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 2025: Quick View

(Wed) Jan 29: Revolt Against the Sun, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)

Fall 2024: Quick View

(Wed) Dec 4: Reception: Fata Morgana: Fall 2024 Senior Thesis Exhibit, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)

(Mon) Nov 4: Reception and Screening: Fragments of Identity, 5-7 pm, VIDRINE (AAPB Lobby)

(Wed) Oct 23: Reception: Multiple Transparencies, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)

(Wed) Oct 23: Reception: Free Beer, A Yardsale, Something Warm, Cats, Dogs, Nuts and Bolts, The (Otherwise) Joyous: Sunnyside Up With A Cherry On Top, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)

(Wed) Sep 18: Reception: Figurative Realities Exhibition, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)

(Wed) Oct 23: Reception: Ramos Award Show: "Free Beer, A Yardsale, Something Warm, Cats, Dogs, Nuts and Bolts, The (Otherwise) Joyous: Sunnyside Up With A Cherry On Top", 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)

(Wed) Oct 23: Multiple Transparencies, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)

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) Apr 3: Reception: None but the Rain, 4-7 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)

(Wed) Apr 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) Aug 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) Apr 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, 1-3 pm, 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)

(Tue) Aug 30: New Lecturer Orientation, 12-1 pm (Online)

(Wed) Aug 31: Reception: Art for the Asking, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery (AAPB 116)

(Thurs) Sep 8: “New Bulldozer Alarm!” Exhibition Opening, Platform Artspace, 4-6 pm

(Fri) Sep 16: Departmental Meeting (Online)

(Sun) Sep 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, 4-6 pm, 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, 4-5:30 pm (Online)

(Wed) Jan 26: First Year MFA Exhibition “Optimal Conditions” Opens, Worth Ryder Art Gallery

(Fri) Jan 28: “Optimal Conditions” Performance by Gericault De La Rose, 7-8:30 pm (Livestream)

(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, 9 am (Online)

(Wed) Feb 9: Deadline to Add/Drop Classes

(Wed) Feb 9: Art Practice Major Application Info Session with Raty Syka and Stephanie Syjuco, 12-1 pm (Zoom)

(Fri) Feb 18: Art Practice Major Applications Due

(Fri) Feb 18: “Optimal Conditions” Performance by Irma Yuliana Barbosa, 5-6 pm, AAP 120

(Fri) Feb 18: Departmental Meeting

(Mon) Feb 21: Holiday

(Tues) Feb 22 – Tues, Mar 1: Student Exhibition (TBA) Opens, Worth Ryder Art Gallery

(Mon) Feb 28: Artist Talk: The New Red Order, Berkeley Arts + Design, 6:30-8 pm

(Wed) Mar 2: Exhibitions “PROOF: 28 Years of Printmaking at UC Berkeley” and “(Im)print” Open, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery

(Sun) Mar 6: Materials Quik-Grant Applications Due

(Tue) Mar 15: Artist Talk: Dario Robleto, Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Arts Research Center, 4-5:30 pm (Online)

(Fri) Mar 18: Departmental Meeting

(Mon) Mar 21 – Fri, Mar 25: Spring Break

(Sat) Mar 26: MFA Open Studios, Richmond Field Station, 10 am-2 pm

(Wed) Mar 30: Visiting Artist: Aman Mojadidi, Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 12 pm (Online)

(Fri) Apr 1: Artist Talk: Wendy Red Star, Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Arts Research Center, 4-5:30 pm (Online)

(Fri) Apr 1: Deadline to Change Grading Options

(Wed) Apr 6: Exhibition Opening: “Embodied Entropy”, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery

(Tue) Apr 12: Talk: Arundhati Roy, Center for Race and Gender, 4-5:30 pm

(Thurs) Apr 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) Apr 15: Departmental Meeting

(Mon) Apr 18: Artist Talk: Iman Mersal, Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 5 pm (In-Person)

(Mon) May 2 – Fri, May 6: RRR Week

(Wed) May 4: Exhibition Opening: “Extro-Introspection: Spring 2022 Senior Thesis Exhibition”, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery

(Mon) May 9 – Fri, May 13: Finals Week

(Fri) May 13: Spring Semester Ends

(Sat) May 14: Cal Commencement

(Tue) May 17: Art Practice Commencement

(Wed) May 18: Spring 2022 Senior Show Closes, Worth Ryder Art Gallery

(Fri) May 20: Departmental Meeting


Fall 2021: Quick View

(Mon) Aug 23: MFA Campus Orientation and Lunch, 10 am-12 pm

(Tue) Aug 24: Art Practice Undergraduate Self-Guided Studios Tour, 12-2:30 pm

(Wed) Aug 25: Instruction Begins

(Wed) Sep 1: Wednesday Workshop: Art Practice Major Application Info Session, 12-1 pm

(Mon) Sep 6: Holiday: Labor Day

(Tue) Sep 14: Bruce Cohen Scholarship Award Launch, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, 4-6 pm

(Wed) Sep 15: Last Day to Add/Drop a Class

(Sun) Sep 19: Art Practice Major Applications Due

(Fri) Sep 24: Faculty Meeting

(Mon) Sep 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 an Official Holiday)

(Fri) 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…”, 12-1 pm (Zoom)

(Sat) Oct 30: Art Practice Hosts Cal Vet Tailgate/Clay Date, Ceramics Labs, Wurster Hall

(Thurs) 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

(Thurs) Nov 25 – Fri, Nov 26: Holiday: Thanksgiving

(Thurs) Dec 2: Senior Thesis Exhibition “Coalescence” Opens to the Public, 4-6 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery

(Fri) Dec 3: Spring 2022 Honors Studio Program Applications Due, 5 pm

(Mon) Dec 6 – Fri, Dec 10: RRR Week

(Mon) Dec 6: Senior Thesis Exhibition “Coalescence” Artist Talks, 12-1 pm, Worth Ryder Art Gallery

(Wed) Dec 8: Senior Thesis Exhibition “Coalescence” Artist Talks, 12-1 pm, 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 – Fri, Dec 17: Finals Week

(Fri) Dec 17: MFA 1st Year Reviews

(Fri) Dec 17: Fall Semester Ends