BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) - ECPv6.15.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) 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:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD 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:20260517T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T163000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20260414T182909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T182540Z UID:10002290-1779022800-1779035400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Earth Seed 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\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,Ticketed,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:20260419T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T140000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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:20260315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T160000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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:20260215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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:20260118T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260118T160000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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:20251221T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251221T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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:20251116T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251116T150000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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:20251019T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251019T151500 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20250911T222325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T180704Z UID:10002216-1760878800-1760886900@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Russell City Remembered 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Russell City Remembered — Film Screening & Panel Discussion\, Moderated by Alexis Madrigal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us as October’s Spotlight Sunday wades into the powerful story of Russell City. We will start with a screening of The Apology\, a feature-length documentary that highlights Russell City’s deep history while outlining the 1963 forced relocation of the community’s residents and makes clear the harmful impacts of eminent domain.  \n\n\n\nRussell City\, home to 13 businesses\, several churches\, and 205 families\, was lost to claim the 200 acres for an industrial park. Alameda County’s calculated and utter dismantling of this beloved village pushed upwards of 1\,400 residents from their homes and from the land. \n\n\n\nFollowing the film\, Aisha Knowles—a descendant of Russell City families and the film’s producer—will be joined by fellow descendants Marian Johnson and Vena Sword-Ratliff for a panel discussion. The conversation will be moderated by journalist Alexis Madrigal\, author of The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City\, which maps racialized capitalism in Oakland and the powerful resistance movements that confront it. \n\n\n\nIn light of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ recent approval of ‘redress funds’ (distinct from reparations) to the former residents of Russell City\, this is a critical moment to explore what it means to make amends for a past that remains present and to acknowledge the dangers of eminent domain for Black and Brown communities.  \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\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nmember tickets\n\n\n\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-russell-city-remembered/ 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/2025/09/Still_Image_Streaming_SDFF.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250921T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250921T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20250808T231435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T182854Z UID:10002202-1758459600-1758465000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: A Conversation on Black Fatherhood 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: A Conversation on Black Fatherhood with Siyah Mgoduka\, Jordan Thierry of the Black Fatherhood Project\, and Chris Johnson\, Co-Creator of Question Bridge: Black Males \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis month’s Spotlight Sundays invites you to a powerful exploration of Black fatherhood through the lens of three visionary artists\, each offering a unique perspective on its complexity and depth. Through film\, conversation\, and artistic reflection\, we’ll engage with some of the most nuanced and resonant realities of Black fatherhood today. \n\n\n\nWe’ll begin with the short film It’s a Pleasure to Meet You (2016)\, co-produced by South African filmmaker Sue Williamson and artist Siyah Mgoduka. In this film\, Mgoduka grapples with the loss of his father at the hands of Apartheid police and navigates what it means to step into fatherhood himself. \n\n\n\nAfter the screening\, the conversation continues with a dynamic panel featuring Mgoduka alongside Jordan Thierry\, whose acclaimed documentary The Black Fatherhood Project traces the history and evolution of the Black family\, and Chris Johnson\, co-creator of Question Bridge: Black Males\, a moving video installation where Black men share deeply personal reflections on family\, identity\, and generational wisdom. \n\n\n\nThis gathering is a celebration of intergenerational healing and Black father fellowship—an invitation to witness\, reflect\, and connect. \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\nCollaborator Bios\n\n\n\nSiyah Mgoduka After studying Media Communication and Culture at NMMU\, Mgoduka went on to further his studies at City Varsity\, Cape Town\, in Film and Television Production. He then pursued a career in Fine Arts as an artist\, gallery assistant\, and museum preparator. His relocation from South Africa to the US has given him an advantageous insight regarding cross cultural discourses within South Africa and the Diaspora. Mgoduka is featured in artist Sue Williamson’s film shorts:  Can’t Remember\, Can’t Forget (2016)\, What is This Thing Called Freedom? (2016)\, and It’s a Pleasure to Meet You (2016) \, which examines how Mgoduka grapples with the loss of his father to the Apartheid police.  He is currently a museum preparator at The Oakland Museum of California. \n\n\n\nChris Johnson is a photographic and video artist\, educator\, curator\, and writer who studied photography with Ansel Adams\, Imogen Cunningham\, and Wynn Bullock. He served for 11 years as Chair of the Photography Program at the California College of the Arts\, where he is now Professor Emeritus\, and in 2025 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts. His work has been widely published and exhibited\, with pieces in the collections of the Center for Creative Photography\, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston\, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In 2022\, his fine art photographic portraiture was featured in a solo exhibition at the Monterey Museum of Art. \n\n\n\nJohnson has held leadership roles including President of SF Camerawork Gallery\, Chair of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Commission under Jerry Brown\, and Director of the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography. He currently serves on the Board of the Oakland Museum of California and as Board President of the Alliance for Media Arts and Culture. He is the author of The Practical Zone System: for Film and Digital Photography (now in its 6th edition)\, and his public art projects are featured in Art as Social Practice: Technologies for Change. Johnson originated the Question Bridge concept in 1996\, later co-producing Question Bridge: Black Males—a project that won the International Center of Photography’s 2015 Infinity Award and\, in 2016\, was inducted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. \n\n\n\nJordan Thierry is a filmmaker\, writer\, and activist. He is the owner and Creative Director of Dream Chase Media LLC\, a multimedia production company that uses culture\, creativity and community as inspirations for compelling storytelling. His most recent feature film\, GRANDMA’S ROSES (2021) is a raw\, intimate documentary exploring the labor & love women invest in their families and communities. His first feature film\, THE BLACK FATHERHOOD PROJECT (2013) received wide community acclaim for its breakdown of the history of the Black family. His first short film\, the regional Emmy-nominated FOOTPRINTS IN THE STRUGGLE (2006) tells the story of Beatrice Cannady. \n\n\n\nHis book tilted\, A Kids Book About Systemic Racism was made to help kids understand what systemic racism is and how it’s built into laws\, schools\, stories\, and other institutions in a way that collectively makes life much harder for people of color. \n\n\n\nSue Williamson is a Cape Town-based artist whose work explores memory\, resistance\, and social justice. Her recent retrospective\, There’s something I must tell you\, opened at the Iziko South African National Gallery in February 2025. She has exhibited at major biennales and is held in collections including MoMA\, New York\, Tate Modern\, and Centre Pompidou. Williamson is the author of Resistance Art in South Africa (1989) and founder of ArtThrob online magazine. She is a recipient of the Ellen Kuzwayo Award and a Living Legend honouree by South Africa’s Department of Arts and Culture. \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-a-conversation-on-black-fatherhood/ LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/BTM_Mr_Dunbar_Photo_Cornell_Watson-e1754694849642.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250817T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250817T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20250710T195958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250710T200929Z UID:10002193-1755435600-1755441000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Rituals of Care Celebration with Artist Chelsea Ryoko Wong\, Cut Fruit Collective\, and Teaphile 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Rituals of Care Celebration with Artist Chelsea Ryoko Wong\, Cut Fruit Collective\, and Teaphile\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis 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.  \n\n\n\nEnjoy a traditional Gongfu tea ceremony while choosing from an assortment of fun activities\, including ‘make a wish’ origami\, handmade elder care cards\, and kite decorating. Visitors will be invited to write hopeful messages on beautifully designed cards and paper hearts to be distributed to seniors in Chinatown and Little Saigon.  \n\n\n\nThis event is a part of our feature programming for Ancestral Visions\, on view through February 2026\, and is made possible by the Harker Fund Artist Residency Program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Chelsea Ryoko Wong\n\n\n\nChelsea Ryoko Wong (b. 1986\, Seattle\, WA) is a painter and muralist known for vibrant\, joyful celebrations of community\, ritual\, and seasonality. Inspired by Northern California and international travels\, the scenes in Wong’s paintings are infused with fantasy\, humor\, and imagination. Translating her printmaking background to the realm of painting\, Wong’s paintings are composed through a meticulous layering of form and figure.  \n\n\n\nWong attended Parsons School of Design\, New York and received her BFA in printmaking from California College of the Arts. She is the first recipient of the Hamaguchi Emerging Artists Fellowship award at Kala Art Institute\, Berkeley and was a 2022 finalist for SFMOMA’s esteemed SECA Art Award. She has participated in recent group exhibitions at the de Young\, San Francisco; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, San Francisco\, CA; Creativity Explored\, San Francisco\, CA; Chinese Cultural Center\, San Francisco\, CA; and Bolinas Museum\, CA. She has completed large-scale mural projects in San Francisco at Asana; La Cocina; Facebook Artist in Residence Program; and the Asian Art Museum. She was awarded the Harker Fund Residency in 2024 and will present a solo exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California in February 2025. Her work has been acquired by institutional and private collections including the de Young\, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Crocker Art Museum\, Sacramento\, CA\, and Bolinas Museum\, CA. Wong lives and works in the Mission District of San Francisco. \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-rituals-of-care-celebration-with-artist-chelsea-ryoko-wong-cut-fruit-collective-and-teaphile/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CRW-member-tour-header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250720T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250720T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20250606T181338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T233859Z UID:10002169-1753016400-1753021800@museumca.org 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Perfomance-Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20250415T003004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T183448Z UID:10001882-1747573200-1747578600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Screening of The School: The Legacy of Hintil Ku’u Ca and Panel Talk with School Participants and Film Director 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Screening of The School: The Legacy of Hintil Ku’u Ca and Panel Talk with School Participants and Film Director\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin 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. \n\n\n\nThe afternoon will begin with a traditional drum and dance offering from J.J. Ahboah (Kiowa/Cheyenne) and Teresa Littlebird (Northern Cheyenne)\, followed by the film screening. \n\n\n\nAfterward\, a panel featuring those who attended\, taught\, and shaped The School—Linda Aranaydo (Muscogee Creek/Kialegee Tribal Town/Bear Clan & Filipina)\, Lisa McKay (Pomo/Wailaki/Wintun)\, Kevin Nez (Navajo)\, and language carrier for her Tribe\, Deja Gould (Chochenyo/Confederated Villages of Lisjan)—will engage in a discussion about cultural reawakening and language preservation. The conversation will be moderated by the film’s director and Hintil Ku’u Ca student and teacher\, Mike J. Marin (Navajo/Laguna Pueblo/Washoe). \n\n\n\nThis event is part of our exhibition programming for  Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California—on view through June 2025. Don’t miss it! \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\nPanelist and Performer Bios\n\n\n\nDeja Gould (Chochenyo/Confederated Villages of Lisjan) was born and raised in her traditional territory in the East Bay\, in the village of Huchiun. Deja is a core member of the administrative office team and a land team lead. Deja is the Chochenyo language carrier for her Tribe the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation\, she enjoys bringing her children to the land to connect with soil and life around them\, seed save and learn about traditional plant use. \n\n\n\nMike J. Marin (Navajo/Laguna Pueblo/Washoe) is an award-winning indie filmmaker who attended Hintil in the mid 1970’s and  returned back to Hintil as a teacher from 1998 – 2002.  \n\n\n\nKevin Nez (Navajo) has worked for Southwest Airlines for over 30 years and attended Hintil in the  mid 1970’s.  \n\n\n\nLisa McKay (Pomo/Wailaki/Wintun) currently works in health care for Alameda County and attended The School  (which became Hintil) when it was founded on Alcatraz Island during the occupation in  the early 1970’s.  \n\n\n\nLinda Aranaydo (Muscogee Creek/Kialegee Tribal Town/Bear Clan/Hillubee Ceremonial Ground) was a teacher at Hintil in the 1970’s. Her brother Kanuto “Sonny” Aranaydo helped establish Hintil in East Bay when it moved from Alcatraz in the 1970s. \n\n\n\nTeresa Littlebird (Northern Cheyenne) is an Oakland native and carries the Cheyenne name Vóemé’ėhné’e\, meaning “First Appearing Woman.” She is a northern traditional dancer\, wearing a hand-crafted buckskin dress adorned with beadwork in traditional Cheyenne colors and designs — all of which she designs and creates herself. Each summer she travels the powwow trail celebrating culture. Beyond her cultural work\, Teresa serves her community as a special education paraprofessional in Oakland Unified School District and supports special needs children in their homes and communities. \n\n\n\nThomas Phillips (Kiowa/Muscogee Creek/Hualapai/Navajo)\, lives in California’s San Joaquin Central Valley and is a proud father of six. As a member of the Kiowa Gourd Clan and President of the Silver State Gourd Society\, he is dedicated to preserving and sharing the rich culture of the southern plains. Alongside his work as an operations manager\, Thomas teaches cultural classes\, including powwow dance styles and protocols\, to Native youth. He is honored to have served in many roles on the powwow trail—including head dancer\, head singer\, arena director\, and head judge. \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-screening-of-the-school-the-legacy-of-hintil-kuu-ca-and-panel-talk-with-school-participants-and-film-director/ LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250420T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250420T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20250313T004913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T085701Z UID:10001870-1745154000-1745159400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Celebrating Native Heritage through Photography—A Conversation with Ashley Salaz and Haley Day Rains 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Celebrating Native Heritage through Photography—A Conversation with Ashley Salaz and Haley Day Rains\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for this month’s Spotlight Sundays as we dive into the power of photography in honoring and amplifying Native heritage. This thought-provoking panel discussion features two dynamic Native creatives: Oakland-based Coharie and Nahua photographer Ashley Salaz and Mvskoke photographer\, scholar\, and filmmaker Haley Day Rains. Moderated by Drew Johnson\, OMCA Curator of Photography & Visual Culture\, the conversation will explore how photography serves as a vital tool for storytelling\, cultural preservation\, and community connection.This program is part of the exhibition Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California—on view through June 2025—and draws on Dugan Aguilar’s legacy of documenting the vibrancy and resilience of Indigenous communities. The discussion will address key themes of representation\, reciprocity\, and the ways in which photography can be rooted in and shaped by community. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to engage in this meaningful conversation.  \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\nPanelist Bios\n\n\n\nAshley Salaz is an Indigenous storyteller living in the occupied Ohlone territory of Huchiun (Oakland\, CA). She is an enrolled member of the Coharie Tribe (North Carolina)\, but was born and raised in the urban sprawl of the East Bay Area. Ashley began photographing Indigenous people in California as a way to connect to a culture that she didn’t know growing up\, and to tell modern stories of the people who have tended to this land since time immemorial. \n\n\n\nAshley is a self-taught photographer and is passionate about photographing political actions in the Bay Area. She uses her medium to highlight Indigenous activism\, community work and kinship. Ashley has a keen eye for capturing raw emotion and an unromanticized authenticity of Native peoples through her photos. \n\n\n\nShe is currently shooting freelance photography as well as directing her first documentary short film about her tribe’s Native-run school and the lasting effects of its closure on the community. \n\n\n\nHaley Day Rains (Mvskoke) is an exhibiting and published photographer\, scholar\, filmmaker\, and current UC President’s/Andrew Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Film and Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz. She earned her Ph.D. in Native American Studies at the University of California\, Davis. Haley’s research and creative practice center on cultural and economic self-determination in historically underrepresented and underserved communities. \n\n\n\nDrew Heath Johnson is Curator of Photography & Visual Culture at the Oakland Museum of California\, where he has worked since 1989. His many exhibitions at the Museum include Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California Photography\, 1850 – 2000\, Fertile Ground: Art and Community in California\, and Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing which traveled to venues in Europe and the United States. Among his duties is stewardship and public sharing of the Dorothea Lange Archive\, which holds more than 6\,000 vintage prints and 40\,000 negatives\, along with personal correspondence\, field notes\, proof sheets\, and working documents from the artist. His publications include Silver & Gold: Cased Images of the California Gold Rush and the award-winning exhibition catalog for Capturing Light. Born and raised in Oakland\, he has been a student of photography since purchasing his first daguerreotype at the age of fourteen. \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-celebrating-native-heritage-through-photography-a-conversation-with-ashley-salaz-and-haley-day-rains/ LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_7840-Ashley-Salaz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250316T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250316T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20250210T191337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T010444Z UID:10001862-1742130000-1742135400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Reimagining Justice — A Conversation with Malkia Devich-Cyril & Jessica Lanyadoo\, with Music by Mahsa Vahdat 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Reimagining Justice — A Conversation with Malkia Devich-Cyril & Jessica Lanyadoo\, with Music by Mahsa Vahdat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn celebration of Women’s History Month\, join us for an interactive conversation with Black liberation advocate\, Malkia Devich-Cyril\, and activist-astrologer\, Jessica Lanyadoo. They will discuss how moments of great personal and collective challenges can become transformative forces in the fight for social justice and liberation. \n\n\n\nThe event will begin with a call-and-response musical performance by internationally acclaimed Iranian Bay Area based singer Mahsa Vahdat and musician\, Atabak Elyas. Vahdat\, a passionate advocate for women’s rights\, has courageously defied restrictions on female singers in Iran. Her voice blends her rich cultural heritage with universal themes of resistance and resilience. Together\, we’ll engage in a collective experience to imagine a more equitable and just world. \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\nPanelist Bios\n\n\n\nMalkia Devich-Cyril is a Left movement strategist and facilitator\, writer\, public speaker and award winning activist on issues of collective grief\, Black liberation\, narrative change and power building. As the founding and former director of Media Justice\, Malkia spearheaded national grassroots efforts for abolition and access in a digital age\, galvanizing communities of color for an open Internet and media accountability. After two decades of media justice leadership\, and in an era of devastating mass loss\, Devich-Cyril has launched the Radical Loss Project\, a Black-led change lab transforming how modern freedom movements face loss and build collective power through collective grief.  \n\n\n\nJessica Lanyadoo is a Humanistic Astrologer\, psychic medium\, and animal communicator with over three decades of professional experience. Known for her grounded and accessible approach\, she helps individuals cultivate emotional intelligence and navigate life with clarity. Lanyadoo is the author of Meditations for Your Sign (2025) and Astrology for Real Relationships (2020) and hosts the acclaimed podcast Ghost of a Podcast. Her work has been featured in CNN\, The Today Show\, Rolling Stone\, Vogue Italia\, Time Magazine\, Oprah Magazine\, and more. In 2022\, Lanyadoo contributed an immersive installation to the Hella Feminist exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California\, inviting visitors to release emotions tied to systemic inequities. Through her multidisciplinary practice\, she explores the intersection of astrology\, accountability\, and social justice. Her work can be found at lovelanyadoo.com. \n\n\n\nMahsa Vahdat\, an internationally acclaimed singer and musician from Iran living in the San Francisco Bay area\, is dedicated to both her personal\, lifelong musical and artistic path and the greater cause of freedom of expression. Her artistic work has offered audiences around the globe a deeper appreciation of Iranian poetry and music. With her enchanting voice deeply rooted in the heritage of her beloved country Iran\, and her innovative musical expression and wide-ranging repertoire\, she has fearlessly defied the bans on music and solo women singers imposed by Iranian authorities after the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979. She continues to interact with a diverse international audience that highly appreciates her art. \n\n\n\nBeyond her musical achievements\, Mahsa Vahdat is a passionate vocal educator and advocate for women’s rights. Her life’s work\, in particular\, empowers women by encouraging them to raise their voices. \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-reimagining-justice-a-conversation-with-malkia-cyril-devich-jessica-lanyadoo-with-music-by-mahsa-vahdat/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/spotlight-sundays-March-300-x-200-px-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250216T153000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20250109T005651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250215T013202Z UID:10001838-1739714400-1739719800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Gospel at the Museum 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Gospel at the Museum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSOLD OUT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis Black History Month\, join us for a powerful night of gospel music at the museum created by Dr. Adam “Ology” Rogers—radio station owner\, music producer\, and community organizer. Hosted by KPOO radio personality DJ Sherita (Re Re) Evans\, this performance uplifts the deep ties between gospel music and African American history. \n\n\n\nFeaturing renowned gospel artists\, the performance musically reflects various key dynamics in African American history\, from antebellum hymns of resistance to Civil Rights anthems and modern gospel; it’s a celebration of how gospel music has inspired hope\, sparked change\, and connected generations. \n\n\n\nThe event kicks off at 2 pm\, and Town Fare by Michele McQueen on OMCA’s Mid Level (open from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.) is prepared to offer a rounded Sunday experience. McQueen’s menu\, inspired by her Southern roots and Oakland upbringing\, offers the perfect complement to this celebratory day. \n\n\n\nThis event has sold out. \n\n\n\n\nSOLD OUT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformer Bio\n\n\n\nA musical prodigy\, Dr. Adam Rogers began playing multiple instruments at age 8. By age 12\, he became the jurisdictional organist for Northern California’s 1st Jurisdiction in the Church of God in Christ. Dr. Adam has accompanied gospel legends like Kim Burrell and Marvin Sapp. He earned a Bachelor’s in Philosophy and Religion from San Francisco State University and two Associate degrees from Laney College. Dr. Rogers directed the gospel choir at UC Berkeley as well as the M.D. for Saint Mary’s College &Contra Costa College gospel choir while serving as minister of music at Ephesians COGIC Berkeley. In 2023\, he received a Doctorate in Sacred Music. \n\n\n\nFounder of Believe Radio Media Group LLC\, BRMGroup Films\, and SyncHouseMedia LLC Dr. Rogers has produced award-winning content\, charted on Billboard. He is collaborating with networks like Impact Network and Tubi. In 2025\, he was appointed Communications Coordinator for the NAACP Vallejo branch\, Western Regional Media Specialist\, California State President of the National Association of Gospel Radio. His accolades include Stellar Award nominations in radio\, Spin Awards winner and Gospel Choice Business Owner of the Year honors. \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-gospel-at-the-museum/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Gospel-image-1-e1736384158296.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250119T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250119T130000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20241210T234125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250115T210816Z UID:10001825-1737284400-1737291600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Community Conversations: Reclaiming Democracy\, Building Belonging DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommunity Conversations: Reclaiming Democracy\, Building Belonging\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA’s Spotlight Sundays is excited to introduce “Community Conversations\,”  a new series in partnership with The Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI). This new series of conversations will create a space to foster public dialogue and engagement around emerging community topics.  \n\n\n\nThe program’s first installment this January will explore the topic of Reclaiming Democracy\, Building Belonging. The panel will include john a. powell\, Director of OBI and Professor of Law\, African American and Ethnic Studies at the University of California\, Berkeley\, Ernestine Nettles\, President of the Oakland League of Women Voters\, and Olivia Richardson Feldman who is the Co-Chair of the Oakland Youth Commission. The panel will be moderated by Ashley Gallegos who leads the Places of Belonging work at OBI and will feature open remarks from Congresswoman Lateefah Simon and former Congresswoman Barbara Lee. .  \n\n\n\nThis interactive experience will encourage audience participation and will be grounded by an opening performance by the Belonging Residency Company that will orient the space toward our shared humanity through the arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\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\nGet 15% off a signed copy of john e. powell’s book\, The Power of Bridging: How to Build a World Where We All Belong when you purchase a ticket to the event online. Limited supply.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\njohn a.powell is Director of the Othering and Belonging Institute and Professor of Law\, African American\, and Ethnic Studies at the University of California\, Berkeley. He was previously the Executive Director at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University\, and prior to that\, the founder and director of the Institute for Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota. John formerly served as the National Legal Director of the American Civil  Liberties Union (ACLU). He is a co-founder of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council and serves on the boards of  several national and international organizations. john led the development of an “opportunity-based” model that connects affordable housing to education\, health\, healthcare\, and employment and is well-known for his work developing the frameworks of “targeted universalism” and “othering and  belonging” to affect equity-based interventions. john has taught at numerous law schools including Harvard and Columbia  University. His latest books are Belonging Without Othering\, How We Save Ourselves and the World\, and The Power  of Bridging\, How to Build a World where we all Belong.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAshley Gallegos leads the Places of Belonging work at the Othering and Belonging Institute. Her work focuses on advancing belonging in collaboration with people\, groups\, and institutions through a place-based approach with global connection. Ashley believes in the power of belonging and is inspired by its ability to invite people and places to build for the betterment of ourselves\, our communities\, and our shared world. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nErnestine Nettles is the first Black president of the League of Women Voters Oakland\, and has been an active member of the Oakland League for the past 12 years and has served on the board of directors for 10 years. She has spent most of her professional life promoting and supporting small businesses. Her position as a Contract Compliance Officer for the City of Oakland has placed her at the forefront of small business advocacy. She is the first point of entry for a company that wants to get certified with the City of Oakland.  She works to help ensure businesses are prepared to receive Oakland’s promise of diversity\, equity and inclusion. Her expertise has helped countless professionals and small businesses get a foothold in Oakland and prepared for opportunities throughout the business world. She gained this experience and became an advocate for small business while working for Golden State Business League and Sysco Foods. Additionally\, while working as an Equal Employment Opportunities Officer and as a Chief Legislative Analyst for the City of Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority in addition to working to establish the Tom and Ethel Bradley Foundation\, she obtained a deep passion for equity and inclusion.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOlivia Richardson Feldman is currently a senior attending Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco. As an Oakland native\, she serves as Co-Chair of the Oakland Youth Commission alongside other Oakland youth to voice concerns to city government. Her leadership extends to activism in her founding of her school’s anti-hate speech campaign\, Black Student Union presidency\, and as Editor-in-Chief of her student newspaper. As a creator of the Civil Discourse circles in her high school\, she aims to hold thoughtful conversations across differences to create a community where everyone is seen. In her free time\, she enjoys writing poems and music as well as playing shortstop on the softball field. \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/community-conversations-reclaiming-democracy-building-belonging/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Ticketed,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BRC_conference-image_1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T150000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20241112T174923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241120T233639Z UID:10001743-1734267600-1734274800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Weaving Identity through Generations with Consuelo Jimenez Underwood and The Butterfly Effect 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Weaving Identity through Generations with Consuelo Jimenez Underwood and The Butterfly Effect\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThrough the lens of ancestral tapestries Weaving Identity through Generations will explore homelands and the experience of belonging. This intergenerational offering will begin with an artist’s presentation and conversation in OMCA’s James Moore Theater with Calli: Art of Xicanx Peoples featured artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood and Chair of the Latinx Research Center at UC Berkeley\, Laura E. Pérez.  \n\n\n\nThen we will move out into our beautiful garden for a power wand making activity led by Consuelo and youth from The Butterfly Effect. The Butterfly Effect is an art and activism project led by Bay Area youth. The project started as an effort to raise awareness and inspire a permanent end to immigrant child detention.  \n\n\n\nThe power wand has roots in many cultures and is a symbol of healing\, power\, and peace. Visitors of all ages are welcomed to the garden to weave and wrap individual wands with textiles that include the names of friends\, family\, and/or ancestors to create an object that imbues distinctive and personal meaning. Please join us for this fun and inspiring day.   \n\n\n\nJames Moore Theater is Sliding Scale ($1–$30) \n\n\n\nOMCA Garden is Free and Open to the Public \n\n\n\n\nGeneral TICKETS AVAILABLE 12/3\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\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-weaving-identity-through-generations-with-consuelo-jimenez-underwood-and-the-butterfly-effect/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/00100dPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20190728173909359_COVER-1-e1731433680846.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241117T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241117T150000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20241010T191425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T000009Z UID:10001724-1731848400-1731855600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Celebrating Maize Through Screenprinting and Conversation with Xicanx Artists\, Melanie Cervantes & Elizabeth Blancas 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Celebrating Maize Through Screenprinting and Conversation with Xicanx Artists\, Melanie Cervantes & Elizabeth Blancas\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an engaging event. This program will explore Indigenous Xicanx heritage and its deep connection to maize (corn). Engage with a screenprinting poster activity and informal talk with featured artist\, Melanie Cervantes & guest artist\, Elizabeth Blancas\, who will delve into the themes presented in our special exhibition\, Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples. We invite you to connect\, learn\, and celebrate with us! \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nNote: Masks required to attend this program. Masks will be available upon request. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMelanie Cervantes (Xicanx) makes her home in San Leandro\, California where she creates visual art that is inspired by the people around her and her communities’ desire for radical social transformation. Her intention is to create a visual lexicon of resistance to multiple oppressions that will inspire curiosity\, raise consciousness and inspire solidarities among communities of struggle. Melanie’s practice includes the production of screen prints\, political posters and multimedia projects that are grounded in Third World and indigenous movements that build people’s power to transform the conditions of fragmentation\, displacement and loss of culture that result from histories of colonialism\, patriarchy\, genocide\, and exploitation. The purpose of this work is to illustrate stories of struggle\, resistance and triumph into artwork that can be put back into the hands of the communities who inspire it. \n\n\n\nElizabeth Blancas (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist working in mediums including: muralism\, ceramics\, illustration\, printmaking and florals. She utilizes art as a tool for resistance as well as a celebration of the communities she comes from and is in solidarity with. Through her practice\, she explores themes of culture\, spirituality\, healing\, justice\, sexuality\, and womanhood. Blancas holds a B.A. from UCLA in Chicanx Studies and Art History. \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-celebrating-maize-through-screenprinting-and-conversation-with-xicanx-artists-melanie-cervantes-elizabeth-blancas/ LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_2415-1-e1728683085928.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20240911T174739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T171148Z UID:10001717-1729429200-1729434600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Buffalo Soldiers and the Philippine American War—A Multimedia Experience 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Buffalo Soldiers and the Philippine American War—A Multimedia Experience\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn honor of Filipino American History Month\, join us for a moving multimedia experience highlighting stories of African American soldiers and Filipinos during the Philippine–American War. Developed by John Calloway\, this artistic showcase combines live music\, Indigenous dance\, and spoken word to narrate powerful depictions of this history and the fight for freedom. The program will be emceed by Mario Nomi from the Oakland based Filipino Advocates for Justice. This program is being co-presented by Kularts and SOMA Pilipinas. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\nMember tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n*Header images: courtesy of the artists \n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-buffalo-soldiers-and-the-philippine-american-war-a-multimedia-experience/ LOCATION:OMCA Garden\, 1000 Oak Street\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/filipino-percussion-B52A1591-1-e1726076639316.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20240809T185215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240809T230049Z UID:10001701-1726405200-1726410600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Making Music and Medicine for Health and Healing 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Making Music and Medicine for Health and Healing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin healing arts practitioner and featured artist in OMCA special exhibition\, Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples\, Felicia Montes of Mujeres de Maíz and La Botanica del Barrio for Barrio Botanica & Beats a bilingual herbal medicine demonstration on making and using natural\, holistic and healing methods and traditions. Montes will share the custom of flor y canto or flower and song\, as she is joined by the Xicana musical group\, In Lak Ech in a ritual ceremony.  \n\n\n\nThis Spotlight Sundays program is a part of our exhibition programming for Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples \n\n\n\nThis program is free and open to the public (no tickets required). \n\n\n\n\nGET Museum Admission TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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*Header images: courtesy of the artists \n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-making-music-and-medicine-for-health-and-healing/ LOCATION:OMCA Garden\, 1000 Oak Street\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Fe-at-Botanica-del-Barrio_GrandParkLA_May2024-1-1-1-e1723244250147.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240818T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240818T153000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20240711T231052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T173819Z UID:10001298-1723986000-1723995000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays | Care-Van: Get Out the Vote Campaign Town Hall 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays | Care-Van: Get Out the Vote Campaign Town Hall\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis election year\, learn everything you need to know to make the best choices for you and your family at Care-Van’s Town Hall on Sunday\, August 18.  Envisioned by artist Autumn Breon\, Care-Van is traveling interactive artwork\, promoting civic engagement and  is inspired by the work of Bernice Robinson\, a beautician who taught Black communities to read and write in order to vote during the Civil Rights Movement.  \n\n\n\nAfter multiple stops across the U.S. the Care-Van booth will be stationed in OMCA’s Oak Street Plaza from August 7 to August 18  during which visitors are invited to anonymously record their questions about ballot measures and voter barriers. On August 18\, Care-Van and OMCA will host a public Town Hall using the comments from the booth to demystify voters’ concerns. Emceed by West Oakland artist Tahirah Rasheed and community builder Taylor Nanz from Solid Grounds\, the Town Hall will be followed by a reception with refreshments\, giveaways\, and a self-affirming postcard-writing interactive. Community care takes many forms\, we hope you will join us for this day of care-centered civic engagement.  \n\n\n\nCare–Van is presented in partnership and with support by For Freedoms\, an artist-led organization that centers art as a catalyst for creative civic engagement\, discourse\, and direct action. \n\n\n\nThis program is free and open to the public (no tickets required). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET Museum Admission TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule:\n\n\n\n1–2:30 pm Town Hall in Lecture Hall \n\n\n\n2:30–3:30 pm Reception in Lillie Education Center & Postcard interactive in California Room \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/care-van-get-out-the-vote-campaign-town-hall/ LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AN3A8760.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240721T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240721T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20240621T224127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240628T215404Z UID:10001046-1721566800-1721572200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Panel Talk and Presentation with Chicana Artists Celia H. Rodriguez\, Yreina D. Cervantez\, and Cherrie Moraga 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Panel Talk and Presentation with Chicana Artists Celia H. Rodriguez\, Yreina D. Cervantez\, and Cherrie Moraga\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis artist talk will showcase the art and practice of renowned artists Celia H. Rodriguez\, Yreina D. Cervantez\, and Cherrie Moraga featured in OMCA’s newest special exhibition\, Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples. These seasoned Chicana artists will share their over forty years of public praxis\, informed by feminism and Xicanx Indigenous perspectives. We are honored to host these celebrated womxn on our OMCA stage. Please join us for this important and lively conversation. \n\n\n\nThis Spotlight Sundays program is a part of our exhibition programming for Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples \n\n\n\n\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\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*Header images: courtesy of the artists \n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-panel-talk-and-presentation-with-chicana-artists-celia-h-rodriguez-yreina-d-cervantez-and-cherrie-moraga/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SS-600-x-400-px.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240616T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240616T150000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20240515T223650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240617T230047Z UID:10000394-1718542800-1718550000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Undocumented Heart 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Undocumented Heart with Teatro Jornalero\, Peralta Hacienda\, and the Oakland Theater Project\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEN ESPAÑOL\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor the closing of Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya\, Spotlight Sundays will host a unique production of Undocumented Heart developed in collaboration with Teatro Jornalero\, Peralta Hacienda\, and the Oakland Theater Project. Teatro Jornalero is an Oakland based ensemble theater group made up of day laborers that uses theater\, music\, and dialogue to educate immigrant workers about their rights. The ensemble works to humanize the immigration debate and empower their community by reflecting their stories in their own voices. This offering will be held entirely in Spanish with live English translations. It will be hosted by Azucena Rasilla\, bilingual journalist for The Oaklandside and a longtime reporter on Oakland arts\, culture and community. The production will be followed by an informal talk back with the players and production collaborators. \n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Undocumented Heart  is a part of our exhibition programming for Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformance: 1–2:30 pm \n\n\n\nTalkback: 2:30–3 pm \n\n\n\n\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\n \n\n\n\nDomingos destacados: Corazón indocumentado\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTarifa de escala móvil\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPara el cierre de Por el pueblo: el legado y la influencia de Malaquías Montoya\, Domingos destacados presentará una producción especial de Corazón indocumentado desarrollada en colaboración con las agrupaciones Teatro Jornalero\, Peralta Hacienda y Oakland Theater Project. Teatro Jornalero es una compañía de teatro compuesta por obreros y radicada en Oakland que emplea la actuación\, la música y el diálogo para educar a trabajadores inmigrantes acerca de sus derechos. El elenco procura humanizar el debate sobre la inmigración y empoderar a la comunidad mediante la representación de los relatos de esta con sus propias voces. La propuesta se presentará completamente en español\, con traducción al inglés en vivo. La anfitriona del evento será Azucena Rasilla\, periodista bilingüe de The Oaklandside y reportera de larga data sobre las artes\, la cultura y la comunidad de Oakland. Después de la obra\, habrá una conversación casual con los artistas y los colaboradores de la producción. \n\n\n\nDomingos destacados: Corazón indocumentado forma parte de nuestro programa de exposiciones Por el pueblo: el legado y la influencia de Malaquías Montoya. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nObra de teatro de 1 pm a 2:30 pm \n\n\n\nConversación posterior de 2:30 pm a 3 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nENTRADA GENERAL\n\n\n\nMIEMBROS\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*Header image: Courtesy of Carla Hernandez Ramirez \n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-undocumented-heart/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Free,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Teatro_1-1536x1025-copy-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240519T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240519T150000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20240410T214838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T001706Z UID:10000370-1716120000-1716130800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Puri Arts & ARU Present: Ritual on the Road 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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\nWe are excited to welcome Oakland based artist Dohee Lee Puri Arts (DLPA) for their Ritual on the Road series. Join us for a powerful offering in OMCA’s beautiful Garden that will center the healing rituals of Korean indigenous practices from Jeju Island\, Korea\, where Lee was born and trained. Using visual art and traditional instrumental soundscapes\, this interactive performance will be rooted in deep engagement with the Asian Diaspora immigrant refugees community represented by  Asian Refugees United (ARU) and in educational collaboration with indigenous partners around loss\, harm\, and resilience of ancestral and homelands. \n\n\n\nThis program is free and open to the public (no tickets required). \n\n\n\n\nGET Museum Admission TICKETS\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\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupporters\n\n\n\nPuri Arts & ARU Present: Ritual on the Road is supported by The New England Foundation for the Arts\, California Arts Council\, The Center for Cultural Power\, Kenneth Rainin Foundation\, Alliance for California Traditional Arts\, Stupski Foundation\, and East Bay Community Foundation URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-puri-arts-aru-present-ritual-on-the-road/2024-05-19/ LOCATION:OMCA Garden\, 1000 Oak Street\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Free,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2023_OMCA_HealingJustice_Garden_Dohee-Lee_PhotoCredit_ChristineCueto_DSF0888-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T140000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20240315T231339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T190813Z UID:10000267-1713700800-1713708000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Burn The Wagon live podcast with Juan Dominguez and Morning Star Gali on Environmental Justice 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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\n \n\n\n\nJoin Juan Dominguez C’ya T’as (red hawk) and Morning Star Gali of the Pit River Tribe and founder of Indigenous Justice\, for a live recording of Burn the Wagon podcast as they dive into Climate Action Month and explore issues centering environmental justice including climate change\, Indigenous sovereignty\, and decolonization. The event will begin with a vibrant opening performance by Yuki Resistance\, a Pomo dance group from Covelo\, California and conclude with a Q+A session with the audience and a call to action resource table by Indigenous Justice. \n\n\n\nBurn The Wagon is a podcast series created by Juan Dominguez and is directed at amplifying the voices of people of color\, offering platforms to tell their own stories\, and talking about history in ways that are not talked about in history books. The podcast is here to verbally and metaphorically burn the wagon that is capitalism\, patriarchy\, and colonialism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule:\n\n\n\n1-1:15pm Opening dance performance by Yuki Resistance \n\n\n\n1:15-2:15pm Burn the Wagon podcast broadcast  \n\n\n\n2:15-2:30pm Q+A with audience \n\n\n\n2:30-3:00pm Call to Action resource table by Indigenous Justice \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nget TICKETS\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Burn the Wagon\n\n\n\nBurn The Wagon is a podcast series created by Juan Dominguez and is directed at amplifying the voices of people of color\, offering platforms to tell their own stories\, and talking about history in ways that are not talked about in history books. The podcast is here to verbally and metaphorically “burn the wagon” that is capitalism\, patriarchy\, and colonialism. \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\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Juan Dominguez C’ya T’as (red hawk) is from the Manchester/Point Arena band of Pomo Indians in Mendocino County and is the creator of the podcast Burn the Wagon\, a series dedicated to metaphorically burning down the wagon that is Capitalism\, Patriarchy\, and Colonialism. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Morning Star Gali is a member of the Pit River Tribe located in Northeastern California. She\nserves as founder and director of Indigenous Justice. Dedicated to raising awareness and\nvisibility within the unique climate of California’s urban and rural Native communities\, Gali\ncoordinates support of Indigenous-led policies and campaigns. \nMs. Gali continues to lead large-scale actions while coordinating Native cultural\, spiritual\,\nacademic\, and political gatherings throughout California. She is deeply committed to advocating\nfor Indigenous sovereignty issues such as missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW)\nand peoples\, climate justice\, gender justice\, and sacred sites protection on behalf of the tribal\nand inter-tribal communities in which she was raised. She’s served as a volunteer and advocate\non behalf of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Indigenous peoples in California\, working\nwith a number of Indigenous-led grassroots organizations in the Bay Area for over two decades. URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-burn-the-wagon-live-podcast-with-juan-dominguez-and-morning-star-gali-on-environmental-justice/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Conversation / Lecture,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pomo-Dancers-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240317T131500 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20240220T015928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T195847Z UID:10000252-1710676800-1710681300@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Chicana (1979) Film Screening with Talk Back Including Film Director\, Sylvia Morales and OMCA Mellon Fellow\, Gilda Posada 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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\n \n\n\n\nThis program will highlight female identified leaders of the Chicano/a Art Movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s through a contemporary lens. \n\n\n\nIt will begin with a film screening of “Chicana” (1979\, Sylvia Morales). This 22-minute film illuminates the struggles and triumphs of Chicana womxn during this era and is considered to be the first major feminist Chicana documentary. In addition to the acclaimed short\, Morales wrote and directed over thirty nationally recognized documentaries ranging from the farm worker’s struggle to the music of Los Lobos. \n\n\n\nThe film will be followed by a talk back with the director and OMCA’s Mellon Fellow\, Gilda Posada.  Posada is a Xicana cultural worker whose projects are invested in practices that challenge patriarchal and heteronormative structures. \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya on view at OMCA through June 30\, 2024.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\nGet TICKETS\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\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sylvia Morales directed\, wrote\, produced and edited over 30 nationally recognized documentaries ranging from the farm worker’s struggle to the music of Los Lobos and the acclaimed short documentary CHICANA which was selected to the Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2022. \nShe’s directed dramatic episodic programs for SHOWTIME and UNIVISION \nMs. Morales is a recipient of the Rockefeller Fellowship Award in Media Awards\, was selected to participate in the AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women\, received a Fellow from the National Endowment of the Arts and been recognized for Outstanding Contribution of Southern California Women to the Arts.  \nShe’s a graduate from the School of Film and Television at UCLA and is a Professor Emeritus from the School of Film/Television at Loyola Marymount University.  \n  \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gilda Posada (1988) is a Xicana artist\, curator\, and art historian from Southeast Los Angeles.  Her work explores Chicanx-Indigenous feminist and queer decolonial practices through art and  visual culture. Her projects are invested in challenging and unlearning settler-colonial ideology\,  while simultaneously re-centering Indigenous thought and practice.   \nGilda received her AB from UC Davis in Chicana/o Studies and Comparative Literature. She  graduated with a dual degree from California College of the Arts in the MFA Social Practice  program and the M.A. Visual and Critical Studies program. Prior to her graduate work\, she  served as the Curator for Galería de la Raza in San Francisco\, CA. Gilda also served as Assistant  Director for Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer in Woodland\, CA\, where she assisted in  coordinating Chicana/o /x programming and in leading free silk-screen workshops for youth and  community members. Gilda is a Ph.D. candidate in History of Art at Cornell University\, where  she is completing her dissertation “Reigniting the Sacred Fire: An Analysis of Chicana Indigenous and Queer Chicanx Art\,” that articulates how Chicana/o/x artists have used  materiality\, print mediums\, and visual culture as a method to re-connect to their Indigenous  knowledges\, ceremonies\, creation stories\, and medicines. Currently\, Gilda is the Andrew W.  Mellon Curatorial Fellow at the Oakland Museum of California where she is curating an  exhibition set to open June 2024.  URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-chicana-1979-film-screening-with-talk-back-including-film-director-sylvia-morales-and-omca-mellon-fellow-gilda-posada/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Conversation / Lecture,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Chicana4-FILM-STILL-1-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T133000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20240123T015340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T001028Z UID:10000240-1708257600-1708263000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: A Talk with Know Your Rights Camp 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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\n \n\n\n\nJoin us for a discussion led by advocacy leaders of Know Your Rights Camp\, an organization dedicated to advancing the liberation and wellbeing of Black and Brown communities through knowing your rights across the varied sectors of education\, health\, technology\, and the legal system. \n\n\n\nThrough presentations and a panel talk\, speakers will engage in critical dialogue about these themes and impart essential tools\, knowledge and self-empowerment strategies for audiences to gain a deeper understanding of civil resources and rights across multiple facets of society. \n\n\n\nPanelists will include representatives from Know Your Rights Camp\, including Nicole Martin\, Attorney and Legal Program Director of the Autopsy Initiative\,  a Know Your Rights Initiative\, and Dr. Roger A. Mitchell\, Jr. MD FCAP\, Forensic Pathologist Coordinator of the Autopsy Initiative and Kyron Loggins\, Development Associate at The Hidden Genius Project\, an Oakland-based organization that has led workshops at previous camps focused on technology and social change. The conversation will be moderated by Dania Jordan\, Associate Curator of History at the Oakland Museum of California. \n\n\n\nAfter the panel\, there will be Call to Action tables with additional resources to learn more. \n\n\n\nA Talk with Know Your Rights Camp is a part of our exhibition programming for OMCA’s Gallery of California History. \n\n\n\nMember tickets are available now. General tickets will be available on January 31.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\nGet TICKETS\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\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Nicole Martin\n \n \n\nNicole Martin is an attorney and received her Juris Doctorate from Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and my Masters of Laws in Intellectual Property from American University Washington College of Law. She serves as the Legal Program Director for the Know Your Rights Camp Autopsy Initiative. She has shown a demonstrated interest and passion for social justice and civil rights. While working for the Autopsy Initiative\, Nicole assists family members\, who have lost their loved ones due to an in-custody death\, in obtaining free secondary autopsy services.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Dania Jordan\n \n \n\nDania Jordan is Associate Curator of History at the Oakland Museum of California. Dania has worked in cultural resource management\, and by training\, she is a historical archaeologist. She holds a B.A in anthropology and sociology from the University of Nevada\, Reno\, and a M.A in historical archaeology from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a concentration in Indigenous archaeology\, African American archaeology\, and the African Diaspora. Prior to joining the Oakland Museum of California\, Dania worked for the National Park Service’s Northeast Museum Services Center as a museum technician where she managed numerous projects and collections\, led community collaborations on interpretations of park sites\, and supervised a team of interns and peers to achieve the program’s goals.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Roger A. Mitchell\, Jr. MD FCAP\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Mitchell is board certified in Anatomic and Forensic Pathology by the American Board of Pathology and is a tenured Professor of Pathology at Howard University College of Medicine. Among many other titles Dr. Mitchell is also the Pathology Coordinator for Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp Autopsy Initiative\, where they perform second hand autopsies for those who have died in custody. He has performed over 2000 forensic autopsy examinations and has testified as an expert witness in over 65 cases. His expertise on Death in Custody has recently been highlighted nationally on “Dateline with Lester Holt” and “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.” He has recently co-authored the book\, Death in Custody: How America Ignores the Truth and What We Can Do About It. Dr. Mitchell has lectured all over the world including in Africa\, Asia\, The Caribbean\, Egypt\, Bangladesh\, India\, Rwanda\, Zambia\, Barbados\, and Belize.\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 \n Kyron Loggins\n \n \n\nKyron Loggins is a Development Associate and alum at The Hidden Genius Project and has presented at former Know Your Rights Camps. Kyron was a featured speaker at AfroTech 2019\, CSTA 2022\, CUBE 2022\, etc. They are also a Social Media Manager with experience managing and creating content for Instagram\, Twitter\, LinkedIn\, Facebook\, and TikTok pages for businesses and non-profit sectors. URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-a-talk-with-know-your-rights-camp/ LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Conversation / Lecture,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Camp-Pic-2-1-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240121T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240121T130000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20231215T214125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240627T174932Z UID:10000207-1705838400-1705842000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Exploring Intergenerational Chicanx Dialogue around Art and 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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\n \n\n\n\nJoin us for an open forum discussion where artists from OMCA’s latest special exhibition\, Por el Pueblo\, along with other community members come together to unpack issues around intergenerationality in Chicanx art and practice. \n\n\n\nThe panelists will include Malaquías Montoya along with Por el Pueblo artists Elyse Doyle-Martinez\, Israel Campos and Juan Fuentes. The conversation will be moderated by the Director of the Mission Cultural Center\, Martina Ayala. \n\n\n\nThere will be a call-to-action table with resources and a representative from the organization Brown Issues. Through civic engagement and narrative change\, Brown Issues fosters youth in becoming change agents by advocating for healing processes and the mobilization of the next generation of Brown leaders. \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya on view at OMCA through June 30\, 2024.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\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\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Elyse Doyle-Martinez \n \n Elyse Doyle-Martinez is an Artist\, Educator\, and Brown Issues Advisor from Woodland\, CA. After graduating from California State University\, Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Gender and Women’s Studies with a focus on Chicano Studies; Elyse moved back to Woodland and found a place in education and youth advocacy. She started participating at TANA (Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer) in 2017 to learn the silkscreen process and build community with other Chicanx artists. Since then\, she has worked at Cesar Chavez Community School\, the Yolo County Juvenile Hall\, and at Cache Creek High School. She works on campuses with system-impacted youth to creatively cultivate the next generation of Brown leaders through Healing\, Civic Engagement\, and Narrative Change. She uses the creative process as a whole to empower young people\, strengthen them as individuals\, and develop communities.  \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Israel Campos\n \n Israel graduated with a bachelors from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2011 and acquired an MFA from the University of Wisconsin‐Madison in 2015. His work is in the permanent collections of the Kohler Art Library\, the UCSC Digital Art Research Center\, the Zuckerman Museum of Art\, and the Oregon College of Art and Craft. He has exhibited in venues across the country\, including the ArtHelix Gallery in New York City\, the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art in Portland and is an active member of the Vox Pop printmaking artist collective and the California Society of Printmakers. He also runs and operates Chayote Press. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Juan Fuentes\n \n Born in Artesia\, New Mexico Juan R. Fuentes’s was been awarded with an Honorary Membership to the California Society of Printmaker’s for his contribution to the world of printmaking. He has exhibited Nationally and Internationally and is in the permanent collections of the Mexican Museum\, San Francisco\, the National Museum of American Art\, Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.\, the Library of Congress\, Washington D.C.\, the Center for the Study of Political Graphics\, Los Angeles\, Legion of Honor\, San Francisco. As well has a personal archive dedicated to his work at the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives\, University of Santa Barbara. His studio\, Pajaro Editions is part of Consejo Grafico\, a national collective of Latino print studios.   \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Malaquías Montoya\n \n A UC Davis Professor Emeritus\, Malaquias Montoya is credited by historians as one of the founders of the social serigraphy movement in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-1960s. He has lectured and taught at numerous colleges and universities including Stanford\, UC Berkeley\, the California College of Art\, the University of Notre Dame\, and the University of Texas\, San Antonio. Montoya’s unique visual expression is an art of protest\, depicting the resistance and strength of humanity in the face of injustice and the necessity to unite behind that struggle. Montoya is co-founder of Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer\, a community-based art center in Woodland\, where he continues to teach. In 2011\, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center published a full-length monograph about Montoya and his work. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Martina Ayala\n \n Dr. Martina Ayala is a curator\, educator\, filmmaker\, and visionary leader. For over 35 years\, she has curated art exhibits\, produced concerts and cultural events\, and led innovative programs\, schools\, and organizations serving inter-generational multicultural communities. As a scholar and activist with a Doctorate in International and Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco\, her life’s work has focused on Chicano cinema\, community\, literacy\, and spirituality. She is currently committed to preserving\, developing\, and promoting Latin American and Chicano(a) art history\, specifically protecting the print poster archives created by Latinx artists at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) over the past 46 years. As a transformative leader and coach\, she supports folks seeking to understand their purpose and truth. Earlier this year\, Dr. Ayala became the Executive Director of the MCCLA. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeader image: Drucella Miranda\, Intergenerational Moments\, 2022. Photograph. Courtesy of Elyse Doyle-Martinez. URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-exploring-intergenerational-chicanx-dialogue/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Conversation / Lecture,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/header-OMCA-30-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231217T140000 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20231110T231643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231207T235557Z UID:10000198-1702814400-1702821600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Holiday Marketplace and Collage-Fest 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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\nLower Level – Marketplace\, Lillie Education Center; Collage activity\, California Room \n\n\n\nUsher in the winter holidays and join us for a festive marketplace to shop for artwork produced by Into The Brightness artists from Creativity Explored\, Creative Growth\, and the NIAD Art Center. Artists will showcase and sell a large offering of original artwork\, making it a wonderful opportunity to find unique and meaningful gifts for your loved ones this holiday season. Artist vendors include Isaiah Jackson\, Jean McElvane\, Dorian Reid\, Karen Ridge\, Yukari Sakura\, Isaac Haney-Owens\, and more. \n\n\n\nWe also invite you to get hands-on with a delightful winter collage activity that uses recycled  materials. This program has free admission\, and all ages and skill levels are welcome.  \n\n\n\nIf you’d like to see our Special Exhibitions while you’re at OMCA\, you can purchase advance tickets below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\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\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMORE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaren Ridge\, artist at Creative Growth\n\n\n\nJane Mc Elvane\, artist at NIAD\n\n\n\nIsaiah Jackson\, artist at Creative Growth\n\n\n\nDorian Reed\, artist at NIAD URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-holiday-marketplace/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Shop,Family,Free,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/header-OMCA-30-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231119T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231119T101500 DTSTAMP:20260526T010712 CREATED:20231010T211928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T211115Z UID:10000187-1700384400-1700388900@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Film screening of Misty Copeland’s Flower with Dance Performance and Panel Talk 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: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts\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 for a live dance performance\, film screening and discussion about the power of arts in solving housing insecurity. This multi-disciplinary program begins with a solo performance by Babatunji Johnson\, the dancer/actor featured in the film Flower\, followed by a screening of the film\, produced by and starring world-renowned ballerina and trailblazer Misty Copeland. \n\n\n\nFlower is a powerful story told through dance and movement\, with a mission to bring critical attention to the housing crisis in the San Francisco Bay Area. \n\n\n\nThe event concludes with an inspiring conversation between Flower Director Laura Finerman\, Babtunji Johnson and local filmmaker and journalist Caron Creighton\, who is currently directing a documentary about Oakland’s largest homeless encampment. The discussion will delve into issues of housing insecurity\, art as a vehicle for change\, and housing advocacy programs that center dignity and human rights. The conversation will be moderated by Natalie Orenstein. Natalie covers housing and homelessness for Oaklandside. \n\n\n\nJoin us for no-host Sunday brunch in OMCA’s Town Fare after the program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore on the film\n\n\n\nThe film project marks the first independently produced endeavor by Copeland and writer-producer Leyla Fayyaz. “Flower represents the evolution of all my work as a performer\, storyteller and activist\,” Copeland said in a statement announcing the project. “As someone whose family experienced the instability of not always having a safe place to call home as a child\, the issues of homelessness and not having access to basic life needs have always been important to me. I want to tell stories of the human condition through music and dance in a way that can inspire people wherever they are.”  \n\n\n\nFlower was directed by Lauren Finerman and features original choreography by Alonzo King. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-film-screening-of-misty-copelands-flower-with-dance-performance-and-panel-talk/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Film screening,Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture,Live performance,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/header-OMCA-25.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR