Week of June 2, 2024

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Sunday, June 2

Sunday, June 2, 2024
11 AM–7 PM

Drop-In Art Making

The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Sunday, June 2, 2024
2:00 PM
Join us for exhibition tours of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 and Sundays at 2:00, led by UC Berkeley graduate students.

Monday, June 3

Tuesday, June 4

Wednesday, June 5

Thursday, June 6

Thursday, June 6, 2024
11 AM–7 PM

Drop-In Art Making

The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Thursday, June 6, 2024
1:15 PM
Join us for exhibition tours of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 and Sundays at 2:00, led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Thursday, June 6, 2024
All Day
First Thursdays are a great time to visit BAMPFA! Admission to our galleries is free all day.

Friday, June 7

Friday, June 7, 2024
2 PM–7 PM

Drop-In Art Making

The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Friday, June 7, 2024
7:00 PM
(96 mins)
The portrait of Lightnin’ Hopkins came to define Les Blank’s documentary style. With Thailand Moment, filmed and edited in 1967 but only completed posthumously, and the pulsing Cajun rhythms of Hot Pepper.
In Conversation
  • Skip Gerson
  • Maureen Gosling
  • Harrod Blank

Saturday, June 8

Saturday, June 8, 2024
1 PM–7 PM

Drop-In Art Making

The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Saturday, June 8, 2024
11:30 AM–1:00 PM

For ages six to twelve with accompanying adult(s)

Learn about tikar, traditional woven mats used in all aspects of daily life in Borneo, and make your own woven mat infused with personal meaning.

Included with admission: Free for kids 18 and under and for one adult per child 13 and under

  • Tara Ani Baghdassarian
    Workshop led by
    Tara Ani Baghdassarian is a local interdisciplinary artist and activist of Armenian descent who works with film, illustration, shadow theater, music, and other experimental media.
Saturday, June 8, 2024
2:00 PM–3:00 PM

Recommended for ages eight and up with accompanying adult(s)

With a little planning, an inventive spirit, and the sage advice of a smart alley cat, Elmer carries out an adventurous rescue mission to free a captive dragon.

Included with admission: Free for kids 18 and under and for one adult per child 13 and under

  • Linda Artel
    Reading led by
    former BAMPFA children’s film festival programmer
Saturday, June 8, 2024
4:00 PM
Hayao Miyazaki,
Japan,
1997,
(134 mins)

Original Japanese version
MPA Rating: PG-13

In a long-ago Japan, a war is raging for the future of Earth, one that sets the animal kingdom against humanity, nature against pollution, and harmony against chaos. An epic cinematic experience.
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Saturday, June 8, 2024
7:00 PM
(94 mins)
Discover the distinct musical styles and authentic modes of living of Texan bluesman Mance Lipscomb and the Louisiana Cajun community in these early classics by Les Blank and Skip Gerson, A Well Spent Life and Spend It All. Preceded by a 2014 interview with Chris Strachwitz.
In Conversation
  • Skip Gerson
  • Maureen Gosling
  • Harrod Blank