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David Brower Center

September 30 - September 30, 2013

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Arts Research Center

September 30 - September 30, 2013

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UC Berkeley

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Reimagining the Urban: A Symposium Exploring Methods of Investigating the City, Arts & Public Space September 30, 2013 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. David Brower Center, Tamalpais Room Free and open to the public Reimagining the Urban is a daylong symposium examining art, nature, economic development and equity in the Bay Area metropolis. Artists, curators, real estate developers, environmentalists and social justice advocates will gather to discuss the uses and abuses of the region's creative and natural resources. Speakers: Allison Arieff, SPUR Teresa Caldeira, UC Berkeley Deborah Cullinan, Executive Director, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Nicholas de Monchaux, UC Berkeley Raquel Gutierrez, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Shannon Jackson, UC Berkeley Marina McDougall, Director, Center for Art and Inquiry, The Exploratorium Alex Michel, Director, 5M Project, Forest City Judy Nemzoff, San Francisco Arts Commission Rebecca Novick, California Shakespeare Theater Elvin Padilla, Tenderloin Economic Redevelopment Project Ava Roy, Artistic Director, We Players Joel Slayton, ZERO1 Susan Schwartzenberg, Independent Artist Reimagining the Urban is co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley and the Global Urban Humanities Initiative.