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:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20251107T213211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T201421Z UID:22621-1764961200-1764968400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:“The Empathizer" A Documentary About Vietnam Screening and Discussion 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/empathizer/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Empathizer-Preview-1080-x-1080-px-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260109T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260109T130000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20251216T062046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T195717Z UID:22737-1767960000-1767963600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:January Mending Circle 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/mending-jan2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T180000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20251212T053126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T183728Z UID:22709-1768060800-1768068000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Chinese Couplets: A Film by Felicia Lowe 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/chinese-couplets/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Chinese-Couplets-Preview-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260111T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260111T143000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20251030T163029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T052106Z UID:22603-1768136400-1768141800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:From Ally to Activated: Breaking Barriers to Community Action 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/activated/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Redesigned-Get-Activated-FB-1080-x-1080-px-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260125T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20251229T212949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251229T213238Z UID:22767-1769349600-1769356800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Reparations: A Film by Jon Osaki 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/reparations-film/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Reparations-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260315 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260114T160348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T185220Z UID:22798-1770163200-1773532799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Topaz Toddlers Exhibition: Children’s Art from an American Concentration Camp 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/topaz-toddlers/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events,Upcoming Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Topaz-Toddlers-FB-1080-x-1080-px-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20251225T030557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T212416Z UID:22758-1770462000-1770480000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Lunar New Year x Black History Month 2026: Celebrating Asian & African-American 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/lny-bhm-2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Celebrating-Asian-African-American-Solidarity.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260213T130000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260121T225442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T225727Z UID:22841-1770984000-1770987600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:February Mending Circle 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/mending-feb2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260120T072722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T042457Z UID:22815-1771768800-1771776000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Honoring Day of Remembrance: Children’s Art from an American Concentration Camp 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/day-of-remembrance-2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Topaz-Toddlers-FB-1080-x-1080-px-v2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260228T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260228T130000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20251218T155311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T203515Z UID:22743-1772280000-1772283600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Bilingual Bike Commuting Basics Workshop (Cantonese and English) 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/bike-basics/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Bike-Commuting-Feb-28-English-1080-x-1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T130000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260303T201924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T202235Z UID:22986-1772798400-1772802000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:March Mending Circle 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/mending-feb2026-2/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T150000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260219T084830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T084959Z UID:22932-1773579600-1773586800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Tales of the Tofu Goddess: A Tribute to the Artful Life of Flo Oy Wong 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/tofu-goddess/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Tofu-Goddess-Preview-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260524 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260226T194319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T224303Z UID:22956-1773792000-1779580799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Our Language\, Our Story: Photos by Joyce Xi 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/joyce-xi/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events,Upcoming Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Joyce-Xi-Exhibition-PREVIEW-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260320T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260227T233159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T194052Z UID:22970-1774033200-1774040400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Nowruz with the Persian Classical Trio 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/persian-classical/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Nowruz-2026-Preview-1080-x-1080-px-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260403T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260403T130000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260327T192619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T192722Z UID:23133-1775217600-1775221200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:April Mending Circle 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/mending-apr2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260411T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260411T150000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260323T211521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T233740Z UID:23100-1775908800-1775919600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Southeast Asian New Year Celebration 2026 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/sea-ny-2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SEAsian-NY-2026-1080-x-1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T180000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260323T185428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T190026Z UID:23090-1776528000-1776535200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Echoes of Eureka: A Youth Opera Bridging History and Hope 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/echoes-eureka/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Echoes-of-Eureka-FB-1080-x-1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260326T233054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T210412Z UID:23119-1777118400-1777125600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The OACC 2026 Interactive Artist Showcase 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/oacc-showcase-26/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Interactive-Artist-Showcase-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260426T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260331T221747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T223148Z UID:23139-1777208400-1777222800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Tea & Tiles: A Sunday Social With 13 Orphans 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/tea-tiles/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Tea-Tiles-FB-1080-x-1080-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T130000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260427T212153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T212240Z UID:23261-1777636800-1777640400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:May Mending Circle 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/mending-may2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260503T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260503T153000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260326T234447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T193016Z UID:23126-1777813200-1777822200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Strong Like Bamboo 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/strong-bamboo-26/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Strong-Like-Bamboo-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260514T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260514T203000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260423T222057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T161947Z UID:23227-1778781600-1778790600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Asian Voices in Children’s Media: a Talk With Nira Liu\, Eugenia Yoh\, and Elenor Mak 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/asian-kids-media/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Celebrating-Asian-Voices-in-Childrens-Media-FB-1080-x-1080-px-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260409T230626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T185722Z UID:23171-1779026400-1779033600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Stories from the Edge of Sea: A Book Launch With Andrew Lam 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/andrew-lam/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Andrew-Lam-Book-Launch-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260422T214047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T220439Z UID:23150-1779474600-1779483600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Queer Asian World Cinema: QWOCFF Satellite 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/qwocmap/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Queer-Asian-Cinema-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260413T185348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T001308Z UID:23198-1780167600-1780174800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-Filled Heritage: Celebrating the Zither—Asian American Identity and Cultural Survival 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/asian-zither/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Asian-Zither-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T200000 DTSTAMP:20260525T230316 CREATED:20260511T201833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T213817Z UID:23300-1781287200-1781294400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation: PARAMITA Film Screening and Healing Workshop with Kirthi Nath 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/paramita/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/PARAMITA-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR