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SUMMARY:Member Tours: Women Artists of the OMCA Gallery of California Art
DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Earthseed Screening with People’s Kitchen Collective and Emory Douglas\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMember Tours: Women Artists of the OMCA Gallery of California Art\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a woman-focused walk through the art gallery with Gallery Chats facilitator\, Avril Angevine. Take a deep dive into the background of some of California’s best—and least—known women artists. Delight in their mesmerizing work and hear stories about their lives\, practices\, and challenges. Featuring artists Sonia Getchoff\, Viola Frey\, Carmen Lomas Garza\, Hung Liu\, Margaret Peterson\, and Ann Weber. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBECOME A MEMBER\n\n\n\n\nPlease note that tour spots are limited. A sign up sheet will be available at the Ticketing Desk when checking in so get here early to grab your spot! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitator\n\n\n\n\n\nAvril Angevine is an OMCA Gallery Chats Facilitator and a lifelong art aficionado with a particular interest in modern\, contemporary\, and California art. She speaks on art subjects at various locations in the Bay Area\, including the OLLI programs at Santa Clara University\, Dominican College\, San Francisco State\, and the Fromm Institute. Avril has a BA in English and an MA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley and taught English and Humanities at local colleges. She is also a museum guide at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art\, and the Oakland Museum of California. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/member-tours-women-artists-of-the-omca-gallery-of-california-art/
LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607
CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Family,Members
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SUMMARY:Member Preview for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain
DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Earthseed Screening with People’s Kitchen Collective and Emory Douglas\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Member Preview Hours\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou’re invited to the Member Opening for OMCA’s newest exhibition! Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain navigates the braided histories of displacement\, resistance\, and resilience within Black American communities in Oakland and the East Bay. Through works from the OMCA permanent collection alongside new commissions by artist Adrian Burrell\, architect June Grant with blinkLAB architecture\, as well as the Archive of Urban Futures and Moms 4 Housing\, the exhibition traces how Black communities have creatively resisted dispossession and reimagined spaces of home and belonging. Reserved tickets are highly encouraged but not required for Member Preview Hours. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRESERVE MEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nMajor support for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Header image: Marion Coleman\, Homes On Fire\, 2014\, Textile\, Hayward Area Historical Society \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\nSponsors\n\n\n\nMajor support for Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Oakland Museum Women’s Board. This project was also made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
URL:https://museumca.org/event/member-preview-for-black-spaces-reclaim-remain/
LOCATION:California
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SUMMARY:Member Preview Evening Celebration for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain
DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Earthseed Screening with People’s Kitchen Collective and Emory Douglas\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Member Preview Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDue to popular demand\, our evening celebration is at capacity. We are thankful for the overwhelming support and excitement around this new exhibition. We still have availability for the Daytime Preview Hours from 11–5 pm\, or join us at Friday Nights for the public opening! \n\n\n\nBlack Spaces: Reclaim & Remain navigates the braided histories of displacement\, resistance\, and resilience within Black American communities in Oakland and the East Bay. Through works from the OMCA permanent collection alongside new commissions by artist Adrian Burrell\, architect June Grant with blinkLAB architecture\, as well as the Archive of Urban Futures and Moms 4 Housing\, the exhibition traces how Black communities have creatively resisted dispossession and reimagined spaces of home and belonging. \n\n\n\nWe will be celebrating with the curators and collaborators who have helped make this exhibition possible. Join us for light bites\, live music\, and a cash bar. \n\n\n\nRSVP required for the evening celebration. Capacity is limited. QUESTIONS? Email membership@museumca.org or call 510-318-8520. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSOLD OUT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nMajor support for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Header image: Marion Coleman\, Homes On Fire\, 2014\, Textile\, Hayward Area Historical Society \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\nSponsors\n\n\n\nMajor support for Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Oakland Museum Women’s Board. This project was also made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel\, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n		            \n				                    \n\n				                Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nSpotlight Sundays: Earthseed Screening with People’s Kitchen Collective and Emory Douglas\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel\, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI Was There Too is a unique multimedia performance about one woman’s inner revolution as she struggles to understand what it means to have been born into the Black Panther Party. Daughter of two Black Panthers (Emory Douglas and Gayle Dickson)\, Meres-Sia Gabriel shares a first-hand account of what it was like to grow up in a revolution that changed the course of history.  \n\n\n\nThrough family photographs\, archival images\, personal narratives\, live jazz and blues music\, and original poetry reminiscent of the Black Arts Movement\, Gabriel takes the audience on a soul-stirring journey. This performance weaves together a coming-of-age story shaped by powerful Black leaders and the impact of impoverishment\, secrecy\, and adults navigating the enormity of the movement. Gabriel’s showcase gives voice to the often-overlooked experience of the children of the Black Panther Party\, bringing awareness and healing to this softer side of the resistance.  \n\n\n\nI Was There Too is written\, performed\, and produced by Meres-Sia Gabriel. Directed by Ajuana Black and Musical Direction by Dr. Yafeu Tyhimba.  \n\n\n\n\nGENERAL TICKETS\n\n\n\nmember tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Meres-Sia Gabriel\n\n\n\nMeres-Sia Gabriel was born and raised in Oakland\, California. A graduate of Howard University and Middlebury College School in France / Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle\, Meres-Sia received her master’s in French and has taught French\, Language Arts\, Writing\, and Literature at various institutions. In addition to her artist practice\, she is a college French instructor\, a teacher consultant for the Bay Area Writing Project at UC Berkeley\, and the founder of Life-Changing Writing where she helps writers discover their literary voice.  \n\n\n\nShe has performed in the Kehinde Wiley and Lhola Amira exhibitions at the de Young Museum of San Francisco and the Legion of Honor Fine Arts Museum of san Francisco. Her poetry is featured in the “Black Power” installation at the Oakland Museum of California. Her poetry has also been featured in exhibitions of the Zapantera Negra project in Cuba\, Chiapas\, Vienna\, and Spain. She is the bestselling author of a book of poetry and prose entitled I Twirl in the Smoke. And she is the co-author of the KQED and BE-IMAGINATIVE watch guide for the Emmy-nominated film When the Waters Get Deep.  \n\n\n\nShe contributed to the foreward of her father’s book Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas (Rizzoli Press) and toured with him for his exhibitions at Los Angeles MOCA\, New Museum in New York\, Urbis in Manchester\, UK\, and Universidad de la Tierra in Chiapas\, MX. As a child of the Black Panther Party\, Meres-Sia grew up in a movement that believed art should have a social message. Likewise\, her work as a writer and performer beckons us to an inner revolution of self-reflection and personal healing.  \n\n\n\nMeres-Sia is a 2023 recipient of grant awards from the California Arts Council\, Center for Cultural Power\, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, which have allowed her to write and produce this one-woman show about her experiences growing up in the Black Panther Party. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Ajuana Black\n\n\n\nAjuana Black is a powerhouse performer whose vibrant presence lights up every stage she touches. With over two decades of musical theater experience\, she has starred in productions such as Dreamgirls (Lorrell)\, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Charlene)\, Once on This Island (Ti Moune)\, and Go Down Garvey. Ajuana also brought her dynamic storytelling to the screen\, playing young Johnnie Gibson in the CBS movie The Johnnie Gibson Story\, directed by Bill Duke and featuring Lynn Whitfield. Alongside her work in television and commercials\, she wrote\, produced\, and performed her own deeply personal one-woman show MamaHOOD Wings\, chronicling her journey into motherhood. Black’s creative impact extends behind the scenes as well—she directed and produced five full-scale middle school musicals\, including The Wiz and Annie. This season marks her second as director of I Was There Too  the powerful and revealing one-woman show written and performed by Meres-Sia Gabriel. When she is not onstage or directing\, audiences can catch her bringing down the house as the lead vocalist with some of the most entertaining\, top-tier cover bands in the Bay Area. Whether on stage or behind the scenes\, Black continues to uplift\, electrify\, and leave audiences moved—through both her commanding performances and her visionary collaborative work. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-i-was-there-too-a-performance-by-meres-sia-gabriel-child-of-the-black-panther-party-revolution/
LOCATION:James Moore Theater
CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members
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