Felix, who selects a Berkeley artist to be honored every month, is the only person ever to have served as Berkeley’s art ambassador, a position Mayor Tom Bates created in 2004.
The playwright’s goal was to create a realistic depiction of Berkeley residents and the situations in which they embroil themselves. He isn’t mocking anyone, he says.
You may be a longtime Berkeley resident and a regular patron of the arts, but not know that Berkeley has an art ambassador who honors a Berkeley artist every month.
Josh Kornbluth talks about his art, his inspirations and why he likes to present himself as a screwup. The Berkeley comic and filmmaker is at the Elmwood Rialto tonight, Monday.