Credits
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Inside one of the new art galleries. Photo: Terrence McCarthy.
Horned Lizard. Photo: Lindsey Dixon.
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About
Days of the Dead Community Celebration, 2008.
A performance in the Gallery of California Art.
Exploring the museum gardens. Photo: Rue Flaherty.
Golden Gala, 2008. Photo: Scotty Morris.
Museum's koi pond. Photo: Rue Flaherty.
The Museum's Professional Services Department's Kitelines exhibition at Oakland International Airport. Photo: Michael Temperio.
Mark Di Suvero, Homage to Charlie Parker, 1977, 159" x 428". Gift of the artist, Oakland Museum Women's Board, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Photo: M. Lee Fatherree.
Collections
Art
Richard Diebenkorn, Figure on a Porch, 1959, Oil on canvas. Gift of the Anonymous Donor Program of the American Federation of Arts.
Elmer Bischoff, Figure in Landscape, c. 1957, Oil on canvas. Gift of the Oakland Museum Women’s Board.
Dorothea Lange, Imperial Valley-People in Camps, 1935. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California, gift of Paul S. Taylor
Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, 1936. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
Lucia K. Mathews, Oranges (Portrait of a Red Haired Girl), 1910. Watercolor on paper, 25.5 x 18.25 inches, with Furniture Shop frame, 41.25 x 34.25 inches. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California; gift of Harald Wagner.
Helen Nestor, Lesbian Mother and Her Daughter, 1978, gelatin silver print, H: 12.13 in, W: 11 in. Gift of the artist.
Albert Bierstadt, Yosemite Valley, 1868, Oil on canvas. H: 36 in, W: 54 in. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, gift of Miss Marguerite Laird in memory of Mr. and Mrs. P.W. Laird.
Isaac W. Baker, Untitled (Portrait of a Chinese Man), c.1851, Sixth plate daguerreotype, H: 3.75 in, W: 3.25 in. Gift of an Anonymous Donor.
Peter Voulkos, Plate, 1962, stoneware, glaze, H: 16.25 in, W: 16.25 in. Gift of the Art Guild of the Oakland Museum of California.
Margaret De Patta, Watch, 1942, sterling silver, ebony, H: 2 in, W: 2.5 in, D: 1 in. Art Deaccession Fund Purchase.
History
Fruit crate label, “Splendid” brand, 1935. Gift of Old Promises.
Pomo basket with acorn woodpecker and California quail feathers, clam shell disk beads, and abalone shell pendants. Collected by C.P. Wilcomb in 1911.
Manchu military dress uniform, Ch’ing dynasty, Gift of Miss Ruth Gillard.
Daguerreotype of a Young Woman, ca. 1850. Gift of Marston Campbell.
Led by Mario Savio (front row, second on the right in tie and jacket), thousands of students marched in protest while the University of California Regents considered a ban on campus political activities. November 20, 1964. Tribune collection. Photograph: Chris Kjobech.
The meeting of the rails at Promontory Point May 10, 1869 (detail). The Andrew J. Russell Collection.
Vegetable dish, transfer ware, ca 1830 Staffordshire England. Collected by Charles Wilcomb.
Fruit crate label, “Sea Cured” brand, 1937. The Del Monte Collection.
Cox's California Seeds Box, ca. 1900. The Del Monte Collection.
Nature
Treefrog in Natural Sciences Gallery.
Excavation site at Rustler Ranch.
San Mateo Creek.
Herring fishers bringing in the harvest, San Francisco. Pacific herring enter the Bay to spawn in winter, when the water is freshened by river flows.
American Robin.
A view of the Natural Sciences Gallery before renovation.
Exhibitions
Off-Site exhibition: Oakland International Airport Terminal 1, Connecting Walkway and Terminal 2
Kala: Evolution of Print
Off-site exhibition: Gallery 555
Benicia Gantner, sidestream + everything (concept drawing detail), 2009.
Off-site exhibition: Sculpture Court at City Center
Danielle Giudici Wallis, Human Resources (installation detail), 2009.
Off-site exhibition: 500 12th Street
Andrea Voinot, Peeper Creeper, 2009.
Community
In the Community
Art and Soul, Oakland
Advisory Councils
Asian Pacific Advisory Council
Education
Visitors work on an art project during Family Explorations! Photo: Jason Lew.Members’ Preview of the exhibition Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA. Photo: Jason Lew.Docent and students in the Natural Sciences Gallery. Photo: Jason Lew.
Educational Resources
The California Spotted Bat is one of 25 bat species found in California. © Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International.
Join & Give
2007 Sogetsu Ikebana Flower Show. Photo Jason Lew.
Member's Preview of the exhibition Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA. Photo: Jason Lew.
2009 Lunar New Year Celebration. Photo: Jason Lew.
A mochi pounding performance at the 2007 Lunar New Year Celebration. Photo: Rue Flaherty.
Get Involved
Mochi pounding at the 2009 Lunar New Year Celebration. Photo: Jason Lew.
Annual Wildflower Show 2008. Photo Jason Lew.
A docent leads a school group through the Natural Sciences Gallery. Photo: Jason Lew.
Paul S. Taylor, Dorothea Lange in Texas on the Plains, c. 1934. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
Exhibitions
Awakening from the California Dream: An Environmental History. "Clearcutting Kills Salmon" sign near Half Moon Bay, 1992. Photo by Robert Dawson.
California Underground: Our Caves and Subterranean Habitats. Cresent shelfstone, formed by water dripping down a stalactite into a pool. Photo by Peter & Ann Bosted.
California Underground: Our Caves and Subterranean Habitats. Rappelling into a cave lake. Photo by Peter & Ann Bosted.