CONTACT: DORIS WORSHAM, COMMUNITY LIAISON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM/PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE (510) 642-1438
APRIL 20:
Southside/Telegraph: Is it our neighborhood, too? The student's perspective. Hosted by the Associated Students of the University of California, the Student Committee of the University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the Student Residential Council and the Telegraph Area Association. THEATER GALLERY 6 P.M.
APRIL 27:
Creating Bicycle Boulevards for Berkeley. Coordinator Hank Resnik, publisher of the Berkeley Insider Magazine, Susie Sanderson, transportation planner, city of Berkeley; Dona Spring, Berkeley City Council member, and others will participate in a discussion/brainstorming session on the proposed bicycle plan for Berkeley. The plan calls for the creation of Bicycle Boulevards, a network of streets (3 east-west, 3 north-south) on which bicycles have priority. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.
May 4:
What next for Telegraph Avenue and the neighborhood's commercial streets? A community strategy session. Hosted by the Telegraph Area Association. GALLERY B 6 P.M.
MAY 11:
Urban Sprawl. Larry Orman, executive director of Greenbelt Alliance, will lead a discussion on the historic agreement between Greenbelt Alliance, advocates of open space and low-cost housing, and the Bank of America. The agreement condemns urban sprawl throughout the state of California. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.
MAY 18:
Urban Environmental Forum. Amalia Egri, legislative aide to Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, will lead a workshop on the results of the Northern Alameda County Urban Environmental Forum held March 25 in Berkeley, where myriad issues concerning urban planning were discussed. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.
May 25:
Public Art in Bay Area Urban Design and Planning. Marsha Gale of Environmental Design of Berkeley, will lead a panel discussion and present a multi-media presentation on several issues related to incorporating public art projects in the urban planning/design process. An overview of local Bay Are public art programs such as the Oakland and San Francisco "percent for art" ordinances will be provided as background for discussion of selected projects. The workshop will focus on several site-specific public art projects including the Fruitvale Streetscape project, Oakland's largest project of its kind to date.
The Fruitvale Streetscape public art project, located in a culturally diverse neighborhood district, involves a multicultural, multidiscplinary collaboration between urban planners/designers, an artist and a sculptor. In addition to addressing cultural and historic themes, the designers have responded to important transportation corridor issues, particularly the presence of a BART station in the neighborhood. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.
June 1:
Neighborhood Roundtable Finale. The last in a series of University Art Museum meetings on the future of the Southside. Hosted by the Telegraph Area Association. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.
June 8:
Empowering Local Community Groups. Julian Carroll, associate transportation planner for CalTrans, will lead a workshop on a variety of topics concerning urban planning for community groups, including assisting community groups in understanding the city planning process, local and federal government policy and learning how to use the city redevelopment department. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.
June 15:
A New Urbanist's Critique of "Urban Revisions." Steve Price of the Sierra Club hosts a panel discussion on the UAM/PFA exhibition. Participants will include a local politician, urban designer and local architect. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.
June 22:
Planning for Access and Inclusion--A Presentation on Creating Accessible Communities through Collaboration. The World Institute on Disability of Oakland will host a community workshop, which will inform communities about how to plan and create change for people with disabilities within the context of the Whole City and to help them improve their capacity to live independent lives. Their model is based on the Healthy Cities model and they are working closely with the California Healthy Cities Project. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.
June 29:
Oakland's General Plan. A community workshop on Oakland's General Plan. Participants will discuss details on the future development of Oakland's waterfront area and the activities of the Oakland's General Plan Congress, which has in the past year addressed five areas of concern--neighborhoods, industry and community, the waterfront, downtown and transportation. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.
July 6:
Accessibility Issues. Susan Massara, outreach coordinator for Berkeley's Center for Independent Living (CIL), will lead a discussion on accessibility issues on the urban scene confronting people with physical disabilities. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.
July 13:
Urban Gardeners. Alan Green of the East Bay Urban Gardeners (EBUG) leads a workshop on the world of the urban gardener and will share with workshop participants his past experiences in organizing communities to create their own community gardens. GALLERY B 6:30 P.M.