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UC Berkeley Art Museum

January 15 - December 10, 2012

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2626 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94720
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The Reading Room George Schneeman and Bill Berkson: On the Offspring, 1969 or 1970; mixed media on illustration board; 12 × 12 in.
The Reading Room is a temporary project dedicated to poetry and experimental fiction offering visitors the chance to take home a free book drawn from the overstock collections of several noted East Bay small presses, including Kelsey Street Press, Atelos Books, and Tuumba Press. Books and catalogs from Small Press Distribution will also be available. In turn, visitors are asked to replace that book with one from their own library. We look forward to seeing how the character of the works on the shelves evolves over the course of the project! rodenta Stop by The Reading Room during gallery hours to enjoy a comfortable reading area, listen to recordings of selected poets published by these presses, and view silk-screen prints and original works on paper created by George Schneeman in collaboration with poets Ron Padgett, Bill Berkson, and Lewis MacAdams. Guided and inspired by arts writer and poet Ramsay Bell Breslin and poet and UC Berkeley Professor of English Lyn Hejinian, BAM/PFA’s literary project invites visitors to look, listen, share, and read in The Reading Room. Location: UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA Price: $7-$10 Dates: January 15-December 9, 2012; Mondays through Sundays, 11 AM – 5 PM