• Member Preview Opening Celebration for Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory – SOLD OUT

    Sé uno de los primeros en descubrir «Mildred Howard: Poética de la memoria», la primera gran retrospectiva museística dedicada a esta querida artista del Área de la Bahía, cuya trayectoria de cinco décadas explora con fuerza la memoria, la identidad y la experiencia afroamericana. Únete a la artista, a los comisarios y a la comunidad en una celebración de inauguración con música en directo, aperitivos y refrescos: una velada inspiradora en homenaje al impacto perdurable de Mildred Howard.

    Gratuito para los socios
  • Juneteenth! at the Museum

    Gran Sala OMCA 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    OMCA X Black Freedom Fund present Juneteenth! at the Museum—a vibrant, full-day celebration of Black culture, creativity, and community. Guests can expect a dynamic campus filled with live performances and DJ sets from boundary-pushing artists, delicious offerings from standout Bay Area Black chefs and food vendors, and hands-on activities that invite visitors of all ages to move, make, and connect in celebration of Black culture.

    $10
  • Spotlight Sundays: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts

    Aula OMCA 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    This Spotlight Sundays, we are excited to welcome back Dohee Lee and Puri Arts with their project Land as Body: Belonging, a powerful community ritual that interweaves ceremony, storytelling, and drumming. This spirited offering provides a ceremonial bridge for healing between ancestors and the people of all lands that have endured ruptures due to deportation, incarceration, and all forms of colonial violence.

    Gratis
  • Spotlight Sundays: Mildred Howard in Conversation with Nashormeh Lindo and Essence Harden

    Teatro James Moore 1000 Oak St,, Oakland, California, Estados Unidos

    Join us this Spotlight Sundays for an in-depth conversation with beloved Bay Area artist Mildred Howard, who is featured in OMCA’s current special exhibition Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory. Howard will exchange stories and reflections on a lifetime of art, practice, and living in the Bay Area with her longtime friend, fellow artist, and art advocate, Nashormeh Lindo. The conversation will be moderated by Senior Curator of Art at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Essence Harden, whose own prolific curatorial career spans multiple California art institutions. Don’t miss this special opportunity to hear these insightful creatives share their inspiring stories. 

    $10