Posts Tagged ‘Oakland Art Murmur’
Five years after Ghost Ship: How local organizations are fighting artist displacement
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Oakland’s industrial zone bustled with canneries, metal works and warehouses. As the global economy changed, industries moved out and artists moved in. The low-rent buildings, with their vaulted interiors, were suitable for live-work studios. Over the years, landlords looked the other way as tenants nested in spaces that were…
Read MoreArtVale gallery founder Shoshana Zambryski-Stachel
On a Friday night in East Oakland, Shoshana Zambryski-Stachel, founder and owner of ArtVale gallery, prepares for a monthly community potluck by arranging cheese wedges, dips, cut vegetables, and wine across two large tables at the back of the gallery. The air outside is crisp and cool, but the gallery is warm and well-lit, and…
Read MoreOakland artists propose resolution to name uptown a Cultural Arts District
City council to consider naming Uptown a Cultural Arts District, but some artists fear it may be too little too late.
Read MoreOrganizers aim for a shorter, smaller First Friday with a new focus
City leaders met with First Friday stakeholders again Tuesday night to discuss the future of the city’s most popular art festival, which could lead to several changes next month’s event.
Read More“Naked Ladies” art show brings feminist flair to Oakland venues
Images of naked and unashamed women are part of the show “Naked Ladies: Sexy. Raw. Owning it,” which began its run at a crowded reception during the First Friday Art Murmur on November 2. The exhibit features female-centric paintings, photographs, video art and mixed media created by 30 artists—mostly women—whose works deal with women’s ownership of their bodies, emotions and sexuality.
Read MoreFirst Fridays’ uncertain future hinges on collaboration
Oakland’s premier cultural event is in flux. Can a grassroots community effort come together to organize and fund First Friday before the city steps out of its planning role?
Read MoreThis weekend in Oakland
Community events and activities for the weekend of February 4 – 6. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
Read MoreStreet chic: the faces of fashion at Art Murmur
Oakland’s Art Murmur event on Friday night focused on art of all forms. There were storyboards of comic books. There was a fawn with a surveillance camera for a head. But aside from what could be found in the galleries, the event attracted creative individuals who chose to wear their art rather than display it on a wall. Click on the article for a Flash interactive about the back stories about Art Murmur fashion.
Read MoreOakland Art Murmur illuminates a hidden side of Pixar
While visual art enthusiasts usually stick to the galleries during the Oakland Art Murmur, this Friday the film-heads in the crowd may want to linger in front of the Great Wall of Oakland for “Behind the Pixar Screen,” a nod to the artists who work at the beloved Emeryville animation studio.
Read MoreOakland artists try out skateboards as canvases
Art can come in a variety of forms—paint carefully brushed onto a sheet of canvas or pencil marks thoughtfully scrawled onto a piece of sketch paper. Then there are the less conventional art forms. Skateboards, for example. Or a pair of sneakers. Or knuckle tattoos.
Read MoreFirst First Friday won’t be the last
By SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE It was rockin’ till the cops came knockin’.
Read MoreThe flip side at the Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Tucked away between a Subway sandwich shop and a boarded up storefront on Grand Avenue is Mercury 20, a large, one-room art gallery. And upstairs, hovering above it all, is the Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, a small room currently showing the work of three professional art-installers, who happen to be artists themselves.
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