Fall 2019 Arts and Cultural Studies courses open for enrollment

It’s time to enroll for Fall 2019 courses.

We have dozens of courses offered this Fall 2019 across our entire department, including courses in:

  • Art History
  • Studio Art
  • Communication
  • Humanities
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Women’s Studies.

You can see all the course offerings for FALL 2019  as well as information for enrolling HERE.

Gender Studies Certificate

  • We have a new interdisciplinary certificate in Gender Studies (more information soon).

 

  • We will update this posting with more details about some of the courses in our department as they become available.

Course Flyers:

Flyer for HUMAN 55 (The Representation of Immigration in Cinema and Television)

Human 55 Fall 2019 Berkeley City College

Spring 2019 — Arts and Cultural Studies has a lot of great courses open!

We have dozens of courses offered this Spring 2019 across our entire department– in Art History, Studio Art, Communication, Humanities, Music, Philosophy, and Women’s Studies.

You can see all the course offerings for Spring as well as information for enrolling HERE.

We will update this posting with more details about some of the courses in our department as they become available.

 

COMMUNICATION

Communication 10- Gender and Communication: 100% online in the spring!

 

HUMANITIES

Here’s some information about another course: HUMAN 57: Film Directors and Artists.

HUMAN 57 Spring 2019

And yet another course: HUMAN 40: Religions of the World (click on image to download or view larger file).

 

Now Enrolling for Fall 2016

 

Fall 2016 courses are currently open with many enrollment opportunities. We have full-length semester courses as well as 8-week, short term courses.

Please check out the BCC course schedule for a full list of open courses in:

  • Art (History and Studio)
  • Communication
  • Humanities
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Women’s Studies

 

The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies offers courses across a wide range of fields.

 

  • For a list of 8-week, short-term courses click here
  • For expanded course descriptions for Humanities courses for Fall 2016, click here.
  • For information specific to the Mural classes, part of the Art Program, click here.
  • For information specific to Humanities 5 (Storytelling in American Culture), part of the Humanities Program, click here.
  • For information specific to the late-start class, Humanities 15 (Popular Culture), part of the Humanities Program, click here.
  • For information specific to Humanities 40 (Religions of the World ), part of the Humanities Program, click here.

We are pleased to be a community sponsor for the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Berkeley City College’s Department of Arts and Cultural Studies is pleased to be a community sponsor for the

36th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, July 21 – August 7, 2016 presented by the Jewish Film Institute.

In particular, we are supporting the following film:

A NEW COLOR: THE ART OF EDYTHE BOONE

Mo Morris | USA | Documentary

Since she was a girl, Berkeley artist and activist Edythe Boone has aspired “to develop a new color no one has seen in life.” Her unflagging drive and determination are captured in this film’s every frame. Director Mo Morris, subject Edythe Boone and Equal Justice Society’s Legal Director, Allison Elgert in person for the Q&A

 

This film is part of our Take Action Day program focused on social justice films in the spirit of the Jewish value of Tikkun Olam. For more information, visit http://sfjff36.jfi.org/festival-guide/spotlights/take-action-day/

Artists Arcade: Spring Art Open House, May 18, 2016, from 6 – 8 pm

Enjoy great art, food, and music! You are invited to Artist Arcade, a two hour installation and celebration of artwork made by BCC students during the Spring semester. Drawings and paintings from 10 courses will be showcased on the 4th floor halls, with tours led by art history students occurring at regular intervals. Berkeley City College is located at 2050 Center Street, in downtown Berkeley, a half block from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station. We hope to see you there!

 

Artists Arcade flyer

Simple Magic: The Art of Remy Charlip and Reclaiming Gay Jewish Ancestry

BCC Art Instructor, Seth Eisen’s new show:

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Click on image to visit the show’s Facebook page

 

Join us for a performance-lecture about the life and legacy of seminal gay Jewish artist Remy Charlip by performer Seth Eisen and dancer James Graham. This free event, co-hosted by Sha’ar Zahav and co-sponsored Keshet, will include food and refreshments.

A precocious Jewish boy raised in Brooklyn, Charlip was an integral part of the New York avant-garde of the 1950s and 60s, a founding member of The Merce Cunningham Dance Company; stage directing, designing costumes and choreographing for The Living Theater and The Judson Church Dance Theater, winning him two Village Voice Obie awards. Charlip also wrote and illustrated 30+ picture books, receiving three New York Times Best Illustrated Book citations and deemed a National Treasure by the Library of Congress.

Be the first to discover this seminal, gay ancestor in a not-to-be-missed celebration about how gay Jewish lineage is passed on from generation to generation.

Eisen’s interdisciplinary theatre works unearth and elevate the stories of LGBTQ ancestors. Eisen will be joined on stage by James Graham, Izzie award-winning dancer and teacher of Gaga (an Israeli dance form developed by Batsheva Dance Company), and actor, Harry Breaux. This dynamic event is part of Eisen’s upcoming premiere of The Charlip Project, reviving the iconoclastic life and work of Remy Charlip, opening hearts and minds to this queer Jewish original.

The Charlip Project is made possible with generous support from: The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, The Center for Cultural Innovation’s Investing in Artists Grant, The Zellerbach Family Foundation, The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, The Jim Henson Foundation, CA$H, and formative work for The Charlip Project created during an Artist Residency at Harrison House Music, Arts & Ecology, Joshua Tree, CA, 2016 and generous individuals. Eye Zen Presents is a House Artist at CounterPulse.