BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland Asian Cultural Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oacc.cc X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oakland Asian Cultural Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T213000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200530 CREATED:20230221T192837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T194501Z UID:13420-1682191800-1682199000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Joe Kye\, SURRIJA\, and Nikbo DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/cohh-rootingself/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/04222023-COHH-Rooting-Self-IG-flyers-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230402T160000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20230302T012100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T231937Z UID:13525-1680444000-1680451200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Have You Eaten Yet? A Conversation with Cheuk Kwan & Martin Yan on Food and the Chinese Diaspora DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/have-you-eaten-yet/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Have-You-Eaten-Yet-IG-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230324T193000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20230106T184132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T145813Z UID:13211-1679680800-1679686200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Singles Oakferno: 21+ Singles Mixer for Young Professionals DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/singlesoakferno/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/singles-oakferno-updated-website-thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230317T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230317T200000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20230131T064746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T001816Z UID:13345-1679076000-1679083200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: 48 Years After the End of the Vietnam War: A Continued Conversation About Empathy & Healing DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/dustchild/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/03172023-Dust-Child-IG-Flyer-4.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230316T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T213000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20230302T184843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T001907Z UID:13530-1678995000-1679175000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Dancing Moons Festival with Oakland Ballet Company DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/dancing-moons-festival/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Dancing-Moons-Festival-IG-Square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T150000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20230307T191355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T222839Z UID:13574-1678881600-1682866800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:2023 Virtual Community Night Market DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/vcnm-apply/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Vendor-application-live.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230303T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T210000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20230221T195319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T194523Z UID:13438-1677862800-1682197200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Current Exhibition: Li Ching World DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/lichingworld-2/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Copy-of-20230301_LiChing_Opening_Panel.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230501T120000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20230105T225516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T214941Z UID:13235-1676721600-1682942400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Day of Remembrance Community Map Project (Ongoing) DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/dor-community-map-project-2/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Day-of-Remembrance-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230217T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230217T193000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20230111T192311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T071903Z UID:13229-1676653200-1676662200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:MY BOYFRIEND APOCALYPSE: Chapbook Reading and Writing Workshop with antmen pimentel mendoza DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/my-bf-apocalypse/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MY-BOYFRIEND-APOCALYPSE-instagram.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230211T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230211T150000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20230105T231744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T001956Z UID:13222-1676122200-1676127600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:PEONY AMOUR - Sultry Ecstasy and Frosty Agony: Book Talk with Raymond Chong DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/peonyamour/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20230211Peony-Amour-BookTalk_Thumbnail-3.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230204T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230204T160000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20221207T214608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T231330Z UID:13160-1675508400-1675526400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Lunar New Year x Black History Month: Celebration of Black & Asian Solidarity DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/lnyxbhm/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CO-PRESENTED-BY-Instagram-Post-Square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230225 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20230113T233852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T231846Z UID:13281-1673913600-1677283199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Bandung To The Bay: Intersections of Solidarity DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/bandung-to-the-bay-exhibition-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/20220715BandungtotheBay_Thumbnail-e1673653068165.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221203T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221203T153000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20221117T010720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221214T195553Z UID:13136-1670076000-1670081400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:CRESCENCIANA Book Talk: Connecting with our Ancestors’ Narratives DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/crescenciana/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221203CrescencianaBookTalk_Thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221105T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221105T160000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20221005T211519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221214T195601Z UID:12986-1667656800-1667664000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Uncommon Ground: Write Now! SF Bay's New Anthology DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/uncommonground/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/uncommon-ground.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221219 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220914T223149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225521Z UID:12918-1667520000-1671407999@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Distant Journeys of Cultural Exchange DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/distant-journeys/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/distantjourneys_thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221021T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221022T160000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20221013T205538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T182514Z UID:13020-1666350000-1666454400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Community Ofrenda Building 2022: Celebrating Día De Los Muertos with OMCA DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/communityofrenda2022/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/10212022_CommunityOfrenda_Thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T200000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220527T172552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T213255Z UID:12525-1665856800-1665864000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Gala 2022 DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/gala-2022/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/OACC-Gala-IG.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T173000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220823T002613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T220218Z UID:12705-1665855000-1665855000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:26th Anniversary Gala — Celebrate Asian Love DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/celebration-asian-love/ LOCATION:Pacific Renaissance Plaza\, 388 Ninth Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/heart_hand-1@3x.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221101 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220824T220054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221214T195618Z UID:12869-1664582400-1667260799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Press Play: Exhibition - Raising Mental Health Awareness DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/pressplay/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20221001PressPlay_thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220910T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220910T123000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220824T212839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220914T172608Z UID:12701-1662805800-1662813000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Stop the Violence - Solidarity Now! Forum 1 DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/solidaritynow/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20220910_BAMCForum_thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220926 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220803T214002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221005T210939Z UID:12648-1661990400-1664150399@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Stories From My Mother's House DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/stories-from-my-mothers-house/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220901StoriesFromMothersHouse_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220806T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220806T163000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220614T174706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T205707Z UID:12605-1659798000-1659803400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Painting The Streets" Book Talk [POSTPONED] DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/painting-the-streets-book-talk-2022/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20220806PaintingTheStreetsBookTalk_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220730T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220730T170000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220603T050838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T212936Z UID:12562-1659193200-1659200400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Lil Tokyo Reporter" 10th Anniversary Screening DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/lil-tokyo-reporter-10th-anniversary-screening/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20220730LittleTokyoReporterScreening_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220716T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220716T170000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220524T175034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T212947Z UID:12499-1657980000-1657990800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Minhwa Family Workshop DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/minhwa-family-workshop-2022/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220716MinhwaWorkshop_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220715 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220829 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220224T222156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T205631Z UID:12082-1657843200-1661731199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Bandung To The Bay: Intersections of Solidarity DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/bandung-to-the-bay-exhibition/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/20220715BandungtotheBay_Thumbnail-e1673653068165.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220709T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220709T153000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220511T002657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220713T183217Z UID:12406-1657373400-1657380600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Japanese Knife Sharpening Workshop DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/knife-sharpening-workshop-2022/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220709KnifesharpeningWorkshop_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220709T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220709T113000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220511T005430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220713T183223Z UID:12416-1657360800-1657366200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Natto Presentation & Tasting Session DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/natto-presentation-and-tasting/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220709NattoDemo_Thumbnail-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220630T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220630T123000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220603T213722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220713T183320Z UID:12567-1656586800-1656592200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Jikimee - AAPI Elder Voices DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/jikimee/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/jikimee_thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220624T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220624T140000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220607T215718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220713T183302Z UID:12589-1656075600-1656079200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Become a Changemaker: Learn More About Recycling & Composting in Oakland DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/changemaker/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/changemaker_thumb-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220618T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220618T153000 DTSTAMP:20260526T200531 CREATED:20220510T230605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220618T223738Z UID:12388-1655560800-1655566200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Hālau KaUaTuahine DESCRIPTION:Longing for Attachment\n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 \n \n \n \n ARTogether 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.    As 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.     We 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.   Exhibition Dates: June 14 – July 27\, 2024 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays\, 12 PM – 5 PM  Location: Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St\, Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the accompanying audio tour for this exhibition\, facilitated by the curator Bushra Gill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8o \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bushra 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibiting Artists \n \n \n \n Amanda Messina Gerodias Anita Sulimanovic Bushra Gill Christina Xu Chupis Dion Eva Agus Ezra Mara Fernanda Martinez Glish Group (Timofey Glinin & Anastasia Shubina) Hargun Mahal Mann  Jaide Lin Lark  León Hernandez Leyla Jamil Rzayeva Linah Sofi Lorraine Lawson Mariel Paat Martin Rodriguez Serrano Michelle Lin Narges Valibeigi Ngân Vũ Nhien Le Peter Gee Renacimiento Ria Sharma Russel Arelis Salma Arastu Shooting Within Tatiana Carvalho  Ujjayini Sikha Vreni Michelini Castillo  YouBeen Kim Yuting Wang \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Performing at the Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nadhi 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roopa 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/heart-filled-heritage-series-halau-ka-ua-tuahine/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220618Thumbnail_Halau.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR