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Produced by AMP with Fair Director Kelly Freeman working in partnership with Artistic Director Nato Thompson, San Francisco Art Fair will present 85 leading galleries from around the world alongside a dynamic series of public programming this April 2025 at Fort Mason...Read more about April 17 - 20, 2025: San Francisco Art Fair

Sovereign Waters: Defending the Rights of Nature in the Bay and Beyond (Climate Control)
Thursday, April 17, 2025
7:30PM, Virtual

Join Pennie Opal Plant of Movement Rights and Quetza Ramirez of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature in...Read more about April 17, 2025: Sovereign Waters: Defending the Rights of Nature in the Bay and Beyond (Climate Control)

To Those Who Create the Future
Davey Whitcraft

Exhibition: February 1 to March 29, 2025
Artist Reception: Saturday, March 1, from 5-7pm

Themes + Projects
1275 Minnesota Street,...Read more about Now - March 29, 2025: "To Those Who Create the Future," Davey Whitcraft (Themes + Projects)

Alter Eco
Sarita Doe
1 March 2025 — 26 April 2025

Exhibit Opening: March 1, 2025, 1 - 5 PM

Climate Control
2831 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA
Open Fridays and...Read more about March 1: Exhibition Opening, "Alter Eco," Sarita Doe (Climate Control)

This exhibition is the second in a series highlighting contemporary Bay Area artists in [the de Young] collection. The installation explores how artists relate to their environments...Read more about Now - November 30, 2025: About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift (de Young Museum)

Applications for The Psychedelics in Society and Culture Fellowship (PiSC) Program Due March 16, 2025

...Read more about Apply for the Psychedelics in Society and Culture Fellowship Program

On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 2323 Broadway, Oakland, CA the Critical Ecology Lab invites community members, community organizations, activists, Black scientists and environmental leaders to join us for an exciting day filled with music, art, science, interactive experiences, and critical...Read more about February 15, 2025: Eco-Afro Futures: From Seeds to the Stars (Critical Ecology Lab)

Villa Albertine, in partnership with the Djerassi Resident Artists Program and the Engie Foundation, are pleased to present a one-of-a-kind residency dedicated to natural and environmental heritage.

Marie-Sarah Adenis and Cyrielle Gulacsy are...Read more about February 11, 2025: Meet the Residents: "Microbial Mythology," Marie-Sarah Adenis & Cyrielle Gulacsy (Villa Albertine)

The International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs is pleased to announce the publication of the third issue of volume seven of Critical Times, published by Duke University Press at ...Read more about Announcing Volume 7, Issue 3 of Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory

Hello Colleagues and Students,

Well, the year 2025 has begun, and with it, an array of expected and unexpected “projects.” As I take over the reins from Professors Linda Rugg and Gregory Levine who so expertly led EAHI...Read more about Welcome Back from EAHI

Dear CICI community,

Welcome to the Spring semester, we hope you’ve had a restorative break. In these turbulent times, I take comfort in the knowledge that we have the analytic and imaginative resources across campus and at CICI to help us navigate the flood...Read more about Welcome Back: Spring 2025

UC Berkeley’s Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, or CICI, and the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs, or ICCTP, received a $2.6 million grant to support a multiyear initiative titled “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times.”

Led by campus scholars Judith...Read more about Daily Cal: Campus scholars to lead .6 million “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times” initiative

The University of California (UC), Berkeley has received a $2.6 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a new initiative to confront artistic and academic censorship, the school...Read more about Hyperallergic: UC Berkeley Gets .6M for Project to Counter Arts Censorship

Berkeley, CA — UC Berkeley’s Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry (CICI) and the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs (ICCTP) have been awarded $2.6 million to support a groundbreaking multi-year initiative titled “A Counter-Imaginary in...Read more about UC Berkeley Awarded .6 Million Grant for “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times”

The Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative is pleased to support a new seminar in the department of Theater Arts. Enrollment is now open for Spring 2025:

Ecology Across the Arts and Humanities
Theater Arts 266: Special Topics
...Read more about EAHI Course of Interest: Ecology Across the Arts and Humanities

Bodies, Borders, and Infrared Surveillance Technologies

Isabella Faye Williams
Graduate Student, Department of French

Thursday,...Read more about Inaugural Meeting of the Graduate Work-in-Progress Series “New Border Imaginaries in an Age of Security," December 5, 2024