Healing Garden: Reflecting on Our Collective Grief
In conjunction with UC Berkeley’s The Othering and Belonging Institute’s 2024 conference, OMCA is pleased to partner with OBI to offer a reflective gathering on collective grief.
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Suscríbase aIn conjunction with UC Berkeley’s The Othering and Belonging Institute’s 2024 conference, OMCA is pleased to partner with OBI to offer a reflective gathering on collective grief.
Join us for Gallery Chats, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators.
Pump up the joy this first Viernes at Viernes Nights at OMCA! Join us as the intergenerational hip hop group, Alphabet Rockers, explores elements of hip hop and leads audiences to shared moments of joyful expression, uplifting affirmations, and celebratory movement. Drag Storytime keeps the empowering energy flowing as drag artist Per Sia brings Tyler Feder’s preschool picture book, Bodies are Cool, to life with an exuberant read-aloud alongside bright and friendly illustrations to captivate all.
Interested in engaging more deeply with our gallery content? Sign up for Group Chats where knowledgeable facilitators share insights and help make meaning with your group in OMCA’s galleries. Group Chats puts a twist on the traditional museum tour and centers community voices, lived experiences, and provides fresh interpretations of OMCA’s Exhibitions. This is an informal experience, not a traditional tour. The facilitators will generate conversations and engagement with your group throughout the hour.
Third-generation Bay Area filmmaker, artist, and author, Adrian L. Burrell will present select works from his first monograph, Sugarcane & Lighting (Minor Matters, 2023) and his latest short film, The Saints Step in Kongo Time.
Join us for Gallery Chats, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators.
Interested in engaging more deeply with our gallery content? Sign up for Group Chats where knowledgeable facilitators share insights and help make meaning with your group in OMCA’s galleries. Group Chats puts a twist on the traditional museum tour and centers community voices, lived experiences, and provides fresh interpretations of OMCA’s Exhibitions. This is an informal experience, not a traditional tour. The facilitators will generate conversations and engagement with your group throughout the hour.
Every first Domingo of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.
Walk through OMCA’s landmark building and gardens with members of the Council on Architecture.
Celebrate two incredible Bay Area institutions, the Oakland Museum of California(OMCA) and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, with …
Viernes Night’s at OMCA presents an electrifying evening with Oakland’s own Fantastic Negrito as he takes the stage alongside some of his favorite musicians in the Bay Area. Join us for an immersive performance that plays with the boundaries between funk, rock, soul, and blues to produce a unique and captivating experience. More boundaries are broken as Let’s Lab with KD the Poet makes the mundane fantastic as he centers everyday life in his blend of soulful lyricism and tempered production. The night will be further filled with the groovy blend of rap, soul, R&B, and Afrobeats emanating from Bay Area DJ Mani Draper, all excellent energy to intercut with engaging discussion facilitated by the Gallery Chats taking place in our Special Exhibition, Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya.
This month’s Member Gallery Chat presents an opportunity to come share your questions and reflections on key moments in California Asian American history and explore how the causes and consequences of these events still reverberate today. What are the many ways Asian Americans have contributed to the “Becoming California” story? How might more Asian American stories be uplifted and heard?
Experience Jueves After Hours at OMCA – your weekly night out at the Museum rich with cocktails, culture, and community. Mingle at Town Fare Cafe by Chef Michele McQueen, where you can enjoy drinks and light bites against a backdrop of music, or explore the galleries which come alive at night with a mix of pop-up performances, chats, live drawings, and more– just for adults!
Viernes Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid, Oakland’s favorite free weekly block party is back, Abril—Octubre!
Gather with family, friends, and community every Viernes 5—9 pm for live music, hands-on activities, Off the Grid (OTG) food trucks, and late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions, with a Museum ticket.
Join us for Gallery Chats, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators.
Every third Domingo, OMCA invites visitors to Spotlight Sundays, a series of conversations, performances, and experiences that showcase California visionaries.
Every first Domingo of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.
OMCA celebra el Año Nuevo Lunar y explora las conexiones compartidas entre las diversas culturas asiáticas del Área de la Bahía. Estos programas familiares incluirán ofertas virtuales y presenciales que celebran y honran las tradiciones del Año Nuevo Lunar a través de cuentos, actuaciones, actividades, demostraciones de cocina y mucho más. La OMCA ofrece un espacio para que nuestras comunidades AAPI se reúnan y se eleven mutuamente con círculos de curación tanto presenciales como virtuales.
In collaboration with OMCA’s Día de los Muertos Committee, we honor Day of the Dead every Octubre and Noviembre.
La Junta de Mujeres del Museo de Oakland inició la venta de elefantes blancos hace más de sesenta años. Este evento anual es imperdible.
Knowledgeable facilitators share insights and help make meaning with your group in OMCA’s galleries.