Departmental Calendar
For more information on each event, visit the corresponding page on this website. This list is ongoing and new events will be added as they are scheduled. To add dates and events, please email ssyjuco@berkeley.edu.
For a comprehensive University calendar: Current Student Enrollment Calendar
Spring 2024: Quick View
(Wed) May 1: 42 Pending Tasks: Spring 2024 Senior Thesis Exhibition, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116) (Wed) April 3: Reception: None but the Rain, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116) (Wed) April 3: Reception: Honors Exhibit “Animal of Your Body”, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116) (Wed) Feb. 28: Reception: Stitching Keffiyehs: Moving images from Palestine, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116) (Wed) Feb. 14: Closing Reception: Collapsense: Panel Discussion and Catalogue Release, 1st Year MFA Exhibition, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
(Wed) Jan. 24: Reception: Collapsense, 1st Year MFA Exhibition, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
Fall 2023: Quick View
(Wed) Nov. 29: Reception: Senior Exhibition, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
(Wed) Nov. 8: Closing Reception and Performance: BabyMaybe with Ashley Menestrina 5-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
(Wed) Oct. 25: Nice Knowing You and BabyMaybe, 5-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116) (Wed) Oct. 11: More Than Meets AI Round Table Discussion, 3-4:30 pm, AAPB 120
(Tue) Oct. 10: Reception: More Than Meets AI, 5-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
(Wed) August 30: Reception: “Black chicagoland is…”, 5-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
Spring 2023: Quick View
(Wed) May. 3: Senior Exhibit “Textured Overflow”, 5-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
(Wed) April. 12: Blood Pressure and Here Lies, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
(Wed) Jan. 18: Reception: Cacophonies of Resistance, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116). Featuring a performance by Valencia James.
(Wed) Feb. 8: Closing Reception and Catalogue Preview: Cacophonies of Resistance, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
(Wed) Feb. 22: Reception: Emergenc(y): Afghan Lives Beyond the Forever War, 5-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116). (Wed) Feb 23 - 28: Remembering a Future#2, Performance Lecture by Amanullah Mojadidi
(Sat) Mar.4: Writing Afghan Lives Beyond the Forever War A Book Reading and Dance Performance, 1-3pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116).
(Wed) Apr 12: Reception: Honors Exhibit, 5-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116).
(Wed) May 3: Reception: Senior Exhibit, 5-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116).
Fall 2022: Quick View
(Wed) Aug. 24: Instruction begins (in person)
(Tues) Aug. 30: New lecturer orientation, 12-1pm (online)
(Wed) Aug.31: Reception: Art for the Asking, 4-6pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
(Thurs) Sept. 8: “New Bulldozer Alarm!” exhibition opening, Platform Artspace, 4-6pm
(Fri) Sept. 16: Departmental meeting (online)
(Sun) Sept. 18: Art Practice major applications due
(Sun) Oct. 2: Fall 2022 Materials Quik-Grants due
(Wed ) Oct.19: Honors Exhibition Opening Reception, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
(Wed) Oct.19: Badri Valian's “Virgins in Heaven,” exhibition opening, 4-6pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
(Wed) Nov.16: Senior Exhibit Opening Reception, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)
Spring 2022: Quick View
(Tue) Jan. 18: Instruction begins (online)
(Fri) Jan. 21: Departmental meeting
(Tue) Jan. 25: Artist Talk: Jeffrey Gibson, Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Arts Research Center, 4-5:30pm, online
(Wed) Jan. 26: First Year MFA exhibition “Optimal Conditions” opens in Worth Ryder Art Gallery
(Fri), Jan. 28: “Optimal Conditions” performance by Gericault De La Rose: 7-8:30pm, accessible by live stream
(Mon) Jan. 31: Instruction begins in-person (projected date, subject to university change)
(Tues) Feb. 8: Artist Talk: Hajra Waheed, Crisis and Creativity: Artists Speak / Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series / South Asia Studies, 9am, online
(Wed) Feb. 9: Deadline to add/drop classes
(Wed) Feb. 9: Art Practice major application info session with Raty Syka and Stephanie Syjuco, 12-1pm, Zoom.
(Fri) Feb. 18: Art Practice major applications due
(Fri) Feb. 18: “Optimal Conditions” performance by Irma Yuliana Barbosa, 5-6pm, AAP 120. Please register here for a seat.
(Fri) Feb. 18: Departmental meeting
(Mon) Feb. 21: Holiday
(Tues) Feb. 22—Tuesday, March 1: Student exhibition TBA opens in Worth Ryder Art Gallery
(Mon) Feb. 28: Artist Talk: The New Red Order, Berkeley Arts + Design, 6:30-8pm
(Wed) Mar. 2: Exhibitions PROOF: 28 years of printmaking at UC Berkeley and (Im)print open in Worth Ryder Art Gallery, 4-6 pm.
(Sun) March 6: Materials Quik-Grant applications due
(Tue) March 15: Artist Talk: Dario Robleto, Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Arts Research Center, 4-5:30pm, online
(Fri) March 18: Departmental meeting
(Mon) March 21—Friday, March 25: Spring Break
(Sat) March 26: MFA Open Studios, Richmond Field Station, 10am-2pm
(Wed) March 30: Visiting Artist: Aman Mojadidi, Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Center for Middle Eastern Studies, time 12:00 PM, online
(Fri) April 1: Artist Talk: Wendy Red Star, Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Arts Research Center, 4-5:30pm, online
(Fri) April 1: Deadline to change grading options
(Wed) April 6: Exhibition Opening: Embodied Entropy, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAP 116)
(Tues) April 12: Talk: Arundhati Roy, Center for Race and Gender, 4-5:30pm
(Thurs) April 14: Artist Talk: Seitu Jones: George's Blues: An Investigation of George Washington Carver’s Legacy as an Artist and Cook, Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium
(Fri) April 15: Departmental meeting
(Mon) April 18: Artist Talk: Iman Mersal, Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Center for Middle Eastern Studies, time 5:00 PM, in-person
(Mon) May 2—Friday, May 6: RRR Week
(Wed) May 4: Exhibition Opening: Extro-Introspection: Spring 2022 Senior Thesis Exhibition, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAP 116)
(Mon) May 9—Friday, May 13: Finals Week
(Fri) May 13: Spring Semester ends
(Sat) May 14: Cal Commencement
(Tues) May 17: Art Practice Commencement
(Wed) May 18: Spring 2022 Senior Show closes in Worth Ryder Art Gallery
(Fri) May 20: Departmental meeting
Fall 2021: Quick View
(Mon) Aug. 23: MFA campus orientation and lunch, 10am-12pm
(Tue) Aug. 24: Art Practice Undergraduate Self-Guided Studios Tour, 12-2:30pm
(Wed) Aug. 25: Instruction begins
(Wed) Sept. 1: Wednesday Workshop: Art Practice Major Application info session, 12-1pm
(Mon) Sept. 6: Holiday: Labor Day
(Tue) Sept. 14: Bruce Cohen Scholarship Award Launch, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, 4-6pm
(Wed) Sept. 15: Last day to add/drop a class
(Sun) Sept. 19: Art Practice Major applications due
(Fri) Sept. 24: Faculty meeting
(Mon) Sept. 27: Materials Quik-Grant applications open
(Sat) Oct. 2: Art Practice hosts Cal Vet Tailgate/Clay Date, Ceramics Labs, Wurster Hall
(Sun) Oct. 10: Materials Quik-Grant applications due
(Mon) Oct. 11: Indigenous People’s Day (not official holiday)
(Fr) Oct. 22: Faculty meeting
(Sat) Oct. 23: Art Practice hosts Cal Vet Tailgate/Clay Date, Ceramics Labs, Wurster Hall
(Mon) Oct. 25: Materials Quik-Grant awards announced
(Wed) Oct. 27: Lunchtime Workshop: “So You’re Thinking About Going to Grad School in the Arts…” 12-1pm, zoom
(Sat) Oct. 30: Art Practice hosts Cal Vet Tailgate/Clay Date, Ceramics Labs, Wurster Hall
(Th) Nov. 11: Holiday
(Sat) Nov. 13: Art Practice hosts Cal Vet Tailgate/Clay Date, Ceramics Labs, Wurster Hall
(Fri) Nov. 19: Faculty meeting (closed session)
(Wed) Nov. 24: Non-Instructional Day
(Th) Nov. 25: Holiday: Thanksgiving
(Fri) Nov. 26: Holiday: Thanksgiving
(Th) Dec. 2: Senior Thesis Exhibition “Coalescence” opens to the public: 4-6pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery
(Fri) Dec. 3: Spring 2022 Honors Studio Program applications due, 5pm
(Mon) Dec. 6—Friday, Dec. 10: RRR Week
(Mon) Dec. 6: Senior Thesis Exhibition “Coalescence” artist talks: 12-1pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery
(Wed) Dec. 8: Senior Thesis Exhibition “Coalescence” artist talks: 12-1pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery
(Thurs) Dec. 9: Artwork removal day: all student artwork cleared out from all studios
(Fri) Dec. 10: Studio Clean-Up Day
(Fri) Dec. 10: MFA 2nd Year Reviews
(Mon) Dec. 13–Friday, Dec. 17: Finals Week
(Fri) Dec. 17: MFA 1st Year Reviews
(Fri) Dec. 17: Fall semester ends
Summer 2021: Quick View
(Mon) May 23: Summer Session A begins
(Thurs) June 3: 2020 MFA Artists’ Talk, BAMPFA, 4:30pm (Zoom)
(Fri) June 11: MFA 2021 Exhibition opens at BAMPFA
(Sun) June 20: MFA 2020 Exhibition closes at BAMPFA
(Wed) June 23: 2021 MFA Artists’ Talk, BAMPFA, 4:30pm (Zoom)
(Tue) July 6: Summer Session D begins
(Tue) July 6: Transfer Student Orientation (email Raty Syka syka@berkeley.edu for Zoom link)
(Sun) July 11: MFA 2021 Exhibition closes at BAMPFA
Spring 2021: Quick View
(Th) January 14: Departmental Meeting
(Fri) January 15: Golden Bears Orientation: Transfer Student Orientation (email syka@berkeley.edu for link)
(Fri) January 15: Honors Critique Program: application deadline
(Fri) January 15: Worth Ryder Art Gallery Internship: application deadline
(Mon) January 18: Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
(Tue) January 19: Instruction begins
(Fri) January 29: MFA First Year exhibition opening: “When Things Get Back to Normal,” 6-7pm PST
(Mon) February 1: Summer courses posted on Course Catalog
(Mon) February 1: Materials Quik-Grant applications open
(Wed) February 3: Town Hall meeting, 12-1pm
(Fri) February 5: Departmental Meeting, 10:30am
(Fri) February 12: Art Major Application Q+A Session (Zoom link)
(Fri) February 12: Virtual Studio Night #1, hosted by the AP Student Collaborative
(Sun) February 14: Materials Quik-Grant deadline: Application link.
(Mon) February 15: Holiday
(Fri) February 19: Art Major Application deadline, midnight
(Fri) February 19: Materials Quik-Grant notifications
(Fri) February 19: MFA First Year exhibition performance/reading, 6-7pm PST
(Mon) February 22: Ceramics Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Anina Major, 1-2pm PST
(Fri) February 26: Virtual Studio Night #2, hosted by the AP Student Collaborative
(Mon) March 1: Ceramics Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Woody Othello, 9-10am PST
(Mon) March 22—March 26: Spring Recess
(Fri) March 26: Holiday
(Mon) March 29: Ceramics Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Ahn Lee, 1-2pm PST
(Fri) April 2: Departmental Meeting
(Fri) April 2: Worth Ryder Gallery opening receptions: "Handing Off: Art in Pandemic Times: A Virtual Mail Art Exhibition” and “Unruly Objects in the Uncanny Valley,” 5-6pm PST (Zoom link)
(Wed) April 7: Asma Kazmi & Santhi Kavuri-Bauer Lecture, 9am PST
(Mon) April 12: Ceramics Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Sharif Farrag, 11am-12pm PST
(Wed) April 14: Ceramics Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Gerardo Monterrubio, 1-2pm PST
(Thur) April 15: Discussion: Through the Eyes of Elders: Weaving Histories of the Philippines & U.S. through Story & Ritual, 6pm PST
(Mon) May 3–Friday, May 7: RRR Week
(Tues) May 4: Departmental Meeting
(Mon) May 10–Friday, May 14: Finals Week
(Wed) May 12: Opening reception: “HomeStudio” / ART 185 Senior Projects classes, 5-6pm (Zoom)
(Thurs) May 13: Opening reception: “Game Design: Demo Day” / ART 172: Advanced Digital Media: Computer Graphics Studio, 6-9pm (Zoom)
(Fr) May 14: Fall 2021 Honors Studio Program applications due, 5pm
(Fri) May 14: Spring semester ends
(Fri) May 14: MFA 2020 Exhibition opens at BAMPFA, 6pm PST
(Mon) May 17: Art Practice Commencement Ceremony, 3-5pm PST
Fall 2020: Quick View
(Thu) August 20: MFA Class of 2022 Orientation, 4-6pm
(Mon) August 24: Golden Bears Orientation: Transfer Student Orientation (recorded)
(Tue) August 25: Golden Bears Orientation: Art Major Portfolio workshop (recorded)
(Wed) August 26: First day of instruction
(Thu) August 27: Worth Ryder Art Gallery Internship: application deadline
(Fri) August 28: Departmental Meeting
(Wed) September 2: Art Practice Town Hall (semester kick-off), 12-1pm
(Tue) September 8: Art Practice Town Hall, 12-1pm
(Wed) September 9: Art Practice Town Hall, 12-1pm
(Wed) September 9: Honors Critique Program: application deadline
(Fri) September 11: Departmental Meeting
(Wed) September 16: Add/Drop deadline (undergraduate classes)
(Mon) September 21: Worth Ryder Art Gallery Internship Art Talk Series: Destinee Ross-Sutton, Curator, Say It Loud, 12-1pm
(Mon) September 21: Wiesenfeld Artist Lecture: William Pope L., 6:30-8pm
(Fri) September 25: Add/Drop deadline (graduate classes)
(Mon) September 28: Worth Ryder Art Gallery Internship Art Talk Series(: Remote Viewing with Artists Tyler Coburn & Ian Hatcher, 12-1pm
(Fri) October 2: Departmental Meeting
(Mon) October 5: Declaring the Art Major: Early application deadline for priority Spring 2021 enrollment
(Wed) October 7: Graphic Knowledge Series: Art for the Asking: The History of the Graphic Arts Loan Collection and A Conversation with GALC Award Winners, 4:10-5pm
(Mon) October 12: Wiesenfeld Artist Lecture: Sherin Gurguis, 6:30-8pm
(Wed) October 14: Graphic Knowledge Series: How-to Make an Impression: A Tour and History of Presses at Two Printmaking Studios, 4:10-5pm
(Fri) October 16: Declaring the Art Major: Deadline for Fall 2020
(Mon) October 19: Wiesenfeld Artist Lecture: Connie Zheng: How to Talk to Seeds, 6:30-8pm
(Wed) October 21: Graphic Knowledge Series: Lasting Impressions: An Art Historian’s Perspective on Printmaking and the Graphic Arts Loan Collection, 4:10-5pm
(Wed) October 28: Graphic Knowledge Series: Impressive Art: An Artists Panel on Printmaking, with Randy Hussong, Emily Gui (MFA ‘21) and others, 4:10-5pm
(Mon) November 2: Worth Ryder Art Gallery Internship Art Talk Series: Vivian Sming of Sming Sming Books: Independent Art Publishing, 12-1pm
(Mon) November 2: Wiesenfeld Artist Lecture: Lava Thomas in Conversation with Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, 6:30-8pm
(Mon) November 9: Worth Ryder Art Gallery Internship Art Talk Series: John Held Jr. Mail Art, 12-1pm
(Wed) November 11: Academic and administrative holiday
(Fri) November 20: Departmental Meeting
(Wed) November 25: Non-Instructional Day
(Thu - Fri) November 26-27: Thanksgiving Holiday
(Fri) December 4: Departmental Meeting
(Mon) December 7–Friday, December 11: RRR Week
(Fri) December 11: Last day of instruction
(Tue) December 15: MFA Application deadline
(Fri) December 18, 2020: Fall semester officially ends