Posts Tagged ‘OMCA’
Oakland museum celebrates Chicano rights and Dia de los Muertos
Strings of colorful papel picado, decorative paper banners, were strung above the Oakland Museum of California’s outdoor stairways and concrete paths for the 25th annual Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebration.
Read MoreOakland Museum’s Burning Man exhibit encourages interaction with art
No Spectators: Art of Burning Man provides the community with an engaging, interactive, and thought provoking look inside the world of Burning Man.
Read MoreOakland Museum and artists bring civic engagement to billboards
Oakland artist Chris Johnson and Oakland Museum of California curator use billboards to engage the community.
Read MoreThe Oakland Museum celebrates Días De Los Muertos festival
On Sunday, October 22, 2017 hundreds packed the grounds at the Oakland Museum of California to participate in the 23rd Annual Days of the Dead community festival. The festival included dance and music performances, arts and crafts, and delicious Mexican foods.
Read MoreThe Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program, 50 years later
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was founded on October 15, 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The party was a political organization that agitated for greater rights for Black people in the United States. Seale and Newton captured the attention of the country (and of law enforcement) through their tactic of openly carrying rifles and shotguns while observing police officers in their community.
Read MoreOakland Museum of California hosts food activism event
The topics of healthy food, community wellbeing, education and employment intersected at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) on Friday evening at an event called “Makers and Tasters: Food Activism.”
Read MoreOakland Museum exhibits work by Bay Area jewelry pioneer Margaret De Patta
If you’ve got a thing for chunky but understated rings, oversized pendants, or funky pins, you have Margaret De Patta to thank. The Bay Area artist, who modernized the art of jewelry making with her one-of-a-kind creations from the 1930s to the 1960s, is being honored in the exhibition “Space-Light-Structure: The Jewelry of Margaret De Patta,” at the Oakland Museum of California.
Read MoreVisit to renovated Oakland Museum a hands-on experience
As Alyssia Alexandria entered the newly renovated History Gallery at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) Friday night, a museum volunteer handed her a few scraps of drawing paper, a small yellow pencil, and a black and white pamphlet, an official invitation to play “Choose Your Own California Adventure.”
Read MoreExhibit reveals forgotten objects, inner workings of Oakland Museum
When conceptual artist Mark Dion needed materials for his new exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California, he headed behind the scenes, or technically, under the scenes. “It was a little bit like raiding the icebox,” he says of his time in the belly of the building. “I began scrounging through the archives, spending a lot of time in storage.” After unearthing an eclectic mix of lost treasures—everything from Reagan campaign buttons to a stuffed baby elephant—Dion constructed “The Marvelous Museum,” which opens Sept. 11.
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