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  • Spotlight Sundays: Screening of The School: The Legacy of Hintil Ku’u Ca and Panel Talk with School Participants and Film Director

    OMCA Lecture Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    Join us for the premiere of The School – The Legacy of Hintil Ku’u Ca, a powerful film created and directed by an all-Native team. This documentary traces the origins of Oakland’s first urban Native child development center, which began during the All-Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island (1969-1971) and is still in operation today.

    $1 – $30

  • Member Tours: Women Artists of the OMCA Gallery of California Art

    OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    Join 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.

    Free for Members

  • Member Preview for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain

    You’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; and the Archive of Urban Futures with 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.

    Free for Members

  • Member Preview Evening Celebration for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain

    Don’t miss the opening celebration 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; and the Archive of Urban Futures with Moms 4 Housing, the exhibition traces how Black communities have creatively resisted dispossession and reimagined spaces of home and belonging.

    Sold Out

  • Spotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution

    James Moore Theater

    I 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. 

    $1 – $30

  • Semi—Annual Member Shop Sale

    OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    It’s sale time! Join us onsite and online for the semi-annual Member sale at the OMCA Shop. Starting Friday, August 8 through Sunday, August 10, OMCA Members enjoy double their regular discount on regularly priced items in our Shop–that’s 20% off!

    Member Benefit Alert!

  • Cancelled—Member Tours: Students on Strike Curator Walkthrough 

    OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    Join us for a walkthrough of the Gallery of California History feature Students on Strike with OMCA Curator Ryder Diaz. This exhibition explores the enduring legacy of student activism at San Francisco State University by highlighting the similarities and differences between the historic 1968-1969 student strike that established the nation’s first Black Studies Department and first College of Ethnic Studies and the contemporary campus protests against the war in Gaza.

  • Spotlight Sundays: Rituals of Care Celebration with Artist Chelsea Ryoko Wong, Cut Fruit Collective, and Teaphile

    James Moore Theater

    This month, Spotlight Sundays welcomes guests to join artist Chelsea Ryoko Wong for a free, all-ages celebration in OMCA’s Oak Street Plaza. Wong’s colorful paintings amplify the diversity of her Asian heritage and the vibrant family histories of the AAPI women depicted in them. Under her playful mural, titled Calling Home, this lively event will explore rituals of community care with Wong and OMCA’s community partners Cut Fruit Collective and Teaphile. 

    Free and open to the public

  • Member Bonus Reciprocity Week at BAMPFA

    Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St, Berkeley, California, United States

    Join us in a celebratory partnership between the Oakland Museum of California and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) with this bonus reciprocity week-long event! 

    From August 27–31, OMCA Members enjoy free admission to BAMPFA for 2 guests per membership.

    Free for Members

  • Member Tours: Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain Curator Walkthrough

    OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    Join OMCA’s Associate Curator of History, Dania Talley, for a walkthrough of Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain. Talley will share insights and stories behind this exciting must-see exhibition, which documents and honors how Black communities have creatively resisted displacement and continue to shape spaces of belonging in the East Bay.

    Free for Members

  • Friday Nights at OMCA Special Members Lounge

    OMCA Garden 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, California, United States

    Calling all Members! Join us for a special members’ lounge on the Upper Level Terrace, overlooking our Garden. Mingle with fellow OMCA enthusiasts while enjoying light refreshments, Bingo games, sidewalk chalk, and games for the whole family. Plus, we’ll be raffling off some awesome OMCA merch! Invite your friends and family to share in the fun—OMCA Members can bring at least one adult guest to enjoy the experience together!

    Free for Members