September 2021

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Sunday, August 29, 2021
2 PM
BAMPFA Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Phyllis C. Wattis MATRIX Curator Apsara DiQuinzio, who organized New Time, introduces the exhibition, addressing work in each of its eight thematic sections.
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7 PM
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
7 PM
Howard Alk,
United States,
1971,
(88 mins)

Restored 35mm Print

This impassioned political documentary investigates the killing of Black Panther Fred Hampton and is an indictment of the Chicago police force.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
  • Melissa Charles
    Introduction
    Melissa Charles is the assistant director for African American Student Development at UC Berkeley.
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4-7 PM
  • Art
  • Free
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  • Tours
Thursday, September 2, 2021
4-7 PM
This welcome-back edition of Five Tables revels in green books and landscapes, green ink and paper, green hair and green lights, and all the shades of green, from lime to olive to emerald.
Included with admission
Thursday, September 2, 2021
12 PM

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

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.
12:15 PM
  • Art
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  • Tours
Thursday, September 2, 2021
12:15 PM
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2 PM–7 PM
  • Activity
  • Art
  • Families
Friday, September 3, 2021
2 PM–7 PM
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11 AM–7 PM
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Saturday, September 4, 2021
11 AM–7 PM
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11 AM–7 PM
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Sunday, September 5, 2021
11 AM–7 PM
2 PM
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Sunday, September 5, 2021
2 PM
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Sunday, September 5, 2021
3 PM
Scholar and collector Alan Templeton offers tours of The Enduring Mark with an emphasis on the evolution of drawing styles and the iconography of individual works featured in the exhibition.
Included with admission
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
7 PM
Nicolás Pereda,
Mexico, United States,
2018,
(52 mins)
Acclaimed Mexican Canadian filmmaker Nicolás Pereda returns to BAMPFA with this film/performance/lecture on the life and work of “C.B.,” an artist, political activist, amateur archeologist, and anarchist. 
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
In Conversation
  • Nicolás Pereda
  • Natalia Brizuela
    Natalia Brizuela is the Class of 1930 Chair of the Center for Latin American Studies and a professor in the Departments of Film & Media and Spanish & Portuguese at UC Berkeley.
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Thursday, September 9, 2021
12 PM

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

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.
12:15 PM
  • Art
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  • Tours
Thursday, September 9, 2021
12:15 PM
Thursday, September 9, 2021
7 PM
Nicole Newnham, James LeBrecht,
United States,
2020,
(106 mins)
A groundbreaking summer camp helps spark a national civil rights movement for people with disabilities in this award-winning documentary from local filmmakers Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht. “Crip Camp elevates itself . . . through smart focus, remarkable archival footage and inspiring subjects” (Hollywood Reporter).
Free on the outdoor screen
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2 PM–7 PM
  • Activity
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Friday, September 10, 2021
2 PM–7 PM
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11AM–7 PM
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Saturday, September 11, 2021
11AM–7 PM
12:30 PM
Saturday, September 11, 2021
12:30 PM

For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)

Finding a time capsule is like discovering a message from the past. What kind of message would you like to leave for others to find? 
Advance registration required. The registration form will be available on Wednesday, September 8, and Thursday, September 9. You will receive a Zoom link on Saturday, September 11.
  • Kim Bennett
    With artist
    Kim Bennett is an artist and teacher whose work ranges across disciplines and includes devotional botanical paintings, imaginary embroideries, and collaborations with kids, poets, and other artists.
Series Family Events
Saturday, September 11, 2021
2:30 PM

Recommended for ages 8 and up

Omar, known for his mischievous sense of humor, encounters anti-Muslim bigotry when his family moves to a new town and school. Read aloud with other kids to see how Omar’s huge imagination helps him respond to these challenges with his spirit and humor intact.
Advance registration required. The registration form will be available on Wednesday, September 8, and Thursday, September 9. You will receive a Zoom link on Saturday, September 11.
  • Jana Vourgourakis
    Reading led by
    Jana Vourgourakis is an educator in BAMPFA’s schools program.
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11 AM–7 PM
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Sunday, September 12, 2021
11 AM–7 PM
2 PM
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Sunday, September 12, 2021
2 PM
3 PM
Sunday, September 12, 2021
3 PM
Scholar and collector Alan Templeton offers tours of The Enduring Mark with an emphasis on the evolution of drawing styles and the iconography of individual works featured in the exhibition.
Included with admission
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Monday, September 13, 2021
6:30 PM
Reihana Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tūteauru and Ngati Hine creates through a pioneering practice combining photography, video, and installation.
Free and open to the public; online only.
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7 PM
  • Film
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
7 PM
Tatiana Huezo,
Mexico,
2017,
(105 mins)
Built around interviews with two women, Tempestad employs asynchronous sound and evocative cinematography to suggest the omnipresent effects of organized crime in Mexico.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
  • Nicolás Pereda
    Introduction
    Nicolás Pereda is a filmmaker and assistant professor of Film & Media at UC Berkeley.
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Thursday, September 16, 2021
12 PM

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

Join Lisa Wymore to discover movement as a fundamental condition of human existence. 
12:15 PM
  • Art
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Thursday, September 16, 2021
12:15 PM
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2 PM–7 PM
  • Activity
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Friday, September 17, 2021
2 PM–7 PM
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2 PM–7 PM
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Saturday, September 18, 2021
2 PM–7 PM
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11 AM–7 PM
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Sunday, September 19, 2021
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, September 19, 2021
11 AM
Bring your art materials to the table as we spend some time with guest artist Saif Azzuz, who joins us from his studio to share his work and chat with participants about recent inspirations.
Sunday, September 19, 2021
1 PM
Note: this talk has been postponed to Sunday, December 5 at 1 PM. We apologize for any inconvenience.
2 PM
  • Art
  • In-Person
  • Tours
Sunday, September 19, 2021
2 PM
3 PM
Sunday, September 19, 2021
3 PM
Scholar and collector Alan Templeton offers tours of The Enduring Mark with an emphasis on the evolution of drawing styles and the iconography of individual works featured in the exhibition.
Included with admission
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Monday, September 20, 2021
6:30 PM
UC Berkeley professors Judith Butler and Mel Y. Chen discuss shifting challenges for women and racialized queer, trans, and disabled communities; queer and crip time; differing valuations of productivity; and the transformations of regimes and cultures of care in the pandemic.
Free and open to the public; online only.
7 PM
  • Free
  • In-Person
  • Performance
Monday, September 20, 2021
7 PM
The return of live music in the museum, featuring one of the Bay Area’s premiere Baroque music ensembles in collaboration with soprano Michele Kennedy on the night of the full moon.
Free admission
Series Performances
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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
7 PM
(85 mins)
This selection from the Festival of (In)appropriation—an annual showcase for experimental found media—features an array of moving-image formats while probing the limits of audiovisual remix.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
In Conversation
  • Jaimie Baron
    Jaimie Baron, founder and director of the Festival of (In)appropriation, is the author of The Archive Effect: Found Footage and the Audiovisual Experience of History and Reuse, Misuse, Abuse: The Ethi
  • Scott Stark
  • Phoebe Tooke
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Thursday, September 23, 2021
12 PM

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

Join Abigail De Kosnik as she discusses how new media can create the archives that form a foundation for collective action and social innovation.
12:15 PM
  • Art
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  • Tours
Thursday, September 23, 2021
12:15 PM
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Friday, September 24, 2021
7:30 - 9:30pm
Don’t miss the opportunity to celebrate the opening of BAMPFA’s exciting new exhibition, New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century with the BAMPFA SC on Friday, September 24!
Student only event.
2 PM–7 PM
  • Activity
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Friday, September 24, 2021
2 PM–7 PM
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Saturday, September 25, 2021
11 AM–7 PM
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Sunday, September 26, 2021
11 AM–7 PM
2 PM
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Sunday, September 26, 2021
2 PM
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Sunday, September 26, 2021
3 PM
Scholar and collector Alan Templeton offers tours of The Enduring Mark with an emphasis on the evolution of drawing styles and the iconography of individual works featured in the exhibition.
Included with admission
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
7 PM
Dziga Vertov,
USSR,
1929,
(76 mins)
An ecstatic portrait of a city and its inhabitants and a compendium of camera and editing techniques, commenting on itself and our own watching, “Dziga Vertov’s experimental silent documentary upends reality in ways that are still dizzying, thrilling and strangely sexy” (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
  • Judith Rosenberg
    On Piano
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
12 PM

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

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.
12:15 PM
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
12:15 PM
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Friday, October 1, 2021
12 PM
In the first in a series of gallery talks with local artists featured in New Time, Tammy Rae Carland, Michele Pred, and Catherine Wagner each address their work in the exhibition.
Included with admission
2 PM–7 PM
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  • Art
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Friday, October 1, 2021
2 PM–7 PM
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Saturday, October 2, 2021
11 AM–7 PM