BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) - ECPv6.15.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://museumca.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T163000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251006T204127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T204552Z UID:10002220-1762426800-1762446600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Member Preview for Good Fire: Tending Native Lands DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMember 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! Good Fire: Tending Native Lands explores the past\, present\, and future of fire in California through Native practices. For centuries\, Native communities have used intentional\, low-intensity fires to renew the land and support biodiversity. This tradition was disrupted by colonial laws and fire suppression\, leading to today’s destructive megafires. Good Fire shows how Native communities are reviving these vital practices to cultivate more resilient landscapes and uphold traditions. 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\nDon’t miss the opening celebration on Thursday\, November 6\, 6-9 pm. Join us for an evening of celebration with live music\, delicious bites\, and festive refreshments—an inspiring preview honoring the vital knowledge of Native California communities that you won’t want to miss! RSVP required. \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 Good Fire: Tending Native Lands 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: Steven Saiz (Hupa) uses liquid fuel from a drip torch to spread fire. Photo by Maddy Rifka. URL:https://museumca.org/event/member-preview-for-good-fire-tending-native-lands/ LOCATION:California CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Opening,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/unnamed-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T210000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251006T204103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T201027Z UID:10002219-1762452000-1762462800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Member Preview Evening Celebration for Good Fire: Tending Native Lands DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMember Preview Evening 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. \n\n\n\nBe among the first to experience this powerful exhibition alongside the curators\, collaborators\, and community members who brought it to life. Join us for an evening of celebration with live music\, delicious bites\, and festive refreshments—an inspiring preview honoring the vital knowledge of Native California communities that you won’t want to miss! \n\n\n\nGood Fire: Tending Native Lands explores the past\, present\, and future of fire in California through Native practices. For centuries\, Native communities have used intentional\, low-intensity fires to renew the land and support biodiversity. This tradition was disrupted by colonial laws and fire suppression\, leading to today’s destructive megafires. Good Fire shows how Native communities are reviving these vital practices to cultivate more resilient landscapes and uphold traditions. \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\nAT CAPACITY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCan’t make the Member Preview Evening celebration?Join us for our Daytime Preview Hours from 11–5 pm and experience OMCA’s newest exhibition before it opens to the public! \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 Good Fire: Tending Native Lands 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: Steven Saiz (Hupa) uses liquid fuel from a drip torch to spread fire. Photo by Maddy Rifka. URL:https://museumca.org/event/member-preview-evening-celebration-for-good-fire-tending-native-lands/ LOCATION:California CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Opening,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/unnamed-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251108T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251108T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251015T014511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T214457Z UID:10002221-1762603200-1762606800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Member Chats with East Bay Regional Park Naturalists DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMember Chats with East Bay Regional Park Naturalists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Naturalists from the East Bay Regional Park District for a hands-on exploration of local wildlife—right here at OMCA! Become a wildlife detective as you examine real animal skulls; ask “Whose skull is this?”; and discover what these clues tell us about the mammals that call our regional parks home. \n\n\n\nPerfect for curious minds of all ages\, this interactive experience offers a fun introduction to basic skull anatomy\, local ecology\, and the East Bay’s incredible natural landscapes. \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\nAbout The East Bay Regional Park District\n\n\n\nThe East Bay Regional Park District is a system of beautiful parklands in Alameda and Contra Costa counties that includes 73 parks spanning across 126\,809 acres\, 1\,330 miles of trails and 55 miles of shoreline. The Park District manages and preserves natural and cultural resources for all to enjoy and protect and are ideal for healthful recreation and environmental education. \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-with-east-bay-regional-park-naturalists/ LOCATION:Gallery of California Natural Sciences\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Family,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_3600-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251116T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251116T150000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251015T014915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T200947Z UID:10002222-1763298000-1763305200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Cultural Fire Storytelling and Film Screening 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: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Cultural Fire Storytelling and Film Screening with Margo Robbins\, Elizabeth Azzuz\, Roni Jo Draper\, and hosted by Tiśina Ta-till-ium Parker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for an afternoon of storytelling centering Native fire practices from four visionary Native Californian memory keepers. The program will begin with a film screening of Fire Tender\, co-directed by Roni Jo Draper\, PhD (Yurok) and Marissa Lila Kongao\, which shares context on settler colonial fire suppression\, highlights the work of Yurok firelighters to reclaim and pass on traditional eco-cultural knowledge\, and meditates on the power of fire to heal land and communities.  \n\n\n\nThe film will be followed by heart-to-heart storytelling\, as the spirit of fire inspires. Margo Robbins and Elizabeth Azzuz\, two Yurok fire practitioners who lead the Cultural Fire Management Council\, will each share about the medicine of fire\, as guided by prayer\, before being joined by Tiśina Ta-till-ium Parker (Southern Sierra Miwuk/Kutzadika’a Mono Lake Paiute and Kashia Pomo/Coast Miwuk) and Draper for a group conversation. Drawing from their varied experiences as fire-women\, grandmothers\, filmmakers\, basketweavers\, and artists\, they will explore the possibilities of fire as the center of the home\, as well as the intergenerational abundance fire offers across time and space.  \n\n\n\nThis Spotlight Sundays is a part of our exhibition programming for Good Fire: Tending Native Lands on view through May 31\, 2026. \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelist Bios\n\n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Azzuz is a Yurok Tribal member from the village of Weitchpus in Northern CA\, and a Karuk descendant from Katamiin. She is the Director of Traditional fire\, family burns\, and Treasurer to the board of Cultural Fire Management Council. She is also Treasurer to the Indigenous Stewardship Network\, and is a member of the Indigenous Peoples Burning Network with the Nature Conservancy. \n\n\n\nElizabeth is a cultural practitioner\, who burns for basket materials\, traditional foods and medicines. She has been burning since the age of four\, when her grandfather caught her playing with matches and decided to teach her about her responsibility to Mother Earth. She was taught that fire is a tool\, not a toy. \n\n\n\nCFMC provides training and jobs on the Yurok reservation\, they have training exchanges to train future fire lighters in prescribed and cultural burns\, giving them the needed skills to work with fire safely. \n\n\n\n\n\nMargo Robbins comes from the traditional Yurok village of Morek\, and is an enrolled member of the Yurok Tribe.  She is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Cultural Fire Management Council and co-lead of the Indigenous People’s Burn Network. She graduated from Humboldt State University and resides on the Yurok reservation in far northern California. She gathers and prepares traditional food and medicine\, is a cultural fire practitioner\, a basket weaver\, and regalia maker. She previously served as the Indian Education Director for the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School district. She is a mom\, and a grandma.  \n\n\n\nRoni Jo Draper Ph.D. (Yurok | she.her)\, is an enrolled member of the Yurok tribe\, from the village of Weispus (Weitchpec) at the fork of the Klamath and Trinity Rivers in what is now considered Northern California. Her experience as a queer\, Yurok woman\, and the realities and acute pain of discriminatory practices and policies enacted in school settings\, has influenced her writing and work as an educator\, scholar\, and artist. As a former high school mathematics/science teacher and university professor\, Roni has now turned her attention to storytelling practices outside of traditional academia—including poetry making\, traditional basket weaving\, and other art forms—as a way to explore the human experience and share stories of healing and thrivance. Roni produced SCENES FROM THE GLITTERING WORLD\, stories of three Diné adolescents living on the fringes of the Navajo Nation. She also produced\, directed\, and wrote FIRE TENDER\, a short film highlighting the work of Margo Robbins and Yurok cultural fire practices. Roni is currently in production on the feature-length documentary WE ARRIVE WITH FIRE | NE-KAH NUUE’M MEHL MECH. Roni’s work has been supported by the National Geographic Society\, Vision Maker Media\, Women Make Movies\, Sundance\, the Redford Center\, Firelight Media\, and other organizations interested in highlighting the stories of Indigenous women working to protect the environment and cultural lifeways. \n\n\n\nTiśina Ta-till-ium Parker is a California Indigenous textile designer\, regalia maker and community cultural art activist. Tiśina is the granddaughter of Ralph and Julia F. Parker\, daughter of Louis and Patricia Parker. Her people are Yosemite Southern Sierra Miwuk/Kutzadika’a Mono Lake Paiute from her Grandfather’s lineage and Kashia Pomo/Coast Miwuk from her Grandmother’s lineage. Tiśina was born and raised in her sacred tribal homeland of Mariposa/Yosemite. Born into a strong Indigenous lineage\, Tiśina has practiced ceremony with her Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation (SSMN) & Yosemite Paiute tribal communities since birth. She descends from a powerful matriarchy of notable California basketmakers including her Grandfather’s Grandmother\, Lucy Telles and her Grandmother Julia Parker. \n\n\n\nTiśina holds a BA in Community Studies from UC Santa Cruz with an emphasis in Art Education and a BFA in Sustainable Fashion/Textile Design from California College of the Arts in San Francisco where she graduated with honors as “Emerging Talent.” She is an active member of Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation. In 2018 Tiśina represented SSMN\, alongside tribal leaders\, in Washington D.C. to petition for Federal Recognition\, an ongoing 30+ year battle with the U.S. government for tribal sovereignty. In her lifeway\, Tiśina designs\, creates and collaborates within Native community and works deeply within regenerative design practices to create cultural art and textile work that is in balance with Indigenous ways of being. Tiśina’s life work is dedicated to community building and Indigenous cultural regeneration through the mediums of traditional regalia making\, textiles\, and community cultural arts activism. \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-cultural-fire-storytelling-and-film-screening/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WAWF-Margo-with-Smoke-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251126T212441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T223935Z UID:10002226-1764932400-1765126800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Semi—Annual Member Shop Sale DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s sale time! Join us onsite and online for the semi-annual Member sale at the OMCA Shop. Starting Friday\, December 5 through Sunday\, December 7\, OMCA Members enjoy double their regular discount on regularly priced items in our Shop–that’s 20% off! \n\n\n\nExplore our full range of gifts available at the OMCA Shop and show your Membership card at check-out. The OMCA Shop is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm and Friday Nights until 8:30 pm. \n\n\n\nFor our online shoppers\, be sure to check your Member emails for exclusive coupon codes that unlock your discounts when you shop online. \n\n\n\nPerfect Holiday Gifts \n\n\n\nThe perfect gift doesn’t exist. Or does it? This season\, limited edition ornaments\, laser cut cards\, puzzles\, housewares\, jewelry\, and more are sure to make your spirits bright!  \n\n\n\nTreat Yourself \n\n\n\nNeed a break from the holiday hustle and bustle?  Soothe your body and soul with scented candles\, natural soaps\, and thought-provoking reads. Take home books featuring Angela Davis\, Edith Heath\, or the Bay Area Ridge Trail and give your senses a treat. \n\n\n\n\nLET’S SHOP\n\n\n\nBECOME A MEMBER\n\n\n\n\n*20% off applies to regularly priced items only. A limited number of items are available online. For the full collection of OMCA products\, please visit the OMCA Shop onsite during regular Museum hours. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/semi-annual-member-shop-sale-12-25/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Shop,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Omca_july17_july18-134-e1753825064831.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251214T235959 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251204T213924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T224734Z UID:10002227-1765238400-1765756799@museumca.org SUMMARY:Member Bonus Reciprocity Week at MOAD DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\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\nJoin us in a celebratory partnership between the Oakland Museum of California and the Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD) with this bonus reciprocity week-long event!  \n\n\n\nFrom December 9–14\, OMCA Members enjoy free admission reciprocity to MoAD for 2 guests per membership.  \n\n\n\nNot a Member yet? Join Today! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCurrent Exhibitions\n\n\n\nContinuum: MoAD Over Time marks the 20th anniversary of the Museum of the African Diaspora. More than a retrospective\, Continuum presents MoAD’s impact on the Bay Area’s cultural landscape and reveals its growing global reach. Through archival materials\, artworks\, and stories from programs like the Emerging Artist Program and MoAD in the Classroom\, the exhibition honors MoAD’s legacy as a catalyst for Black creativity. Organized thematically and chronologically\, it traces the museum’s evolution and invites reflection on its expanding role in shaping the art of the African Diaspora. \n\n\n\nUNBOUND: Art\, Blackness & the Universe explores the intersections of Blackness and the cosmos. Curated by Key Jo Lee\, MoAD’s Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Public Programs\, the exhibition reimagines Blackness as infinite\, mysterious\, and cosmically rich. Featuring global artists such as Lorna Simpson\, Rashaad Newsome\, Gustavo Nazareno\, Harmonia Rosales\, and Didier William\, the show spans painting\, sculpture\, installation\, and video. Organized around three themes\, Geo-Cartographic\, Religio-Mythic\, and Techno-Cyborgian\, UNBOUND moves through earthly and celestial terrains. More than an exhibition\, it is a philosophical and sensory inquiry that invites visitors to imagine Blackness as a boundless\, creative cosmology of transformation and becoming. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor gallery admission\, simply present your OMCA membership card at the Visitor Experience welcome counter and enjoy.   \n\n\n\nQuestion or comments? Please contact us at membership@museumca.org or 510-318-8520. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Daria Lugina/BAMPFA URL:https://museumca.org/event/member-bonus-reciprocity-week-at-moad/ LOCATION:Museum of African Diaspora\, 685 Mission St (at 3rd)\, San Francisco\, California\, 94105\, United States CATEGORIES:Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MoAD-Exterior.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251213T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251113T224703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T002307Z UID:10002223-1765627200-1765630800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Member Tours: Curator Walkthrough: Students on Strike DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMember Tours: Curator Walkthrough: Students on Strike\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a walkthrough of Students on Strike\,  a special installation in the Gallery of California History. With OMCA Curator Ryder Diaz as your guide\,  explore the legacy of student activism at San Francisco State University and reflect on how generations of students have continued to demand justice\, accountability\, and change. \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\nAbout Ryder Diaz\n\n\n\nRyder Diaz (he/they) is OMCA’s Natural Sciences Curator. They have helped to develop science-related exhibitions at Bay Area museums for the past decade. Ryder brings an interdisciplinary background and approach to his work: He has degrees in Science Communication\, Population Biology\, Metropolitan Studies\, and Gender and Sexuality Studies. Outside of OMCA\, Ryder co-organizes a monthly bird walk for queer and trans people of color\, as well as facilitates an all-volunteer\, creekside habitat restoration project in Fruitvale. \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-curator-walkthrough-students-on-strike/ LOCATION:OMCA Gallery of California History\, 1000 Oak St\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Family,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DSC5485-Enhanced-NR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251221T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251221T143000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251113T225732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T162034Z UID:10002224-1766322000-1766327400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: A Yalda Night of Song and Poetry 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: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: A Yalda Night of Song and Poetry with Mahsa Vahdat\, Marjan Vahdat\, and Atabak Elyasi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCoinciding with the Winter Solstice\, this month’s Spotlight Sunday celebrates Yalda Night\, an ancient Persian holiday marking the longest night of the year. With performances by internationally acclaimed Iranian Bay Area-based singers Mahsa Vahdat and Marjan Vahdat\, accompanied by musician and writer Atabak Elyasi\, we will weave together stories of renewal and awakening.  \n\n\n\nFollowing a beautiful musical offering\, sisters Mahsa and Marjan—whose practices carry the universal message of humanism and freedom—will share their thoughts on the power of ritual and song in resilience. Then\, to mark the longest night of the year\, visitors will be invited to share wishes and intentions for the new year\, and Mahsa will read from the poet Hafez as a reflection of the year to come. Please join us for this harmonious celebration of hope and light over darkness. \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 Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat:\n\n\n\nMahsa and Marjan Vahdat are internationally acclaimed Iranian vocalists\, composers\, and educators whose artistry is rooted in the profound tradition of Persian classical music while opening new paths of innovation and intercultural dialogue. In their homeland\, where women have been banned from solo singing since 1979\, they have carried their voices beyond borders with unwavering resolve. Their music\, born of resilience and longing\, has touched audiences across the world as a testament to cultural memory and the enduring power of artistic freedom. \n\n\n\nThrough long-standing collaborations with the Norwegian label Kirkelig Kulturverksted and producer-poet Erik Hillestad\, as well as composer-arranger Atabak Elyasi\, they have released numerous acclaimed and award-winning recordings. Their artistic journey has led to encounters with musicians and ensembles such as Kronos Quartet\, Tord Gustavsen\, Mighty Sam McClain\, Bridget Kibbey\, Amsterdam Sinfonietta\, the Skruk Choir\, Zar Theatre\, and the Grotowski Institute—creating a rich tapestry where Persian music converses with the sounds of the world. \n\n\n\nAbout Atabak Elyasi:\n\n\n\nAtabak Elyasi is an Iranian-American musician and composer based in Berkeley and a master of the Persian setar—the instrument most commonly used to accompany the voice in traditional Persian music. Atabak has played and performed setar for the majority of his life and has been teaching this sacred instrument for at least 30 years\, passing on this lineage to innumerable students. Atabak has worked on several renowned musical projects with 2018 ACTA mentor artist Mahsa Vahdat and her sister Marjan as a setar player\, composer\, and musical arranger\, as well as arranging pieces for the Skruk Choir in Norway and the Kronos Quartet. \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-a-yalda-night-of-song-and-poetry/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Yalda-Night7.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T113000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251212T221420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251223T214809Z UID:10002237-1768041000-1768044600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Basketry Demonstration & Conversation with Jennifer Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk) DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBasketry Demonstration & Conversation with Jennifer Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Mewuk basket weaver Jennifer Bates for a special basketry demonstration and conversation exploring the artistry\, techniques\, and traditions of California Native basketmaking. Jennifer will share her personal practice\, discuss the plants and materials used in traditional basketry\, and walk audiences through key steps of gathering\, cleaning\, splitting\, and preparing materials. Enjoy an up-close look at her artistry\, learn the difference between twined and coiled techniques\, and take part in a lively Q&A. \n\n\n\nAs part of this program\, attendees are also invited to explore OMCA’s new exhibition Good Fire: Tending Native Lands\, which highlights Indigenous knowledge\, cultural burning\, and stewardship practices across California. \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for Good Fire: Tending Native Lands on view at OMCA from November 7\, 2025\, through May 31\, 2026. This program is designed for people aged 12 and up; there is limited capacity and tickets are required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jennifer Bates\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk) is a traditional Mewuk basket weaver and cultural consultant with nearly 50 years of experience preserving and teaching Central California Native arts. A founding board member and former long-standing chair of the California Indian Basketweavers Association\, she has represented California’s basketry traditions at institutions such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and curated numerous exhibitions across the state. Jennifer’s work spans cultural education\, arts leadership\, and community advocacy\, and she continues to share her deep knowledge through workshops\, demonstrations\, and public presentations. \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\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/basketry-demonstration-conversation-with-jennifer-bates-northern-sierra-mewuk/ LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Workshop,Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture,Family,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Jennifer-Bates_Basket.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251211T234647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T215204Z UID:10002236-1768046400-1768050000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Member Tours: Nature Walk with OMCA’s Curator of Natural Science\, Ryder Diaz DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMember Tours: Nature Walk with OMCA’s Curator of Natural Science\, Ryder Diaz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCalling all nature lovers and the nature-curious! For this month’s installment of Member Tours at OMCA\, come in your walking shoes ready to explore the wonders of Oakland’s natural history. Join us for a special nature walk led by OMCA’s Curator of Natural Science\, Ryder Diaz. \n\n\n\nThe tour will begin at the Mid Level Ticketing Desk and then move through the OMCA Garden to learn more about the habitat in our own backyard. Next\, Diaz will lead the group out of our 12th Street entrance to highlight the natural history of Lake Merritt and its surrounding creeks. While staying within the vicinity of the Museum\, the group will be prompted to notice the various birds and critters along the way! The walk will conclude back at OMCA’s Gallery of California Natural Sciences with a chance to reflect on what visitors saw during the tour. Come join us in the new year for a fun and engaging way to connect with each other and our surroundings! \n\n\n\n*Please note that tour spots are limited and that a small number of binoculars will be available (first come\, first served). In the event of rain\, this program will be rescheduled. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBECOME A MEMBER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Ryder Diaz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRyder Diaz (he/they) is OMCA’s Natural Sciences Curator. They have helped to develop science-related exhibitions at Bay Area museums for the past decade. Ryder brings an interdisciplinary background and approach to his work: He has degrees in Science Communication\, Population Biology\, Metropolitan Studies\, and Gender and Sexuality Studies. Outside of OMCA\, Ryder co-organizes a monthly bird walk for queer and trans people of color\, as well as facilitates an all-volunteer\, creekside habitat-restoration project in the Fruitvale. \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-nature-walk-with-omcas-curator-of-natural-science-ryder-diaz/ LOCATION:Gallery of California Natural Sciences\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Family,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HIRES_5N2A2826-Enhanced-NR_adrian-edit.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T143000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251218T221727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T234845Z UID:10002238-1768048200-1768055400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Introductory Basketry Workshop with Jennifer Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk) DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroductory Basketry Workshop with Jennifer Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this introductory workshop\, led by Jennifer Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk) and her apprentice\, Jeannette Innerarity (Ione Band of Miwok)\, attendees will explore basketry materials\, learn foundational techniques\, and be guided through weaving a basket base. All materials will be provided. This intimate workshop emphasizes close instruction\, cultural context\, and an opportunity to learn directly from two experienced weavers. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is a part of our exhibition programming for Good Fire: Tending Native Lands on view at OMCA from November 7\, 2025\, through May 31\, 2026. This workshop is designed for people aged 12 and up; capacity is very limited\, and tickets are required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSOLD OUT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jennifer Bates\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk) is a traditional Mewuk basket weaver and cultural consultant with nearly 50 years of experience preserving and teaching Central California Native arts. A founding board member and former long-standing chair of the California Indian Basketweavers Association\, she has represented California’s basketry traditions at institutions such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and curated numerous exhibitions across the state. Jennifer’s work spans cultural education\, arts leadership\, and community advocacy\, and she continues to share her deep knowledge through workshops\, demonstrations\, and public presentations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jeannete Innerarity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeannette Innerarity is Northern Sierra Miwok and a citizen of the Ione Band of Miwok Indians. Jeanette honors those who came before her by actively prioritizing and embodying Miwok knowledges and ways of being\, including basketweaving with her mentor Jennifer Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk)\, learning and implementing Miwok language\, participation in traditional food gathering and preparation as well as crafting traditional Miwok regalia\, game sets and acorn cooking implements.  \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/introductory-basketry-workshop-with-jennifer-bates-northern-sierra-mewuk/ LOCATION:OMCA Learning Center\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture,Family,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/basket-workshop-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260118T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260118T160000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20251211T233338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T215826Z UID:10002235-1768741200-1768752000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining 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: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA’s Spotlight Sundays is excited to continue our Community Conversations series. This annual series\, in partnership with The Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI) and The Belonging Resident Company\, creates a space to foster public dialogue\, deepen understanding\, and cultivate connection around emerging community topics.  \n\n\n\nThe year’s installment will explore radical public imagining. In alignment with OMCA’s special exhibition\, Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain\, project partners will include Dominique Walker and Alia Phelps of Moms4Housing\, Brandi T. Summers of Archive of Urban Futures\, and June Grant of blink!LAB architecture. Through performance\, interactive engagement\, movement\, and conversation\, this immersive experience will examine what it means to build our muscles for audacious dreaming during difficult times. Please join us for this inspiring event! \n\n\n\nThis program will be held in four acts\, each including a TED-style talk followed by audience engagement. The schedule will follow a narrative arc\, so arrive on time so you don’t miss out! \n\n\n\nACT 1 | Personal Engagement – Dreaming   \n\n\n\nACT 2 | Civic Engagement – Agitating \n\n\n\nBREAK  \n\n\n\nACT 3 | Imagining Spaces – Transforming  \n\n\n\nACT 4 | Archiving Futures – Remaining  \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain\, on view through March 1\, 2026. \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 Richard Aviles\n\n\n\nTransportation Analyst and Arts and Culture Strategy Lead for the Othering and Belonging Institute. As part of the Community Power and Policy Partnerships team\, they support government agencies and partner with community organizations by providing trainings\, technical assistance\, and evaluation support. These services center the lived experience\, vision\, and self-determination of the communities most impacted by transit inequities. Richard has also created and facilitated healing circles in South Central as part of LADOT Vision Zero’s community engagement efforts. Richard holds a Masters of Social Work and a Masters of Urban Planning from the University of Southern California. Their current research interests lie in the relationship between behavior and the built-environment\, city consciousness\, and community engagement. \n\n\n\nAbout Sangita Kumar\n\n\n\nSangita is a result-based organizational development consultant and somatic coach. She is the founder of Be The Change Consulting\, a human-centered consulting firm that supports organizations and movements to bring liberatory practices into their work. She is the mama of an incredible 13-year-old and four chickens. \n\n\n\nAbout Sarah Crowell\n\n\n\nSarah is OBI’s Belonging and Community Builder. She is a dancer and choreographer who has taught dance\, theater\, mindfulness\, and violence prevention for over 35 years. She has founded and co-directed the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company and has served as the Executive Director for 30 years. Since 2000\, Sarah has facilitated arts integration\, violence prevention\, cultural humility\, and team building professional development sessions with artists and educators\, both locally and nationally. She is the recipient of many awards including the KPFA Peace award\, the KQED Women’s History Local Hero award\, and the National Guild for Community Arts Education Milestone award. She is a four-time finalist for a Tony Award for Excellence in Theater Education. \n\n\n\nAbout June Grant\n\n\n\nJune received her Masters degree in Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture.  \n\n\n\nIn addition to Architecture\, her background includes Sculpture\, Investment Analysis and Economics.  Upon leaving Steinberg Architects and AECOM\, where she was a Principal and Associate Principal\, respectively\, she launched blink!LAB in 2014. Her architecture follows a trajectory from retail to culture and technology markets. She is an architect with a long interest in the innovation of spaces for newly emerging social patterns.  \n\n\n\nAbout Dominique Walker \n\n\n\nDominique is a mother\, as well as a fighter and organizer for social change. She co-founded her high school\, the School of Social Justice and Community Development and went on to earn her B.A. in Sociology from Tougaloo College. Dominique has worked and supervised the lactation program at Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson\, MS. She co-founded and currently serves on the Board of Directors for  Moms for Housing (M4H)–a group of mothers fighting for housing and against speculation in communities. She is an active member of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)’s Black housing union. She is the educator of community organizing for the Deep Medicine Circle (DMC)—a WOC-led\, worker-directed nonprofit organization that is committed to heal the wounds of colonialism through food\, medicine\, restoration\, story and learning. Dominique is committed to fighting for justice at the intersection of housing and Black maternal health. She is currently a student at Berkeley City College.  \n\n\n\nAbout Brandi T. Summers\n\n\n\nBrandi T. Summers\, PhD is an Associate Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University. Dr. Summers is author of Black in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City (UNC Press\, 2019) and has published articles and essays that analyze blackness\, culture\, aesthetics\, and urbanization\, in both scholarly and popular publications. Her current book\, Oakland Echoes: Reimagining and Reclaiming the Black City (under contract with the University of California Press)\, highlights routes of resistance and reclamation in her hometown\, Oakland\, CA\, as a quest to think about the past\, present\, and future of a Black city. \n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-community-conversations-in-radical-public-imagining/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DSCF9187-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T143000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20260120T223406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260130T005405Z UID:10002247-1771160400-1771165800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Total Praise—The Making of the Black Joy Parade 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: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Total Praise—The Making of the Black Joy Parade\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Black Church has long been a cornerstone of Black culture\, shaping movements\, inspiring iconic music and art\, and carrying forward enduring traditions. OMCA is honored to welcome guests to join the creators of the Black Joy Parade for a thoughtful exploration of how the Black Church has served as both a space of resistance and celebration\, and why the presence of the Black Joy Choir remains central to the parade’s spirit. The afternoon opens with a soul-stirring performance by the acclaimed Black Joy Choir\, followed by a premiere screening of the documentary short Total Praise: The Blueprint Behind the Black Joy Parade. \n\n\n\nFollowing the screening\, attendees are invited to settle into a conversation with Black Joy Parade producers reflecting on legacy\, community\, and joy\, featuring Head of Content Jacqwi Campbell\, Activation Lead Demjuan Julian\, Co-Founder and COO Amber Lester\, and Gold Beams founder Tayleur Crenshaw as moderator. \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain\, on view through March 1\, 2026. \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 Black Joy Parade\n\n\n\nBlack Joy Parade is a hyper-positive non-profit based in Oakland that celebrates the Black experience and the Black community’s contributions to history and culture with its signature parade and celebration\, partnerships\, and events. Black Joy Parade exists to provide the Black community and its allies a live experience that celebrates the Black community’s influence on cultures past\, present\, and future. Black Joy Parade unites a diverse community by creating space to express each of our unique contributions to the Black experience. We invite you to be creative\, be open\, be present\, be free. \n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-total-praise-the-making-of-the-black-joy-parade/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/01-FAVORITE-USE-IF-POSSIBLE-scaled-e1768948635510.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T235959 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20260220T002320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T172550Z UID:10002283-1773187200-1773619199@museumca.org SUMMARY:Member Bonus Reciprocity Week at BAMPFA DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\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\nJoin 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!  \n\n\n\nFrom March 11-15th\, enjoy free admission reciprocity to BAMPFA for 2 guests per membership and 50% off of current and future film screenings! Use code OMCA2026 for film reservations online. \n\n\n\nBAMPFA is open 11 am–7 pm\, Wednesday through Sunday. \n\n\n\nNot a Member yet? Join Today! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCurrent Exhibitions Include:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings\n\n\n\nTheresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings is the first retrospective in twenty-five years dedicated to the groundbreaking work of the artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (b. 1951\, Busan\, South Korea; d. 1982\, New York City). Cha produced an expansive range of works across text-based media\, video\, and performance\, including her posthumously published book\, Dictée (1982). The artist’s interdisciplinary practice gave shape to the experimental art scenes in San Francisco\, New York City\, and beyond. \n\n\n\nAfter emigrating from South Korea to the United States\, Cha enrolled in 1969 at UC Berkeley\, where she studied art practice\, comparative literature\, and film. Keenly attuned to the active role that audiences play in the creation of meaning\, she prioritized nonlinear narratives to allow for more open-ended forms of interpretation—what she termed a method of “Multiple Telling with Multiple Offering.” The retrospective adopts this framework to allow for a range of entry points into Cha’s work\, guiding visitors through the themes—memory\, displacement\, and the mutability of language\, among others—that recur in her oeuvre. \n\n\n\nSince 1992\, owing to a generous gift from the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Memorial Foundation\, BAMPFA has served as the steward of Cha’s art and archives. Gathering over one hundred artworks and archival materials from across her short but prolific career\, as well as select loans of works by Cha and other artists\, Multiple Offerings highlights the inventive\, playful\, and meditative methods of Cha’s practice while also situating her work within a constellation of artistic forebearers\, peers\, and contemporary artists for whom she has long been a lodestar.  \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue—the first museum monograph dedicated to the artist in over twenty years. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArt Wall / Stephanie Syjuco: Present Tense (Roll Call)\n\n\n\nDebuting her largest wall installation to date\, artist Stephanie Syjuco (b. 1974\, Manila\, Philippines; lives and works in Oakland) presents Present Tense (Roll Call). Referencing the classroom routine of announcing one’s presence\, the exhibition explores radical pedagogy in the politics of education. Syjuco’s practice spans from handcrafted textiles to archival excavations\, interrogating how photography and archives shape racialized narratives of being and belonging. \n\n\n\nFor this exhibition\, Syjuco\, a UC Berkeley professor since 2013\, reflected on her role as an educator while drawing from the Bancroft Library and the Ethnic Studies Library\, engaging with their extensive holdings on student activism and research by marginalized communities. As part of the artist’s process\, she collaborated with multiple participants\, inviting educators nationwide to contribute pedagogical materials\, thus reinforcing the interconnected nature of knowledge production. \n\n\n\nPresent Tense (Roll Call) cascades across the wall as a sprawling visual field of text and imagery\, which uses documents referencing the first ethnic studies programs in the United States\, including UC Berkeley’s program\, born in the late 1960s. With this project\, Syjuco urgently responds to the broad backlash against and recent legislative attacks on ethnic studies\, book bans\, and the defunding and removal of diversity programs. She transformed ordinary didactic materials into a layered constellation of fragmented and reassembled information. Her photographic approach reenacts archival parsing\, selectively sharpening elements while letting others fade into illegibility\, revealing how knowledge is precariously preserved\, erased\, and fiercely contested. By working through the logic and limits of archives\, Syjuco invites viewers to reconsider the tension through which history—and its daily presence—is recalled\, constructed\, and controlled. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nObject Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection\n\n\n\nObject Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection explores how artists have represented\, reshaped\, and reimagined familiar objects\, drawing attention to the role of design in our everyday lives. This exhibition encourages acts of close looking\, asking viewers to question their immediate recognition of what they see. In this way\, an object that might at first appear to be a chair could also be considered a sculpture\, a stand-in for a body\, or simply a piece of metal. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition brings questions of design into conversation with abstraction. The paintings on view emphasize their own materiality rather than picturing or alluding to something outside of themselves. At the same time\, items that might seem functional are also explorations of color\, shape\, pattern\, and texture. By highlighting these formal aspects of the pieces\, the exhibition calls into question our assumptions around the utility of objects. \n\n\n\nDrawing from BAMPFA’s expansive holdings\, Object Oriented positions abstract painting and sculpture alongside works designed for architectural spaces\, maquettes\, and artist’s books. Seen together\, these works bring a new awareness to the ways we think about and categorize objects through art and design. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExperience the best of world cinema on the big screen in BAMPFA’s state-of-the-art Barbro Osher Theater\, including the following films: \n\n\n\nFar from Home by Sohrab Shahid Saless \n\n\n\nKill the Documentary by Harun Farocki\, Hanspeter Krüger\, Eckart Kammer\, and Caroline Gremm \n\n\n\nCompensation by Zeinabu irene Davis \n\n\n\nThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant by Rainer Werner Fassbinder \n\n\n\nLast Year at Marienbad by Alain Resnais \n\n\n\nAdvanced purchase is highly recommended as films sell out quickly! Check your March calendar of events email for the discount code or email the Membership team at membership@museumca.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor gallery admission\, simply present your OMCA membership card at the Visitor Experience welcome counter and enjoy.   \n\n\n\nQuestion or comments? Please contact us at membership@museumca.org or 510-318-8520. Please note that BAMPFA is closed on Labor Day\, September 1. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n*Header image: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha\, Other Things Seen\, Other Things Heard\, 1978. Gift of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Memorial Foundation. URL:https://museumca.org/event/member-bonus-reciprocity-week-at-bampfa-2026/ LOCATION:Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive\, 2155 Center St\, Berkeley\, California\, 94720\, United States CATEGORIES:Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/04_Cha_Other-Things-Seen-Other-Things-Heard-1978-e1771546714458.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20260212T230823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T224044Z UID:10002282-1773489600-1773493200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Member Tours: Women’s History Month Artwalk with Avril Angevine DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMember Tours: Women’s History Month Artwalk with Avril Angevine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a woman-focused walk-through of the Gallery of California Art. Take a deep dive into the background of some of California’s best—and least—known women artists\, including Hung Liu\, Sonia Gechtoff\, Viola Frey\, Margaret Peterson\, Ann Weber\, Carmen Lomas Garza. Delight in their works and hear stories about their lives\, practices\, and challenges with Gallery Chats facilitator Avril Angevine.  \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 has 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-womens-history-month-artwalk-with-avril-angevine/ LOCATION:OMCA Gallery of California Art\, 1000 Oak St\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Family,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2021_OMCA_Gallery-of-California-Art_Hung-Liu_Photo-Cedit_-Leopoldo-Macaya_6U4A1563-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T160000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20260212T230804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T213606Z UID:10002281-1773579600-1773590400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Trans Ancestors in History and Creative Practice 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: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Trans Ancestors in History and Creative Practice\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalk 1–2 pm \n\n\n\nWorkshops 2–4 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDuring the month of Trans Day of Visibility\, join us for a creative exploration of trans ancestors and their indelible legacies of resistance. Community historian Andrea Horne will give a talk about her life’s work unearthing histories of Black trans luminaries. Learn about her groundbreaking research that confronts a limited written record and unveils stories—from the fantastic to the everyday—of how Black trans women changed the world. This talk is open to all\, and tickets are required.  \n\n\n\n\nTALK ONLY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\nFollowing the talk\, two intimate creative workshops will draw inspiration from the lives and legacies of trans ancestors. Queer Ancestors Project teaching artists Mason J. and Ajuan Mance will facilitate the simultaneous workshops—writing and comix\, respectively—guiding participants in exploring stories of trans ancestors central to their personal\, collective\, and political lineages. Come create with community and deepen connection to shared histories as we cultivate liberatory visions of trans futures. Materials provided. The workshops prioritize trans and genderqueer people\, and capacity is limited. Tickets are required and also include admission to the talk.  \n\n\n\n\nWriting Workshop + talk Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\nCOMIX Workshop + talk Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Horne’s work is funded in part by the San Francisco Arts Commission. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Facilitators\n\n\n\nAndrea Horne is an SF Arts Commission award-winning artist\, cultural worker\, and community historian whose work bridges the Black arts movement\, LGBTQ+ storytelling\, and public health advocacy. A beloved Bay Area performer and advocate\, Andrea is the creator of The Knowing—a multidisciplinary collective and archival project honoring the lives\, legacies\, and cultural memory of Black transgender women through performance\, oral history\, and sacred storytelling. Her praxis weaves movement work and ancestral testimony into a powerful meditation on survival\, transformation\, and spiritual lineage. For over four decades\, Andrea has been a vital presence in San Francisco Bay Area queer and cultural communities\, using her voice and art to protect\, remember\, and liberate. \n\n\n\nMason J. is a Lambda Literary Awarded San Francisco-born Afro-Indigenous Two-Spirit artist\, historian\, educator\, and community archivist exploring memory\, ritual\, and cultural recovery. Their work weaves public record with holistic care\, nightlife\, harm reduction\, and ritual craft\, helping communities trace lineage beyond academia and erasure. Mason serves on the GLBT Historical Society board and has been a Still Here SF co-editor\, Show Us Your Spines co-founder\, 2016 VONA alum\, and 2017–2019 James C. Hormel Center Fellow. Spotlight Sundays with him is part workshop\, part time machine: storytelling meets formal and renegade research – creative mapping through art\, global ancestry\, witnessing\, with collaboration and take-home tools. \n\n\n\nAjuan Mance is an Oakland-based artist and writer and a Professor of Illustration at the California College of the Arts. Ajuan is the author and illustrator of 1001 Black Men: Portraits of Masculinity at the Intersections; Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance; and the children’s picture book What Do Brothas Do All Day? Her comics and illustrations have appeared in a number of publications\, including the Women’s Review of Books and Transition Magazine\, as well as several anthologies. Gender Studies\, Ajuan’s first book of comics\, was nominated for the 2024 Ignatz Award for Best Comics Collection.  \n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-trans-ancestors-in-history-and-creative-practice/ LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/preference-Biking_11x17-8_2019-1-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20260310T181420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T203557Z UID:10002288-1776603600-1776607200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Cultural Burn Practices and the Future of Fire 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: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Cultural Burn Practices and the Future of Fire\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays invites guests to an in-depth conversation about the future of fire through the lens of Indigenous fire practices. Corrina Gould of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust will lead a conversation with Jordan Reyes and Corine Pearce of Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance. The discussion will illuminate how fire is an essential component of Native lifeways\, affirms tribal sovereignty\, and is a critical element for healthy California ecosystems. Learn what it means to be a steward of the land and how Native fire practitioners are increasing their efforts to build a more sustainable future with fire in California. \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for Good Fire: Tending Native Lands\, on view through May 31. \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 Corrina Gould\n\n\n\nCorrina Gould (Tribal Chair for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation) was born and raised in the village of Huichin\, now known as Oakland\, CA. She is the Co-Founder and Lead Organizer for Indian People Organizing for Change\, a small Native-run organization\, and the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust\, an urban Indigenous women-led organization within her ancestral territory. Through the practices of rematriation\, cultural revitalization\, and land restoration\, the Land Trust calls on Native and non-Native peoples to heal and transform legacies of colonization\, genocide\, and to do the work our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do. \n\n\n\nAbout Jordan Reyes\n\n\n\nJordan Reyes (Pomo/Lake Miwok/Yuki/Little Lake/Wailak) is a land steward with a background in Tribal government serving in Tribal Historic Preservation\, Tribal Gaming Regulatory Commission\, Tribal Gaming Operations\, and Tribal Council. Jordan currently serves as the Field Coordinator with the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance and is a leader in his Tribal community with land stewardship and reintroducing cultural fire practices. He sees fire as medicine\, a way to heal intergenerational separation\, and a way to ensure the safe passage of knowledge. Serving the people and Tribal sovereignty is the main focus of his passion\, to heal the lands and human beings\, and maintaining a relationship of reciprocity between the two.  \n\n\n\nAbout Corine Pearce\n\n\n\nCorine Pearce (Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo)‘s weaving heals and restores both the land and the people. She weaves to connect the future generations to a living cultural identity and to remind them they will also face struggles and triumphs\, and they will also carry the spirit of our ancestors. Corine creates all types of basketry: cradle baskets—from miniatures that would fit on a dime\, to doll size\, to full-size serviceable cradles; twine baskets using six different twining techniques—from simple rough work baskets to fine closed twine baskets; and feather/beaded/plain coil baskets using two separate techniques that are specific to Mendocino\, Sonoma\, and Lake County Pomo peoples.  \n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-cultural-burn-practices-and-the-future-of-fire/ LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/6U4A6442-Enhanced-NR-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T163000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20260414T182909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T205809Z UID:10002290-1779022800-1779035400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Earthseed Screening with People’s Kitchen Collective and Emory Douglas 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: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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\n1–3 pm | Documentary Screening | James Moore Theater \n\n\n\n3–4:30 pm | Collective Presentation and Gathering | OMCA Garden \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special gathering showcasing stories of survival and resilience through food culture and ancestral wisdom with People’s Kitchen Collective (PKC) and Understory. This event will begin with a screening of the documentary Earth Seed: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality by filmmaker Fox Nakai and PKC. Rooted in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable series and the legacy of the Black Panther Party’s community engagement strategies\, this film maps the Earth Seed pilgrimage through five regions of California. \n\n\n\nAfter the screening\, we will gather in OMCA’s Garden where Jocelyn Jackson\, co-founder of PKC\, will lead us in a series of Earth Seed testimonies and spoken word musings by fellow PKC co-founders Võ Hải and Sarai Bordeaux. Then we will welcome special guest speaker\,revolutionary artist\, and former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party\, Emory Douglas\, to share on the power of community collectives.  \n\n\n\nImmerse yourself in their inspiring stories while enjoying nourishing food by worker-owned Understory\, and play to win a curated “go-bag” containing unique pieces inspired by the Parable series. Radical Hospitality is a powerful strategy toward strengthening our interconnectedness. We welcome you to share in this unifying community experience. \n\n\n\n\nGeneral TICKETS available 5/1\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS available 4/29\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout  People’s Kitchen Collective\n\n\n\nPeople’s Kitchen Collective (PKC) works at the intersection of art and activism as a food-centered political education project. Based in Oakland\, our crew and creative practices reflect the diverse histories and backgrounds of the city.  Written in our families’ recipes are the maps of our migrations and stories of our resilience. From this foundation\, we create immersive experiences that honor the shared struggles of our people. We believe in radical hospitality as a strategy to address the urgent social issues of our time. \n\n\n\nAbout  EARTH SEED\n\n\n\nLed by PKC\, EARTH SEED is rooted in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable series and the legacy of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. By enacting radical hospitality as a survival practice\, we deepen our relationships with BIPOC activists\, artists\, educators\, farmers\, youth\, and elders. EARTH SEED centers a pilgrimage through California from present-day Los Angeles to Mendocino Woodlands from March – June 2023. PKC visited with people and places building models for survival and our collective future. Spanning across the native lands of the Tongva\, Yokut\, Mutsun\, Ohlone\, Miwok and Pomo tribes in California\, each part of the pilgrimage focuses on a different element (Earth\, Fire\, Water\, Air\, Wood). \n\n\n\nAbout Understory\n\n\n\nUnderstory was founded in 2020 by Lily Fahsi-Haskell\, Jenabi Pareja\, Nino Serrano\, and Florencio Esquivel to address the impact the COVID-19 pandemic was having on workers of color within the restaurant industry. With diverse backgrounds as chefs\, artists\, and movement organizers\, they dared to create a collaborative restaurant model that centers worker agency\, access\, inclusion\, and radical community care. Their governance model ensures decisions are made collectively\, cultivating trust\, accountability\, and empowerment. \n\n\n\nAbout Jocelyn Jackson\n\n\n\nJocelyn is a cook\, activist\, and artist working at the intersection of food\, art\, and social justice. Her current projects include Executive Producer of the Life is Living Festival\, JUSTUS Kitchen co-creating healing food experiences for Black women\, and co-founder of People’s Kitchen Collective. Jocelyn is co-lead artist\, co-director\, writer\, and executive producer of PKC’s documentary film project\, EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality. It is a practice in collective survival inspired by Octavia Butler and the Black Panther Party. Jocelyn just completed her Chef-in-Residency at the Museum of the African Diaspora in SF. \n\n\n\n About Sarai Bordeaux\n\n\n\nSarai is a poet\, scholar\, educator\, facilitator\, and model. She holds a MA of Education in Equity and Social Justice focused on liberatory and transformational learning experiences. She has been connected with People’s Kitchen Collective for over ten years\, serving as a conceptual partner\, as well as front of house and logistics for gatherings.  Sarai is the current Poet Laureate of Eureka\, Ca and her most recent publication appears in When We Exhale: An Anthology of Black Women Rooted In Ancestral Medicine from Black Freighter Press. Her work can also be found in Patrice Lumumba: An Anthology or Writers on Black Liberation.  \n\n\n\nAbout Võ Hải\n\n\n\nHải is a queer Việt passionate about traditional food(ways)\, home(land)\, and partum care\, whose family and ancestors are from southern Việt Nam – Mỹ Tho and Chợ Gạo. A guiding proverb for Hải towards community organizing is “Một cây làm chẳng nên non\, ba cây chụm lại nên hòn núi cao”. It translates to one tree provides little strength\, three trees together allow us to reach high mountains – that when we come together\, we can achieve anything and change the world. Hải is a member of the QTViệt Cafe Collective dedicated to Queer and Trans Việt liberation. \n\n\n\nAbout Emory Douglas\n\n\n\nEmory Douglas attended City College of San Francisco where he majored in commercial art. He was the Revolutionary Artist and Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from February 1967 until the early 1980’s. Douglas’s iconic art and design concepts were staples of the more than 530 Black Panther Newspapers\, communicating the politics of the BPP and the concerns of the community in an easy-to-understand\, immediate visual form. His art was meant to be an inspiring call to oppressed and colonized peoples. Douglas continues to produce political art that captures the power and urgency of global social justice. \n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-earthseed-screening-with-peoples-kitchen-collective-and-emory-douglas/ LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/FSTOPpk040323-140.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T193000 DTSTAMP:20260422T081728 CREATED:20260310T215416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T232555Z UID:10002289-1779471000-1779478200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCASpecial Members Lounge DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\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\nJoin us Friday\, May 22 for our rescheduled Member Lounge! \n\n\n\nCalling all Members! You’re invited to a special Member Lounge on the Upper Level Terrace\, overlooking our Garden\, in celebration of you! Mingle with fellow OMCA enthusiasts while enjoying light refreshments\, games\, and bingo\, where we’ll be giving away some amazing items from the OMCA Shop. Bring your friends and family\, and enjoy Friday Nights together! \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid \n\n\n\nFriday\, May 22 | 5-9 pm \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA is set to kick off your weekend with bold Latin sounds\, vibrant dance\, and nonstop rhythm. Pacific Mambo Orchestra takes over the Garden Stage with an electrifying live performance\, blending mambo\, salsa\, Latin jazz\, and big band tradition into a high-energy vibe that’s both timeless and fresh. In the Amphitheater\, step into the rhythm with Ramón Ramos Alayo who will lead a salsa dance lesson rooted in Cuban tradition. With an emphasis on connection\, musicality\, and joyful expression\, this session welcomes dancers of all levels to build confidence and add a little extra flavor to their moves. Keeping the energy alive\, Dj Sizzle spins a lively mix of cumbia\, reggaeton\, salsa\, merengue\, Hip-Hop\, R&B\, and global beats\, curating a feel-good soundtrack that keeps the dance floor moving. Throughout the evening\, Gallery Chats invite visitors to join meaningful conversations with OMCA facilitators\, offering fresh perspectives on the museum’s exhibitions. It’s not just a Friday night—it’s your Friday night at OMCA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omcaspecial-members-lounge-4-2026/ LOCATION:OMCA Garden\, 1000 Oak Street\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DSF7836-e1755734501535.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR