Art
Every week, Oakland North will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s image is by Lauren Stewart. “This photo was taken spontaneously while on a morning walk around the lake,” she writes. “My heart was filled with gratitude and love for Oakland, and I thought to myself, ‘How many cities in America have a beautiful lake in their downtown?’” If you’d like to contribute to “community photo of the week,” just send a favorite photograph taken in…
When several art forms, disciplines and cultural backgrounds blend, there comes reflection, innovation and imagination. James Gayles, an Oakland-based Emmy Award-winning artist and musician, is striving to draw out the aesthetic value hidden in the intersection between painting and literature through a collaborative book he’s titled Reflection. He juxtaposes his own watercolor paintings of iconic cultural and historic figures, such as Nelson Mandela, Miles Davis, Celia Cruz, Nina Simone and James Baldwin, with poems written by people he knows personally….
Brooklyn Basin, a much-anticipated development project, is taking shape on the waterfront in Oakland. But the artists’ community on Fifth Avenue is worried that the condos on the way will disrupt their work and life styles.
The 6th annual Oakland Underground Film Festival opens this weekend at the Grand Lake Theatre, highlighting local independent and underground filmmakers.
Beloved Rockridge bookstore Diesel turns 25 this week. It celebrates its past and looks to the future.
The Oakland Museum and SFMOMA unveil “Fertile Ground,” exploring creative communities in California art.
Young artists, including rapper Alexis Johnson, create a music video warning fellow youth about the health dangers of fast food.
Bay Area artists created a pop-up art installation honoring the Ethiopian and Eritrean new year.
Oakland libraries offer free afterschool programs aimed at kids without ready access to art classes.