• Joe Overstreet: Untitled, 1971; watercolor on paper; BAMPFA collection, purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
  • Priyanka D’Souza

Sign up in the Art Lab ten minutes ahead of the session, in time to join us for the tour that starts at 11:30 AM.


Included with admission: Free for kids 18 and under and for one adult per child 13 and under


Gallery + Studio: Shifting Shapes and Surfaces

For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)

  • Workshop led by
    Priyanka D’Souza

    Priyanka D’Souza is a visual artist, writer, and poet from Mumbai who works with crip time and protest and the concept of the ajai’b (wondrous/strange), particularly as applied to borderlands and anomalous bodies. She is one half of the artist duo Resting Museum, with Shreyasi Pathak. D’Souza is in the 2025 graduating class of UC Berkeley’s Master of Fine Arts Program.

This two-part workshop integrates an interactive gallery tour with a related art project.

What Has Been and What Could Be features vibrant paintings in which shapes and surfaces interact in dynamic ways. Joe Overstreet’s untitled watercolor sets the stage with strong geometric elements drawn from both African and modern American art, while more organic shapes seem to float and swim in oil paintings by Gordon Onslow Ford and Lee Mullican. All three paintings are infused with surface markings that add excitement.

Inspired by these artworks, we explore sponge, splatter, and other mark-making techniques to create exciting variations on painted surfaces.

Event Accessibility

If you have any questions about accessibility or require accommodations to participate in this event, please contact us at bampfa@berkeley.edu or call us at (510) 642-1412 (during open hours) with as much advance notice as possible. More information on accessibility services.