The Art of Survival: Enduring the Turmoil of Tule Lake

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, United States

    This exhibit explores the experiences and events at Tule Lake, the only Japanese American Segregation Center of WWII. The traveling exhibition probes the complexity of this unique Japanese American confinement

    Portraits of Oakland Chinatown

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, United States

    A special exhibition celebrating Black History Month. See Oakland Chinatown through Leon Kennedy’s distinctive artistic style. “My dream is to connect to all the people’s dreams.” Leon Kennedy’s Art lies somewhere

    An Orphan For You Conference

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, United States

    OACC is proud to host Day 2 of “An Orphan for You”: The Rise of Korean Adoption in the 1970s and 80s, a free conference in Berkeley and Oakland, CA. The conference will take place over two days, from February 22-23, 2020.During the 1970s and 80s, South Korea sent the largest number of children overseas

    Recalling the Ancestors: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Internment

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, United States

      Nearly all Japanese Americans were subject to accusations of disloyalty during World War II, but Buddhists aroused particular suspicion. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in

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    Reflections on Home

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, United States

    “Reflections on Home” features the work of Bay Area immigrant artists, each expressing their reflections on “home” and “belonging”. As these themes become political points in national policies, especially for

    Memory Vignettes & Poem-Paintings Series

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, United States

    UPDATE: This exhibition has been extended to June 30, 2020. “As a woman, Hindu, Muslim, artist, and mother, I work to create harmony by expressing the universality of humanity through

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