BERKELEY CIVIC ARTS PROGRAM
The Civic Arts Program administers and develops projects which accomplish the mission of the Civic Arts Commission, which advises the City Council on all matters affecting the beauty and culture of the city.
Romare Bearden, Berkeley
– The City and Its People (1973)
CURRENT CIVIC ARTS UPDATES
NEW INSTALLATION IN THE CUBE SPACE
Sea Beds and Signals, by artist Dimitra Skandali, is a site-specific installation created for the Cube
Space, a new art exhibition space located on the ground floor of the Center Street Garage on
Addison Street near Milvia in the heart of the arts district in Downtown Berkeley. It is on view 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week from June 8 through August 10, 2019.
More information on the exhibition
CIVIC ARTS GRANTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019/2020
The fiscal year 2020 Civic Arts Grant award amounts were approved by the Civic Arts Commission at
their May 28, 2019 meeting. Grant awards include funding of $448,922 for 54 arts organizations,
$44,411 for 12 individual artists, and $156,866 for 24 festivals. Final award amounts are subject to
City Council’s adoption of the City’s budget for fiscal year 2020.
More information on Civic Arts Grants
DOWNTOWN BERKELEY PLAZA Running from April 18 through July 17, 2019, the downtown BART plaza features a new immersive
sound installation called "Berkeley Rain" by composer and sound artist Edmund J. Campion.
“Berkeley Rain” is a site specific music composition and sound installation created for the Berkeley
BART Plaza.
Downtown Berkeley Bart Plaza
CIVIC CENTER ART EXHIBITION
Each year the City of Berkeley celebrates the richness of artistic production within the Berkeley
community with the Civic Center Art Exhibition. This year 31 Berkeley-based artists were selected
through a juried process for exhibition in the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Building.
NORTH BERKELEY SENIOR CENTER PUBLIC ART PROJECT The North Berkeley Senior Center will be undergoing renovations. Through T1 Bond funding there will
be new art at the entrance of the Senior Center to beautify the space and make it welcoming.
North Berkeley Senior Center Public Art Project updates OTHER PROGRAM INFORMATIONReports and StudiesCivic Arts Contract Forms