The UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice presents the Spring 2026 Public Lecture Program. All lectures will take place in the Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB), room 285. All lectures are free and open to the public.
KING COBRA (documented as Doreen Lynette Garner) was born in 1986 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Since graduating from Rhode Island School of Design with an MFA in glass in 2014, COBRA has created corporeal sculptures—that utilize glass alongside silicone, beads, crystals, rubber, synthetic hair, petroleum jelly, and other materials—to explore the frequently suppressed and traumatic medical histories of the Black body.
COBRA has held residencies and fellowships at Recess...
On Monday, December 1, join us on Zoom for a live conversation with Maureen Fan, CEO and co-founder of Baobab Studios, the award-winning interactive animation studio behind hit transmedia experiences across games, Hollywood, and graphic novels including Crow, Magic Paintbrush and Momoguro. They create experiences across platforms such as Roblox, Netflix, Fortnite, YouTube, Webtoons, Scholastic, Penguin, and Macmillan. Maureen will talk about her career path across film, games, and immersive media, and how Baobab uses GenZ disruption of traditional industries and technology shifts to their...
