Lectures

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Visiting Artist Lecture: bryant terry

March 31, 2026

The Department of Art Practice is excited to welcome bryant terry for our Spring ’26 Visiting Artist Lecture Series. This lecture will take place from 5-6:15pm in Room 285, Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB). All artist talks are free and open to the public.

bryant terry is a multidisciplinary artist, chef, publisher, and author. His studio practice bridges cooking, sculpture, sound, video, and social practice to explore resilience, cultural memory, and liberation. From 2015 to 2022, he served as the inaugural Chef-in-Residence at San...

Space Science Week 2026 Keynote: An Instrument Nature Can Play

March 19, 2026

Registration is not required for the virtual keynote lecture. The livestream information will be posted via the link closer to the event.

In this Space Science Week keynote, singer and artist Jewel explores how creativity can transform the way we experience and understand our world. Drawing on NASA...

CANCELED: Visiting Artist Lecture: KING COBRA

February 17, 2026

This event has been canceled.

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...

Spring 2026 Visiting Artist Lecture Series

February 17, 2026

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.

Thursday, Feb. 26 - KING COBRA (CANCELED) Thursday, Apr. 2 - ...

Maureen Fan Lecture

November 20, 2025

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...