Thursday, April 20
7:00 pm
160 Kroeber Hall
UC Berkeley Campus Lecture: "Tapa Cloth: The Fabric of Life in the South Pacific Islands" John Barker, of the University of British Columbia and leading authority on the Maisin People of Papua New Guinea, discusses the making, use and significance of tapa, pounded bark cloth, in a number of Oceanic societies. Barker has worked with the Maisin since 1981, and has published extensively on their art, colonial history, religion and social psychology, including the essay, "Background Paper on the Maisin of Papua New Guinea". For more information, call 510/642-8344. Free to the public.
Sunday, April 23
3:00 pm
UAM/PFA
2626 Bancroft Way Artist's Talk: "Art and Environmental Justice" An "Earth Day" special talk on art and environmental justice by tapa cloth artists Nathalie Rarama and Franklin Seri, and community leaders Sylvester Moi and Weston Nonisa, who discuss the techniques, uses, and meanings of tapa paintings created by the Maisin people of Papua New Guinea. They also talk about marketing the paintings as part of their efforts toward environmental conservation, cultural preservation, and economic self-sufficiency. For more information, call 510/642-8344. Free with museum admission.
Sunday, May 21
3:00 pm
George Gund Theater
UAM/PFA
2621 Durant Avenue Slide Lecture: Building Bridges: Lawrence Rinder and Lafcadio Cortesi in Conversation. Exhibition co-curators tell the story of how Jumping Lines came to be, discussing the aesthetic and environmental concerns dealt with in the course of organizing the exhibition. They also talk about the potential of institutional and community collaboration. For more information, call 510/642-8344. Free with museum admission.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm; Thursday, 11 am - 9 pm
Admission: General admission -- $6; Seniors, Students 12-18 -- $4; UAM/PFA members, UC Berkeley students, children under 12 -- free; Group tour member -- $3 (to arrange, call 510-642-5188) Free Hours--Thursday 11 am - noon, 5 - 9 pm
Free Thursday evening hours are a component of the Art and Film Collection Access Project (AFCAP) at the University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and are made possible through the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative.
Information: 24-hour recorded message--510/642-0808; TDD 510/642-8734 FAX--520/642-4889; PFA recorded message--510/642-1124
Credits: The MATRIX exhibition Jumping Lines: Maisin Art and Rainforest Conservation is supported in part by Greenpeace, Visible Interactive, HotWired, Petroglyph, Mrs. Paul L. Wattis, the California Arts Council, The UAM Council MATRIX Endowment, the LEF Foundation, Stanley M. Smith, Byron Meyer, and an anonymous donor. The exhibition is also made possible through the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative.
The UAM/PFA Education Program is supported in part by grants from The San Francisco Foundation, the Koret Foundation, The Clorox Company Foundation, and the Margaret Calder Hayes Memorial Fund.