filmmakers, and personal reflections on artworks in the collection.

Stay connected with livestreaming and recorded events, including dance, music, and poetry performances, virtual exhibition tours, conversations with artists and filmmakers, and personal reflections on artworks in the collection.

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