Julie Atkinson, who’s moderating a talk Saturday with five other artists featured in the shows, spoke with Berkeleyside about her practice and the sense of community that comes from expanding opportunities for Black artists.
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Around Berkeley: Parties for reading comics and listening to unreleased Green Day album
Other events include a new exhibition at Alma Rise Gallery, an Electric Squeezebox Orchestra concert and another Werner Herzog film.
A Berkeley teen took a photo on a family vacation. The White House put it in a national climate change report
Diya Patel was one of 92 artists of all ages whose work was chosen for the National Climate Assessment.
Around Berkeley: Bird fest, Freight Fest, solar eclipse viewing party
Other events include the 28th annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival and an airing of the Taylor Swift movie at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood.
Around Berkeley: Indigenous Peoples Day Powwow, pumpkin patch, music at the Berkeley Flea Market
Other events include a First Friday Block Party at Gilman District, a free community day at BAMPFA and a plant sale at the Botanic Garden at Tilden.
New mural chosen for Aquatic Park, but all 4 sculpture proposals rejected
Berkeley’s arts commission decided the proposals for a $450,000 sculpture didn’t pass muster and vowed to develop a new plan for the project.
Never-before-seen photos of post-war Berlin and Jerusalem after the Six-Day War are on view in downtown Berkeley
The renowned Russian-Jewish photographer Roman Vishniac’s poignant photos are on view at the Magnes Collection.
8 local women artists with ‘staying power’ show their work at Berkeley gallery
Jeanne O’Connor, a photography teacher at the West Berkeley Senior Center, and Hilda Robinson, who learned oil pastels from Joan Brown while attending Cal in her late 40s, are among the artists with work on view at the Shoh Gallery
New West Berkeley mural is a repeated Hindi prayer
Berkeley artist Amrita Singhal recently finished the mural — her first — on the side of the building that once housed Sam’s 58 Club.
‘A creative safe house’: Former Cal computer science professor opens experimental art gallery in West Berkeley
West Berkeley’s newest art gallery wants to encourage artists to take risks. Its first exhibition, Working Craft, closes Saturday.
Giant abalone shells or a glowing steel ship? Weigh in on 7 public art proposals for Aquatic Park
The city is soliciting input on a sculpture and a mural for the park through Aug. 4
Series at BAMPFA this weekend will explore ‘Black Life’ through duets and participatory sonic improv
The interdisciplinary presentation from artist Zekarias Thompson will also include photographs and a panel discussion.