Curated by Arash Shirinbab NOTE: A GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign is currently running to support this exhibition. Deadline is November 25th. Click here to view the full details and consider donating today! “Calligraphies in Conversation” intends to bring diverse communities of the Bay Area together to share their culture and stories through the art of writing and […]
Join the Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) for a night of trivia with Geeks Who Drink "Quiz for a Cause"! For a small suggested entry fee of $5, you can join the evening's quiz. The winning team will get a prize and the rest will go to helping OACC continue to serve our community through […]
This exhibit explores the experiences and events at Tule Lake, the only Japanese American Segregation Center of WWII. The traveling exhibition probes the complexity of this unique Japanese American confinement site, which was located in Newell, CA. Art of Survival is being supported in part by a Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant administered […]
OACC is excited to host CreativeMornings! The event is free and RSVP tickets become available Monday, January 27th. This month’s theme is Roots. We’ll have chef Tu David Phu speaking at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center on Jan. 31st. Join us for free breakfast, free coffee and tea, and—of course—stimulating discussion that’ll start your 2020 […]
OACC is celebrating the Year of the Rat with live performances and fun activities for the whole family in the heart of Oakland Chinatown! Enjoy our Youth Showcase featuring students performing guzheng (Chinese zither), various Chinese dances and more. Join interactive workshops on Japanese taiko drumming, relaxing Taichi exercises, and children’s story time with a […]
A special exhibition celebrating Black History Month. See Oakland Chinatown through Leon Kennedy’s distinctive artistic style. “My dream is to connect to all the people’s dreams.” Leon Kennedy’s Art lies somewhere between the struggles of his community and the faith that guides them. When viewed, the observer is directed away from the struggle and toward salvation […]
Never again is NOW. Join OACC and Tsuru for Solidarity for a “Tsuru Fold In,” to fold cranes that will join the “National Pilgrimage to Close the Camps” in June 2020. This movement plans to bring 125,000 paper cranes, or tsuru, as expressions of solidarity with immigrant and refugee communities that are under attack today. […]
In collaboration with The Greenlining Institute, the Community Rejuvenation Project (CRP) is creating a new mural located at the Greenlining building at 360 14th St. in Oakland. Through the production process, CRP is reaching out to the community to broaden the conversation around arts and culture, public art, cultural equity, and cultural preservation - including […]
A moving and important story of an America that seems ever more possible, The Resisters is also the story of one family struggling to maintain its humanity and normalcy in circumstances that threaten their every value–as well as their very existence. “The Resisters is palpably loving, smart, funny, and desperately unsettling. The novel should be required reading for […]
Learn how to tie bojagi into a wine carrier, purse, basket liner, tissue box cover and much more. “Bojagi” is a general term in Korean for wrapping cloths. Bojagi have many functions, and have an important role in Korean culture. Koreans like to use bojagi to wrap gifts, carry and store objects, wedding ceremonies, and […]
OACC is proud to host Day 2 of “An Orphan for You”: The Rise of Korean Adoption in the 1970s and 80s, a free conference in Berkeley and Oakland, CA. The conference will take place over two days, from February 22-23, 2020.During the 1970s and 80s, South Korea sent the largest number of children overseas […]
Nearly all Japanese Americans were subject to accusations of disloyalty during World War II, but Buddhists aroused particular suspicion. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in […]
“Reflections on Home” features the work of Bay Area immigrant artists, each expressing their reflections on “home” and “belonging”. As these themes become political points in national policies, especially for people of color living in the US, the immigrant women showcased in this exhibition are firmly making their roots known through a proclamation of their […]