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SUMMARY:OACC Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n \n\nSince March 2020\, OACC has struggled with serious financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 22-month (and counting) disruption in public programming and rental revenue has delayed our three-year strategic goals (completed in FY19-20) to advance as a premier cultural hub for our community.\nWe are reaching out to our beloved community\, our donors\, local government agencies\, and philanthropic partners to help OACC sustain its mission in our recovery stage. Although California has eased restrictions as of June 15\, 2021\, we are still aware that COVID-19 challenges are not entirely over. We also recognize the longer-lasting trauma experienced by ourselves and our communities from the escalation of anti-Asian violence since the onset of the pandemic. From March 2020 to September 2021\, 10\,370 anti-Asian racist incidents have been reported to Stop AAPI Hate across the nation. We anticipate that the full recovery of safe gathering spaces for staff\, partners\, and audiences will take time. We are proud of OACC’s 38-year legacy of service involving artists\, schools\, and communities and want to sustain our mission.\n*Fundraising thermometer updated 5/27/22 – funds raised include donations received throughout the month of May at fundraisers\, public programs\, and general donations.\nEach and every action counts. Whatever you can do — monetary or not — will mean a lot. Below is a list of ways you can support us categorized by upcoming fundraising events\, public programs\, and community initiatives in the month of May!\nNote: Refresh your browser if you are having trouble seeing the thumbnails in each tab.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”Fundraisers” tab_id=”1651082052966-8bcdac2e-5f31″][mpc_grid_images preset=”default” images=”12282\,12340\,12352\,12395″ cols=”4″ gap=”0″ image_opacity=”100″ effect=”none” image_hover_opacity=”100″ images_links=”https://oacc.cc/event/lotus-link-up-1/\,https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Oakland-Asian-Cultural-Center\,https://www.conamrestaurants.com/events/oakland-cocktail-week-cinco-de-mayo-charity\,https://oacc.cc/event/lotus-link-up-2/”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Public Programs & Exhibitions” tab_id=”1651082052948-e0a43c1a-13c0″][mpc_grid_images preset=”default” images=”12109\,12042\,12226\,12173\,12291\,12266″ cols=”4″ gap=”0″ image_opacity=”100″ effect=”none” image_hover_opacity=”100″ images_links=”https://oacc.cc/event/textures-of-remembrance-exhibition/\,https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-connex-screen-print/\,https://oacc.cc/event/solidarity-and-resilience-workshops-and-concert-2022/\,https://oacc.cc/event/stories-from-home-screening/\,https://oacc.cc/event/heart-filled-heritage-series-bochan-huy/\,https://oacc.cc/event/all-american-crew-book-talk-2022/”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Community Collaborations” tab_id=”1651083201011-ceac94e3-a219″][mpc_grid_images preset=”default” images=”12316\,12344\,12346\,12343\,12345″ cols=”4″ gap=”0″ image_opacity=”100″ effect=”none” image_hover_opacity=”100″ images_links=”https://oacc.cc/event/2022-aapi-map-challenge/\,https://www.cutfruitcollective.org/blogs/programs/may-1-aapi-community-festival\,https://apasf.org/\,https://www.artrouteoakland.com/\,https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccgr_oBse6G/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link”][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/aapi-heritage-month-2022/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA 94607\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607
CATEGORIES:Past Events,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Bandung To The Bay: Intersections of Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n[vc_btn title=”RSVP for 7/15 RECEPTION” color=”warning” align=”center”] \nPart of OACC’s Open E.A.R.S. for Change series \nIn partnership with the EastSide Arts Alliance and the Joyce Gordon Gallery\, the Oakland Asian Cultural Center presents “Bandung To The Bay\,” a showcase of the history of Black and Asian solidarity across various movements. This exhibition consists of historical\, archival documents connected to the international Bandung Conference and Bay Area Asian & Black activist solidarity movements including the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense.  Up to 10 local artists’ works will be selected by a jury panel to join this exhibition. \nThank you to everyone who submitted artworks to OACC’s Artist Call! \n\nThe Artist Call is now closed. Deadline for submissions was May 31\, 2022 at 5pm.\nIf your work is selected\, you will receive an email by June 24th with drop-off information for physical works.\nSelected artworks will need to remain at OACC for the duration of the exhibition until August 28th.\nAll artworks must be picked up the week of August 28th.\n\nPick-up hours: Tue-Fri 12pm-4pm. Email programs@oacc.cc if additional coordination is needed.\n\n\nArtists retain 100% commission of artwork sold and are responsible for handling all transactions.\nOACC is unable to provide insurance coverage for artworks\, but has hi-def security cameras and onsite security personnel monitoring the facility at all times. OACC staff will take the following precautions to ensure safety of artworks while onsite: a) provide dedicated onsite storage space before installation and b) onsite staff presence during exhibit hours.\n\nTimeline \n\nMarch 1: Artist call opens\nMay 31: Artist call closes at 5pm Pacific\nBy June 17: Jury panel selects artworks\nBy June 24: Artists notified of jury results\nEarly July: Install exhibition at OACC\nJuly 15: Exhibit reception at OACC\nAugust 28: OACC Exhibition closes\nWeek of August 28: Pickup all artworks from OACC\n\nFor additional questions\, please email programs@oacc.cc. \n\nConfirmed Artist Call Jurors (alphabetical\, subject to change) \nEllen Bepp is a mixed media and textile artist and taiko (Japanese drum) musician. For over 40 years she has endeavored to give voice to her Japanese cultural roots\, to honor nature and to address political concerns through visual expression and the language of the drum. She began taiko training in 1974 under Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka\, founder of the San Francisco Taiko Dojo\, and went on to become an original performing member of San Jose Taiko and founding member of Somei Yoshino Taiko Ensemble. Ellen has exhibited her art nationally and internationally since 1980 and in 1988 she co-founded 9-11 Studios\, a live/work artist complex in Oakland\, CA. Her work has spanned a range of media from painting to wearable art\, installations\, theatrical costume and set design\, collage and hand cut paper. Her interest in the arts of Asia and Latin America led to her involvement in humanitarian projects and textile research in indigenous communities of Guatemala\, Nicaragua\, Peru and Mexico. She continues to explore the connection between art and culture of these civilizations as they inform her identity as an Asian American woman artist. (Source: https://members.aawaa.net/artists/ellen-bepp) \nEric Murphy is a photographer\, graphic design artist\, independent curator and art collector. He has been supporting the Oakland arts since 1999. He was a long time former staff of Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland for over 10 years and represented bay area artists during that time. He has supported bay area galleries such as Slate Contemporary\, Firehouse Art Center & Harrington Gallery\, Evolve the Gallery. In 2012\, he was Project Manager and Curator for the Oakland-Fukuoka Artist Exchange\, a traveling exhibition of works by Oakland artist\, James Gayles and Fukuoka artist\, Hiroko To in celebration with Oakland and Fukuoka\, Japan’s 50th anniversary as sister cities with collaborative public art projects permanently installed in Fukuoka\, Japan’s sister city gardens and Oakland City Hall. Murphy is currently the Gallery Curator of Joyce Gordon Gallery\, Curatorial Advisor for Tea Roots organization based in Oakland and San Francisco\, Ca and current member of the Oakland Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC). He also successfully completed two terms (2012 – 2018) as a re-appointed member of the Alameda County Arts Commission and currently sits on its board. \nPallavi Sharma is a multidisciplinary artist\, and her research interest concerns Asian American women’s cultural production and activism. She is a board member of the Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) and founder and director of ‘Inner Eye Arts\,’ a nonprofit arts organization working for the visibility of Asian American Artists in the SF Bay area. Her work has been exhibited in the US and abroad\, including at the Queens Museum of the Arts\, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts\, and Aicon Gallery in New York\, the Bishop Museum in Hawaii\, and the Taubman Museum of Art in Virginia\, among others. Her works explore the theme of marginalization\, patriarchy\, misogyny\, and examines the notions of memory. Pallavi received her BFA and MFA (Art History) from the Faculty of Fine Arts Baroda\, and Ph.D. from the National Museum Institute of History of Art\, Museology\, and Conservation\, New Delhi\, India. She presently lives and works in San Ramon\, CA. (Source: https://www.pallavisharma.com/) \nTomye Neal Madison has obtained her BFA\, MFA\, and many life skills.  Since 1972\, her Graphics and Fine Art have been commissioned\, published in magazines\, have become creations of public art\, and collected. Her Artworks as she speaks of them “are on a scale of lighthearted to puncturing comfort zones”. Her artistic prowess includes calligraphy\, framing\, ink rendering\, mold making\,  painting\, stained glass\, and fused slumped glass. Tomye has ventured into experimental approaches with combining upcycled glass- including wine bottles\, beer bottles\, stained glass and bulls-eye glass. This unique combination emerges as ‘what-nots’ for interior objects to adorn windows\, sculptural portraits\, wearable art\, and more. She has received several Municipal and Individual grants along the way. As a Visual Arts Specialist she teaches youth and adults\, especially teachers. What Tomye shares as an exceptionally talented Visual Artist\, Arts Program Administrator\, Exhibition Curator\, and Workshop Facilitator are distinctive viewpoints that enrich the universal lexicon. She continues contributing to the community as a member of various art organizations\, as an Advisory Committee Member assisting non-profits and a Mentor of Artists (Source: https://sfwomenartists.org/artist/tomye-neal-madison/).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/bandung-to-the-bay-exhibition/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Stories From My Mother's House
DESCRIPTION:[vc_btn title=”RSVP FOR RECEPTION HERE” color=”warning” align=”center”] \n\n\nGrowing up in East Oakland influenced Stan Chan’s art. Stories From My Mother’s House is a curated show featuring artifacts\, drawings\, and writings on his childhood memories\, family gossips\, and everyday stories. His parents were able to buy a house in the 1950’s and each plexiglass-wooden box contains items that had been accumulating in the nooks and crannies of their house. Enjoy a reflection of a lived experience through the art of Stan Chan.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/stories-from-my-mothers-house/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Press Play: Exhibition - Raising Mental Health Awareness
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct 3-9) and World Mental Health Day (Oct 10)\, Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) is exhibiting award-winning mental health comic Press Play to spark meaningful conversations and combat stigmas around mental health.    \nCo-presented by ARTogether and Asian Health Services\, in collaboration with community partners NAMI San Francisco Mental Illness (NAMI) San Francisco\, Justice Murals\, and Lincoln Summer Nights\, the month-long event will feature a family-friendly collaborative painting activity and panel discussions with mental health professionals and local Bay Area writers who engage in mental health topics in their work. Local organizations offering mental health services are also tabling during key event dates to share resources and information.  \nWritten by Edward Gunawan and illustrated by Elbert Lim\, the comic is created especially to address the stigma of mental health in the Asian/Asian American as well as immigrant/refugee communities. Through a first-person narrative and evocative hand-drawn black-and-white illustrations\, the comic follows an individual’s mental health journey in overcoming anxiety\, depression\, and suicidal ideation. \n\nA recipient of “Speaking Out” Mind HK Media Award for challenging negative narratives around mental health and a mini-grant from ARTogether\, the comic was also nominated for a Shorty Social Good Award and two Webby Awards. Translated into 6 languages including Chinese and Spanish\, and later published as a chapbook by Sweet Lit\, the comic has now been viewed by over 10\,000 readers across 100 countries.  \nExhibition is open from Oct 1st to 31st during OACC’s regular office hours\, Wednesday – Saturday from 12pm to 5pm\, or by appointment. Visit projectpressplay.com/exhibition for more information and RSVP below for these special events: \n  \nOct 1\, Sat @ 4:00 pm at Oakland Asian Cultural Center\nOpening Reception (in-person / hybrid) \nwith a special reading by Bay Area writers Dawn Angelicca Barcelona and Hannah Wastyk \n[vc_btn title=”RSVP FOR RECEPTION HERE” color=”warning” align=”center”] \nOct 8\, Sat @ 2:00 pm at Oakland Asian Cultural Center\nMental Health Professionals Discussion Panel (in-person / hybrid) \nFeaturing representatives from Asian Health Services and NAMI San Francisco  \n[vc_btn title=”RSVP FOR RECEPTION HERE” color=”warning” align=”center”] \nOct 13\, Thu @ 5:00 pm at Lincoln Square Park\nCollaborative Painting with Justice Murals at Lincoln Summer Nights (in-person)  \nA fun family-friendly collaborative painting activity — supplies and materials provided\, no experience necessary  \nOct 29\, Sat @ 2:00 pm at Oakland Asian Cultural Center\nWriters Discussion Panel  (in-person / hybrid) \nFeaturing Bay Area poets Michelle Lin and Christine No \n[vc_btn title=”RSVP FOR RECEPTION HERE” color=”warning” align=”center”]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/pressplay/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Distant Journeys of Cultural Exchange
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit highlights journeys of cultural exchange the indigenous people of Taiwan embarked on in the distant past and more contemporary times. Through object storytelling\, viewers will begin by retracing prehistoric canoe-based trade networks that once flourished between peoples of Taiwan and Southeast Asia\, and how Southeast Asian artist & curator Anthonie Tumpag draws upon these cultural connections through contemporary art. \nThis ancient spirit for cultural exchange continues today through the ATAYAL organization’s Indigenous Bridges Youth Ambassador Program.\nOver several years\, indigenous delegates from Taiwan participated in the “Tribal Canoe Journeys” in the US\, an annual event that also retraces traditional migration and trade routes of Pacific Northwest tribal groups. The exhibit concludes with photographs highlighting these past events from 2018-2019. They capture the partnership and camaraderie that grew between the Taiwan delegates\, their Native American host canoe family from the Nisqually Tribe of Olympia\, Washington\, and other fellow participants. \nThe exhibit was curated by Anthonie Tumpag in collaboration with members and friends of ATAYAL. \n\nThere will be a Cultural Bazaar and a special panel discussion on Saturday\, November 12\, 2022. The Bazaar will be held from 12pm – 4pm and the panel will be from 2 pm – 3pm. Registration not required but appreciated! \n[vc_btn title=”RSVP FOR BAZAAR & PANEL HERE” color=”warning” align=”center”] \n\nSpecial thanks to Gerald Santos for coordinating the exhibit’s interactive and cross-cultural opening reception.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/distant-journeys/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Events,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230225
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SUMMARY:Bandung To The Bay: Intersections of Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nPart of OACC’s Open E.A.R.S. for Change series \nIn partnership with the EastSide Arts Alliance and the Joyce Gordon Gallery\, the Oakland Asian Cultural Center presents the reinstallation of “Bandung To The Bay\,” a showcase of the history of Black and Asian solidarity across various movements. This exhibition consists of historical\, archival documents connected to the International Bandung Conference and Bay Area Asian & Black activist solidarity movements like the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense\, as well as artwork from 12 jury selected local artists\, including additional works from the community.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/bandung-to-the-bay-exhibition-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Current Exhibition: Li Ching World
DESCRIPTION:Li Ching World can be viewed at OACC during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday – Saturday\, 12 PM-5 PM) starting March 1st\, 2023 through April 22nd\, 2023.\n\nAs an immigrant Asian–American woman artist\, Li Ching Accurso wants her art to be an encouraging message to the Asian American community and beyond. Her work elevates the voices and perspectives of the community\, showcasing the creativity and resilience of Asian Americans. While Li Ching works in the western traditional medium of oil on canvas\, one can see the Asian sense of beauty in the subject of landscape\, floral compositions\, and poetic representations of moonlight.  These oil paintings\, ceramics\, and watercolors serve as a celebration of the Asian community’s history and a testament to its perseverance\, inspiring others to take pride in their cultural roots and to keep their traditions alive. Further\, her life as an Asian–American woman artist has been a faith journey; her identity is in Christ. Beauty\, hope\, joy\, wonder\, and curiosity are the aims in my art and everyday life. Li Ching’s art work not only adds to the broader cultural discourse but also provides a platform for underrepresented voices to be heard.  \n  \nMore about Li Ching: \nLi Ching Accurso was born in Taiwan in 1962.  Her family immigrated to the United States when she was fourteen years old.  She attended UC Berkeley for both a BA in Fine Art and an MFA in Painting.  She was awarded the prestigious Eisner Price in Painting at Berkeley when she received her Master’s degree and soon after was a Fulbright Scholar\, 1991-1992.  She has been an Art Professor at Columbia College in Sonora\, CA since 1995.  \nShe desires to share her joy and passion in Art.  Li wishes to celebrate life and bring beauty to all who encounter her art works.  \nFor inquiry please contact (209)588-1530 or accursol@yosemite.edu  \n 
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/lichingworld-2/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Unsigned\, Unsealed\, Delivered (I'm Yours)
DESCRIPTION:Poinciana Hung-Haas is a Chinese-American arts activist who grew up in Oakland Chinatown. She uses arts as a medium to share stories of growing up in a town engulfed by a rich culture\, one that is filled with a diversity of people\, music\, food\, and street art. Her upcoming exhibition\, Unsigned\, Unsealed\, Delivered (I’m Yours)\, featuring poetry from spoken word poet\, Ellis Chhourn\, shines light on Asian American youth and how their experiences influence what they portray through a variety of art forms. The exhibition title draws inspiration from Stevie Wonder’s song\, “Signed\, Sealed\, Delivered (I’m Yours)”\, but here\, “unsigned” represents those who are undocumented\, “unsealed” represents open wounds and trauma\, and “delivered” represents arriving in America. Finally\, “I’m yours” represents belonging here and taking up space with pride. \nUnsigned\, Unsealed\, Delivered (I’m Yours) can be viewed at OACC during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday – Saturday\, 12 PM-5 PM) starting May 10th\, 2023. \n\n\nFeatured Artists \n \nPoinciana Hung-Haas \nFor the past seven years\, Poinciana has developed her fine art and fashion design skills through her education at Oakland School for the Arts. Her work has been exhibited at the Exploratorium in San Francisco and throughout Downtown Oakland. Poinciana also created the Dragon Power design representing Oakland Chinatown\, which is currently being sold by Oaklandish. Outside of school\, Poinciana advocates for her community as an intern for AYPAL. She also works at the Lincoln Recreation Center\, where she strives to introduce kids to her own passions. Poinciana plans to major in Urban Studies at UC Berkeley next Fall\, where she can continue strengthening her voice and power. \n  \n \nEllis Chhourn \nEllis Chhourn is a Cambodian and Lao-American spoken word poet from the Dubbs in East Oakland California. He is a Social Justice advocate and uses his writing to speak for himself and his community by expressing his struggles in a beautifully poetic way. He shares his stories not to seek pity but for the sole purpose of telling his story for others to hear and possibly relate to. He finds freedom in his writting being able to have no restrictions on what he has to say or how he says it.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/poinciana/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:7th Street’s Secret Sauce: Celebrating Everett and Jones Barbeque’s 50-Year Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Featured Artists & Curators\n \nKenneth McGhee\nKenneth McGhee is a Los Angeles County native\, raised in the San Fernando Valley\, California. His true passion for drawing began at 6 years of age\, with his main inspirations being the illustrators of DC\, Marvel comic books\, and Mad Magazine. He began a formal art education at Art Center College of Design\, Pasadena\, California and later enlisted in the United States Navy. After serving overseas for four years\, he became a design atelier Graphic Artist and freelance illustrator in Bonn\, Germany. Since his repatriation to the United States in 1996\, Kenneth continues working as a freelance Commercial Illustrator/ Graphic Artist\, Art Tutor\, and Fine Artist. You can view his multi-styled commercial illustration and graphic design work samples at: https://Kensfunkyart.com. \n \nShirley Everett-Dicko\nShirley Everett-Dicko is the fifth child of Dorothy Turner Everett\, and a member of the legendary family of not eight\, nine\, or ten but eleven Black pitmasters from Oakland\, CA\, and nine of these pitmasters are dynamic Black women who have been cooking delicious smoked meat on brick pits for 50 years. She is the family’s historian\, the social media director\, and one of four surviving Everett siblings. Shirley was there on opening day in 1973 and has been the marketing director for Everett and Jones Barbeque since day one. Shirley has authored a new book titled Brick House. The new book is about barbeque from the perspective of a Black woman. Her late mother and five deceased siblings’ legacy will live on through these collections of short stories.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/everettjones/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240122T170000
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SUMMARY:Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n  \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM). \n\nMeet the Exhibition Artists & Curator\nLead Artist\n\n \nAndria Lo\nRaised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \nContributing Artist\n \nWilliam Gee Wong\nWilliam Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \nFlo Oy Wong\nFlo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \nNellie Wong\n \nNellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \nCurator\nRoy Chan\n \nRoy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \nThis exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE).
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/elder-voices/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240302T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T085948
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SUMMARY:Love and Protect Mural Series
DESCRIPTION:“Love and Protect” is a condemnation of violence and a commitment to uplift\, nourish\, fortify and pay homage to our communities so that when we rise\, we rise up together. On April 10th-11th\, 2021\, local Asian and Black Bay Area visual artists and community members came together to produce a series of mobile public art murals in Oakland Chinatown for communities impacted by Asian hate crimes. \nArtists Cece Carpio of Trust Your Struggle Collective and Tommy Wong of Civic Design Studio and Good Good Eatz brought together local artists who are deeply rooted in the fight for racial and environment justice. \nPARTICIPATING ARTISTS: \nEmory Douglas\, Tarika Lewis\, Cece Carpio\, Robert Liu-Trujillo\, Elaine Chu\, Priya Handa\, Miguel “Bounce” Perez\, Eric Norberg\, Karen Seneferu\, Malik Seneferu\, Thitiwat Phromratanapongse\, Cecilia Dong\, Catherine McMahon\, Ming Mur-Eay\, Elokin Orton Cheung\, Harrison Street Senior Art Collective\, Deanna Brownfield\, Malik Byers\, Greer Nakagawa Lee\, Maya Looney\, Lauryn Marshall\, & Asians 4 Black Lives.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/loveprotect/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240614T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240727T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T085948
CREATED:20240516T010352Z
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SUMMARY:"Longing for Attachment" Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\nExhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024\nARTogether and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-present “Longing for Attachment\,” an exhibition curated by Bushra Gill featuring 30+ Bay Area 1st/2nd generation immigrant and refugee artists reflecting on the notion of attachments. \nAs immigrants\, refugees\, and their descendants\, we make choices on what to hold onto and what to let go of when moving to another country or culture. Being too attached to a place or way of being can make it hard to form connections to anything new. But our connection to a place is also related to our quality of life and well-being– it links us to neighborhoods and communities where we have lived.  Anyone who has migrated from another country or grown up in an immigrant family knows these attachments run deep and true\, not needing to be present to have a prominent place in our hearts. \nWe invite you to join us in reflection of our relationships to attachment\, and to celebrate these Bay Area refugee\, immigrant\, and children of immigrant artists. \nExhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \nGallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM \nLocation: Oakland Asian Cultural Center \n388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n\nCheck out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n\nCurator\n\n \nBushra Gill is interested in finding order within the chaos of everyday life through art. She was born in Karachi\, Pakistan\, and emigrated to Houston\, Texas\, with her family as a small child. Drawn to art from a young age\, she graduated from Pratt Institute in 1994\, with a BFA in sculpture. She spent many years of working as a museum educator at various galleries and museums including The Museum of Modern Art\, The Drawing Center and The Rotunda Gallery\, while also working as a studio assistant to various artists including Maya Lin\, Ursula von Rydingsvard and Maria Elena Gonzalez\, as well as a career as a clothing designer and boutique owner in New York. In 2009\, she moved to northern California with her family and returned to making art. In recent years\, Gill has participated in many exhibitions in galleries across the United States. \nExhibiting Artists\nAmanda Messina Gerodias \nAnita Sulimanovic \nBushra Gill \nChristina Xu \nChupis \nDion \nEva Agus \nEzra Mara \nFernanda Martinez \nGlish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) \nHargun Mahal Mann \nJaide Lin \nLark \nLeón Hernandez \nLeyla Jamil Rzayeva \nLinah Sofi \nLorraine Lawson \nMariel Paat \nMartin Rodriguez Serrano \nMichelle Lin \nNarges Valibeigi \nNgân Vũ \nNhien Le \nPeter Gee \nRenacimiento \nRia Sharma \nRussel Arelis \nSalma Arastu \nShooting Within \nTatiana Carvalho \nUjjayini Sikha \nVreni Michelini Castillo \nYouBeen Kim \nYuting Wang \nPerforming at the Opening Reception\n\nNadhi Thekkek (@navadancesf) is a dancer\, choreographer\, and the Artistic Director of Nava Dance Theatre. Nadhi uses the south Indian dance form of bharatanatyam to navigate place\, identity\, and politics through the lens of her lived experience as a child of immigrants and an unapologetic South Asian\, diasporic woman. She reimagines how bharatanatyam can serve marginalized narratives that need to occupy space in the US right now. Her latest work “Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies” sources community interviews\, historical texts\, and poetry to explore the intersections of labor\, agency\, and belonging in our South Asian ancestry. Through Nava Dance Theatre\, Nadhi also produces and co-facilitates the Unrehearsed Artist Residency Program\, where South Asian dancemakers create art that challenges the status quo.  For more information on Nadhi\, visit www.navadance.org.\n \nRoopa Mahadevan (@roopama) is a leading second-generation Indian classical and crossover vocalist in the American diaspora known for her powerful\, emotive voice and collaborative versatility. She leads Roopa in Flux\, an ensemble featuring musicians in jazz\, soul/R&B\, and various global traditions\, directs the innovative choir Navatman Music Collective\, and sings for leading bharathanatyam/contemporary dancers. She is a soloist on Grammy Award-winning Calling All Dawns\, and has been in residence at Banff Center for Arts and Creativity\, Hedgebrook\, MASS MOCA\, and Ryder Farm. FOr more information visit\, www.roopamahadevan.com.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/longingforattachment/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240801T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T170000
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SUMMARY:Precious Beings Exhibition & Closing Reception
DESCRIPTION:PRECIOUS BEINGS\n Finding the connections between endangered ecosystems and the violence inflicted upon Indigenous women.   \nExhibition Dates:\nAug. 1\, 2024 – Sept. 7\, 2024\n\nClosing Reception: Wednesday\, Sept. 4\, 2024\, 5 PM- 7 PM \n(Link to Register Below)\n\nWestern scientific thought has long approached both nature and people of color as territories to be dominated\, inspected\, and mined for information and resources. Ecofeminism has made persuasive arguments connecting women and nature. \nKim Shuck’s (Cherokee) beadwork seeks to encourage more awareness of the biome around us and our place in that biome. Curious creatures of all kinds populate Kim’s beaded world. It is a world created bead by bead not to question or harvest but to recognize and acknowledge relationships and community. These precious beings are not fragile\, though they have been subjected to violent environmental change. We are all subject to these changes. \nBarbara Mumby’s (Patawomeck\, Pamunkey\, and Mattaponi) portraits of women seek to shift regressive narratives about how beauty is defined\, particularly for Indigenous women and women of color. The artist creates work\, not to cater to the male gaze\, but to shift power into the hands of the sitter. Intimate stories of family\, love\, trials\, and victories are subversively woven into each brush stroke\, resulting in large-scale\, vibrant works that force viewers to acknowledge their presence and force. These women refuse to be ignored\, sexualized\, erased\, or defined by others. \nTogether\, Shuck’s and Mumby’s work sit in dialogue with one another. Interwoven threads reach between and connect our endangered animals and plants to the silencing of and violence inflicted upon Indigenous women. \nThis exhibition’s closing reception will take place on Wednesday\, Sept. 4\, 2024\, 5 PM – 7 PM.  \n  \nGallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM \nLocation: Oakland Asian Cultural Center \n388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n\n\n\nRegister\n \n\nFeatured Artists\n \nBarbara Mumby (Patawomeck\, Pamunkey\, and Mattaponi) descends from the Powhatan Confederacy\, specifically the Patawomeck\, Pamunkey\, and Mattaponi Peoples. She was born and raised in California’s rural Central Valley\, where her family’s Native American heritage and work as migrant farmers greatly influenced her passion for social justice. The arts became an integral part of her life and worked as a coping mechanism for the poverty and instability surrounding her. \nBarbara is an artist\, activist\, curator\, consultant\, and Indigenous Narrative Shifter; she uses the arts to challenge inaccurate and outdated perceptions of Indigenous Peoples and other marginalized communities. She views the arts as a powerful and effective tool for survival and an instrument to unite communities and move public policy. \n \nKim Shuck (Cherokee) is the 7TH Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita and a silly protein. She has been making textiles well before she was in school\, and thinks of the textile process as a first language. Kim has an MFA in textiles from San Francisco State University\, and in Indigenous circles\, her beadwork is celebrated across the country. Many of the pieces shown here represent endangered and extinct biota from places that are important to her. \nCreative Work Fund has supported many of Kim’s pieces in this exhibition.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/preciousbeings/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250501T170000
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SUMMARY:From Chinatown to West Oakland: Community Portraits of Healing
DESCRIPTION:From Chinatown to West Oakland: Community Portraits of Healing\n  \nExhibition Dates:\nJan. 30\, 2025 – May 1\, 2025\n“There is actually a collective historical trauma that we hold\, and we carry… and that we are also trying to recognize and heal for our future generations…”  \n  \nIn this new photo exhibition titled From Chinatown to West Oakland: Community Portraits of Healing\, Oakland community members share their experiences of pain and trauma\, as well as their expressions of hope and humanity. \n  \nJoin Asian Health Services and Baywell Health on Friday\, February 21\, 2025\, for the opening reception of their new photo exhibition based on the Asian-Black Racial Healing Project. The two community health centers launched this project in 2021 in response to the heightened violence experienced by both communities. Over 1\,000 Asian and Black Oakland community members engaged in interviews and delved into conversations on race\, violence\, and healing. This exhibition and event celebrates our communities and our collective desire for connection\, safety\, and healing across cultures. \n\nRegister for the opening reception\n \nAbout Asian Health Services\nAsian Health Services\, founded in 1974\, provides health\, social\, and advocacy services for all\, regardless of income\, insurance status\, immigration status\, language\, or culture. Their approach to well-being focuses on “whole patient health\,” which is why they provide not just primary care services but include mental health\, case management\, nutrition\, and dental care to more than 50\,000 patients in English and 15 languages. \n  \nWebsite: https://asianhealthservices.org/our-mission/ \nAbout Baywell Health\nFounded by four African-American mothers fifty years ago amid the Civil Rights and Black Power movements\, Baywell Health’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of its communities by providing the highest quality of health care and treatment for its diverse patient population throughout Alameda County.  Each clinic’s health center strives to be a hub for health\, compassion\, engagement\, and inspiration. \n  \nWebsite: https://westoaklandhealth.org/
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/from-chinatown-to-west-oakland-community-portraits-of-healing/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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