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: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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240127T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240127T110000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240116T202927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T230803Z UID:10000233-1706353200-1706353200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Into the Brightness Garden Lights Celebration DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nGallery Chats at OMCA\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\nInto the Brightness is going out with a bang of light! As this unique special exhibition filled with color\, complexity\, and joy comes to a close\, its brightness spills into the OMCA Garden. \n\n\n\nOMCA invites you\, starting Wednesday\, January 24\, until the close of Into the Brightness Sunday\, January 28\, to Into the Brightness Garden Lights Celebration. \n\n\n\nCome brighten up your week with a tour of the OMCA  Garden\, transformed with radiant light structures that pay homage to the aesthetic themes of Into the Brightness.  \n\n\n\nThis pool of light and joy will be accompanied with a backdrop of music\, toasty hot drinks and a free sweet treat for the first 25 tickets purchased for Special Exhibition\, Into the Brightness: Artist from Creativity Explored\, Creative Growth & NIAD. \n\n\n\nAccess to the light- filled Garden is free of charge while cost for the special exhibition is $25. \n\n\n\n The Garden will be lit and galleries open 5pm- 8pm January 24 – January 27 and 5pm – 7pm  January 28. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/into-the-brightness-garden-lights-celebration-6/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Garden-Lights-Celebration-header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240127T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20231215T203913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T191247Z UID:10000213-1706356800-1706364000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Chats at OMCA DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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 Gallery Chats\, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\nGallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences every Saturday from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET MUSEUM ADMISSION TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA Members have access to special Gallery Chats every second Saturday of the month from noon to 1 pm. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-chats-at-omca-jan-27/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Ticketed,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2021_OMCA_History-Gallery_Black-Power_Visitors_Photo-credit-Christine-Cueto__DSF4861-1-2-e1724267562417.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240127T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240127T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240116T044042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T230944Z UID:10000231-1706371200-1706382000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Into the Brightness Garden Lights Celebration DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nGallery Chats at OMCA\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\nCome brighten up your week at the OMCA  Garden\, transformed with radiant light structures that pay homage to the aesthetic themes of Into the Brightness.  \n\n\n\nThis pool of light and joy will be accompanied with a backdrop of music\, toasty hot drinks by Town Fare Cafe\, and a free sweet treat for the first 25 tickets purchased for Special Exhibition\, Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored\, Creative Growth & NIAD.  \n\n\n\nAccess to the light-filled Garden is free of charge while cost for the special exhibition is $25. \n\n\n\nThe Garden will be lit and galleries open 5pm- 8pm January 24 – January 27 and 5pm – 7pm  January 28. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/into-the-brightness-garden-lights-celebration-4/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Garden-Lights-Celebration-header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240128T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20221207T000614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T191003Z UID:10000056-1706432400-1706450400@museumca.org SUMMARY:65th Annual White Elephant Preview Sale - SOLD OUT DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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 event has been sold-out. \n\n\n\nThe 65th annual White Elephant Sale (WES)\, a Bay Area tradition and the largest rummage sale in Northern California\, returns at the end of January and flows through February and the first week of March. \n\n\n\nOrganized by the Oakland Museum Women’s Board\, the White Elephant Sale is the biggest annual fundraising event benefiting OMCA. The first opportunity to shop is at the Preview Sale on January 28\, 10 am – 3 pm. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, visit whiteelephantsale.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDonating to the White Elephant Sale\n\n\n\nSupport the White Elephant Sale and OMCA by donating your gently-used goods! Check out the “Cannot Take” list for more information as you gather your donations.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Oakland Museum Women’s Board\n\n\n\nThe White Elephant Sale is held annually in the Spring\, attracting shoppers of all ages from the greater Bay Area and beyond. \n\n\n\nThe sole purpose of the Oakland Museum Women’s Board (OMWB)\, a dedicated group with 114 year-round members\, has been to raise money to support the Oakland Museum of California acquisitions\, exhibitions\, educational programs\, capital improvements\, and more. Since 1959\, the OMWB has contributed over $30 million to the Museum. With the help of a thousand dedicated volunteers\, they work year round to organize and present the White Elephant Sale held annually during the Spring. \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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Header image: Mural\, Local Edition Creative\, 2013 URL:https://museumca.org/event/white-elephant-preview-sale-2024/ LOCATION:White Elephant Sale\, 333 Lancaster St.\, Oakland\, 94602 CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20150125_WESPreview_OH_091_lo-res-e1738869082754.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240128T180000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240116T044135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T230855Z UID:10000232-1706457600-1706464800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Into the Brightness Garden Lights Celebration DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nGallery Chats at OMCA\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\nCome brighten up your week at the OMCA  Garden\, transformed with radiant light structures that pay homage to the aesthetic themes of Into the Brightness.  \n\n\n\nThis pool of light and joy will be accompanied with a backdrop of music\, toasty hot drinks by Town Fare Cafe\, and a free sweet treat for the first 25 tickets purchased for Special Exhibition\, Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored\, Creative Growth & NIAD.  \n\n\n\nAccess to the light-filled Garden is free of charge while cost for the special exhibition is $25. \n\n\n\nThe Garden will be lit and galleries open 5pm – 8pm January 24 – January 27 and 5pm – 7pm  January 28. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/into-the-brightness-garden-lights-celebration-5/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Garden-Lights-Celebration-header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240131T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240224T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20231220T003428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T190956Z UID:10000220-1706691600-1708779600@museumca.org SUMMARY:65th Annual White Elephant Public Shopping Days DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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\nThe 65th annual White Elephant (WES) Public Shopping Days Sale\, a Bay Area tradition and the largest rummage sale in Northern California. \n\n\n\nBrowse without the crowds on select days between January 31 and February 24 between 10 am and 2 pm. New merchandise will be added throughout the sale. Reserve your spot for $5 per day. Only 2200 shoppers will be allowed per day. \n\n\n\nThe new schedule for admittance into the Public Shopping Days is the following: \n\n\n\nShoppers with reservations will be admitted first. After the reserved tickets have been admitted\, shoppers without reservations may purchase a ticket for $5\, as space allows. At 1:00 pm\, anyone can enter the warehouse and shops for free. \n\n\n\nTickets are now available online: whiteelephantsale.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDonating to the White Elephant Sale\n\n\n\nSupport the White Elephant Sale and OMCA by donating your gently-used goods! Check out the “Cannot Take” list for more information as you gather your donations.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Oakland Museum Women’s Board\n\n\n\nThe White Elephant Sale is held annually in the Spring\, attracting shoppers of all ages from the greater Bay Area and beyond. \n\n\n\nThe sole purpose of the Oakland Museum Women’s Board (OMWB)\, a dedicated group with 114 year-round members\, has been to raise money to support the Oakland Museum of California acquisitions\, exhibitions\, educational programs\, capital improvements\, and more. Since 1959\, the OMWB has contributed over $30 million to the Museum. With the help of a thousand dedicated volunteers\, they work year round to organize and present the White Elephant Sale which attracts shoppers of all ages from the greater Bay Area and beyond. \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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Header image: Mural\, Local Edition Creative\, 2013 URL:https://museumca.org/event/65th-annual-white-elephant-sale-2024/ LOCATION:White Elephant Sale\, 333 Lancaster St.\, Oakland\, 94602 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Fundraiser,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20150125_WESPreview_OH_091_lo-res-e1738869082754.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240201T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240201T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20231218T230116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T195441Z UID:10000219-1706803200-1706814000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Exploration of Amapiano: Modern Dance Music from Southern Africa by Afrobeats Oakland DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdults 18+\n\n\n\nDon’t miss an electric pop-up performance by Afrobeats Oakland as they explore the unique modern South African genre of Amapiano featuring DJ Juan G and emcee and host Christina Alexandria. The set will focus on instrumental genres bringing a jazzy vibe to the galleries. As the music plays enjoy bites and beverages in Town Fare.  \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule: \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Bites and Beverages | Town Fare Café \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions \n\n\n\n5:45—6:45 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California History\, Mid Level \n\n\n\nThe Gallery of California History will come alive with a can’t-miss pop-up performance. Stroll through OMCA’s award-winning galleries or stop by Town Fare for delicious bites.  \n\n\n\nGallery programming is included with the price of general Museum admission for guests\, and totally free for Museum Members. Town Fare Café will be open to visitors until 8 pm. \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to bring a friend for free by taking advantage of our limited time 2 for 1 Museum ticket deal every Thursday\, 5—8 pm throughout the inaugural season of Thursday After Hours. \n\n\n\nFor online ticket purchases\, click the button below and use the discount code Thursdate on the payment page to receive the 2 for 1 deal. Same day tickets will also be available for sale at the door with the 2 for 1 offer while supplies last. \n\n\n\nThe OMCA garage will be open until 9 pm on Thursdays Jan 11—Mar 28. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nFree Member tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Afrobeats Oakland\n\n\n\nAfrobeats Oakland was co-founded by music specialist/ creative director\, Juan G\, and production director\, Asaba Kugonza\, in 2019. They are longtime Oakland residents with unique first-generation immigrant backgrounds and have a strong vision rooted in both the recognition of Oakland’s rich diverse cultural history as well as a desire to move the conversation around arts and music. \n\n\n\nAfrobeats Oakland is actively reimagining the African + African-American identity within the US. They are consciously reshaping mainstream thought around African Pop music\, fashion\, and culture and strive to create intercultural dialogue surrounding the culture and how they see themselves in it. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Thursday After Hours\n\n\n\nExperience Thursday After Hours at OMCA – your weekly night out at the Museum\, rich with cocktails\, culture\, and community. Mingle at Town Fare Cafe by Chef Michele McQueen\, where you can enjoy drinks and light bites against a backdrop of music\, or explore the galleries which come alive at night with a mix of pop-up performances\, chats\, live drawings\, and more– just for adults! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor\n\n\n\nMajor support for Thursday After Hours at OMCA is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board. URL:https://museumca.org/event/thursday-after-hours-feb-1/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Thursday After Hours,Town Fare Cafe,Ticketed,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2.1.24_Group_Afrobeats-Oakland_1-low-res.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240127T000159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T191100Z UID:10000242-1706961600-1706968800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Chats at OMCA DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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 Gallery Chats\, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\nGallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences every Saturday from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET MUSEUM ADMISSION TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA Members have access to special Gallery Chats every second Saturday of the month from noon to 1 pm. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-chats-at-omca-3/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Ticketed,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2023_OMCA_GalleryChats_Gallery_Visitor_Volunteer_PC_LeopoldoMacaya2023_OMCA_GalleryChats_HistoryGallery_Visitor_Volunteer_PC_LeopoldoMacaya5N2A1455-Enhanced-NR-2-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240204T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240123T021639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T021640Z UID:10000241-1707048000-1707051600@museumca.org SUMMARY:OMCA Architecture Walk and Talk DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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\nWalk through OMCA’s landmark building and gardens with members of the Council on Architecture and learn about the history\, design\, and evolution of this award-winning structure with guides who are passionate about OMCA and Oakland.  \n\n\n\nNo reservations or tickets are required. Walk and Talk begins near the Mid Level ticketing desk and lasts approximately one hour.   \n\n\n\nIf you’d like to visit OMCA’s Galleries or Special Exhibitions\, please purchase a ticket online in advance or at the ticketing desk on the day of your visit.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/omca-architecture-walk-and-talk-2/ LOCATION:Town Fare Cafe\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Conversation / Lecture,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/header-OMCA-28.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240208T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240123T000715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T010302Z UID:10000236-1707408000-1707418800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdults 18+\n\n\n\nBring your sketch pads and appetites to another Thursday After Hours at OMCA. Mix and mingle over delightful cocktails prepared in OMCA’s Town Fare Café. After bites and beverages\, head over to the Gallery of California History for live drawing sessions hosted by Sketchboard.  \n\n\n\nGallery programming is included with the price of general Museum admission for guests\, and totally free for Museum Members. Town Fare Café will be open to visitors until 8 pm.  \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to bring a friend for free by taking advantage of our limited time 2 for 1 Museum ticket deal every Thursday\, 5—8 pm throughout the inaugural season of Thursday After Hours. \n\n\n\nFor online ticket purchases\, click the button below and use the discount code Thursdate on the payment page to receive the 2 for 1 deal. Same day tickets will also be available for sale at the door with the 2 for 1 offer while supplies last. \n\n\n\nThe OMCA garage will be open until 9 pm on Thursdays Jan 11—Mar 28. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nFree Member Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Program Schedule: \n\n\n\nDon’t miss live sketching in the Gallery of California History and bites and beverages in Town Fare.  \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Bites and Beverages | Town Fare Café5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions5:30—7:30 pm Gallery Chats | Gallery of California History\, Mid Level5:30—7:45 pm Sketchboard Live Drawing | Gallery of California History\, Mid Level \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Drop In Drawing Sessions:\n\n\n\nWe welcome all skill levels\, including those who have never drawn before and want to try drawing. Art supplies and clipboards will be available for you to use\, and your artwork will be yours to take home or exchange with others. Models representing the diversity of the Bay Area will be posing in the galleries for times ranging from 2 to 20 minutes. Since we will be drawing in galleries\, please be mindful of the space and bring only the following media from home: sketchbooks (max size 9×12 inches)\, pre-sharpened enclosed graphite or charcoal pencils. \n\n\n\n*Please note that some models may be nude while others may be partially clothed. \n\n\n\nDrop in Drawing Sessions will be held during the following times: \n\n\n\n5:30—6:15 pm5:45—6:30 pm6:45— 7:30 pm7:00—7:45 pm \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Sketchboard:\n\n\n\nSketchboard is a BIPOC figure drawing collective\, curating eclectic\, diverse\, and affordable events in the Bay Area over the last 10 years. Our mission is to feature the bodies of people at the intersection of multiple identities\, offer living wages to our art models\, and create an inclusive environment for the artists in our community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Thursday After Hours\n\n\n\nExperience Thursday After Hours at OMCA – your weekly night out at the Museum\, rich with cocktails\, culture\, and community. Mingle at Town Fare Cafe by Chef Michele McQueen\, where you can enjoy drinks and light bites against a backdrop of music\, or explore the galleries which come alive at night with a mix of pop-up performances\, chats\, live drawings\, and more– just for adults! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor\n\n\n\nMajor support for Thursday After Hours at OMCA is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board. URL:https://museumca.org/event/thursday-after-hours-at-omca-sketchboard-live-drawing-and-gallery-chats/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Thursday After Hours,Town Fare Cafe,Ticketed,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sketchboard-Thursday-After-Hours-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240210T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240207T222648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T222648Z UID:10000247-1707562800-1707566400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Member Gallery Chats at OMCA DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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 Member Gallery Chats\, a special opportunity for OMCA Members to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\nOMCA Member Gallery Chats take place every second Saturday of the month from noon to 1 pm\, no reservation necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBECOME A MEMBER\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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/member-gallery-chats-at-omca-2/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Family,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023_OMCA_Exhibition_PorElPueblo_Visitor_PC_ChristineCCueto_DSF4308-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240215T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240215T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240123T011138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T193423Z UID:10000237-1708012800-1708023600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Thursday After Hours at OMCA | AshEL Seasunz & Rocker T Performance DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdults 18+\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDon’t miss a pop-up performance by AshEl Seasunz & Rocker T featuring frequencies\, mantras\, and songs from various ancient traditions in the Gallery of California Art and delectable bites at Town Fare. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule: \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Bites and Beverages | Town Fare Café \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions \n\n\n\n6—7 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California Art\, Upper Level \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Gallery of California Art will come alive with a can’t-miss pop-up performance. In between performance sessions stroll through OMCA’s award-winning galleries or stop by Town Fare for refreshing food and drinks. \n\n\n\nGallery programming is included with the price of general Museum admission for guests\, and totally free for Museum Members. Town Fare Café will be open to visitors until 8 pm.  \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to bring a friend for free by taking advantage of our limited time 2 for 1 Museum ticket deal every Thursday\, 5—8 pm throughout the inaugural season of Thursday After Hours. \n\n\n\nFor online ticket purchases\, click the button below and use the discount code Thursdate on the payment page to receive the 2 for 1 deal. Same day tickets will also be available for sale at the door with the 2 for 1 offer while supplies last. \n\n\n\nThe OMCA garage will be open until 9 pm on Thursdays Jan 11—Mar 28. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nFree Member tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout AshEL Seasunz\n\n\n\nAshEL Seasunz Eldridge is Chicago born\, and is living in Oakland by way of NY and is of  West African/Blackfoot ancestry. AshEL Seasunz has been working intentionally with various shamanic healing practices and music since 2005. His music groups include hip hop based RebelWise\, Sage & Cedar\, and Dogon Lights. He is Co-Director of Esphera.Earth (EFAM\, Solestial Church\, Earth Amplified) providing liberation through restoring ecosystems\, regenerating communities\, and re-membering our divinity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Thursday After Hours\n\n\n\nExperience Thursday After Hours at OMCA – your weekly night out at the Museum\, rich with cocktails\, culture\, and community. Mingle at Town Fare Cafe by Chef Michele McQueen\, where you can enjoy drinks and light bites against a backdrop of music\, or explore the galleries which come alive at night with a mix of pop-up performances\, chats\, live drawings\, and more– just for adults! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor\n\n\n\nMajor support for Thursday After Hours at OMCA is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board. URL:https://museumca.org/event/thursday-after-hours-at-omca-ashel-seasunz-rocker-t-performance/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Thursday After Hours,Town Fare Cafe,Ticketed,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2.15.24_AshEL_LEAD-PHOTO-low-res.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T150000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20231215T221624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240217T210343Z UID:10000217-1708164000-1708182000@museumca.org SUMMARY:23rd Annual Lunar New Year at OMCA: Year of the Dragon DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nGallery Chats at OMCA\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\nTICKETS ARE SOLD OUT!\n\n\n\nGather with us at OMCA for our 23rd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration. Celebrate and honor Lunar New Year traditions through family-friendly storytelling\, performances\, activities\, and more. Come together to uplift AAPI communities and explore the shared connections between Asian cultures of the Bay Area. \n\n\n\nJoin us on OMCA’s campus to ring in the Year of the Dragon together. Festival access starts at 11am; activities and performances start at 12pm. \n\n\n\nFestival tickets are $10 and include access to all Lunar New Year performances and activities\, entry to all of our galleries as well as our special exhibition\, Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya. Children under 12 are free with advance reservations. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place rain or shine. \n\n\n\nParking is available in OMCA’s Oak Street Garage for a day rate of $10; overflow event parking is available at Alco Park located at 165 13th Street\, for a day rate of $7. \n\n\n\nASL Interpretation for OMCA Garden stage will be provided. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSee celebration details below\, and feel free to bring your own picnic!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule of Events \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFOOD AND BEVERAGES\n\n\n\nTOWN FARE CAFE\,  MID LEVEL \n\n\n\n11 am–4 pm Enjoy cuisine that pays tribute to Chef Michele’s Southern roots and Oakland upbringing and brings together flavors from the diverse cultures within the local community. \n\n\n\nKOI POND\, LOWER LEVEL \n\n\n\n11 am–4 pm  Pick up drinks and quick bites inspired by Lunar New Year at Town Fare’s outdoor snack bar.  \n\n\n\nFOOD VENDORS\, OAK STREET PLAZA \n\n\n\n11 am–4 pm Enjoy delectable food offerings from Bay Area AAPI chefs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOPENING CELEBRATION\n\n\n\nJAMES MOORE THEATER\, LOWER LEVEL \n\n\n\n12–12:20 pm Usher in the New Year and chase evil spirits away with a lucky lion dance by LionDanceME \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPERFORMANCES\n\n\n\nJAMES MOORE THEATER\, LOWER LEVEL * \n\n\n\n12:45–1:30 pm Lantern Dance\, Nanta\, Samgomu\, and Pan-Gut by Hansamo’s Nanta\, Pungmul & Dance Teams \n\n\n\n2:00–2:30 pm   Interactive lion dance performance with LionDanceME – take pictures with the lions and dancers! \n\n\n\n3:00–3:35 pm Street style dance performance and lesson by Str8jacket\, as seen on America’s Got Talent \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSTORYTIME\n\n\n\nLECTURE HALL\, LOWER LEVEL ** \n\n\n\n12:30–1 pm The Year of the Dragon: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac with author Oliver Chin \n\n\n\n1:30–2:15 pm Storytime with Joanna Ho\, author of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners \n\n\n\n3–3:30 pm   The Year of the Dragon: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac with author Oliver Chin \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHANDS-ON ACTIVITIES \n\n\n\nKOI POND\, LOWER LEVEL  \n\n\n\n12–4:00 pm Create a paper dragon puppet and twirling paper dragon \n\n\n\n12–4:00 pm Write a wish for your community for the new year on a dragon scale and add it to our collective Year of the Dragon artwork! \n\n\n\nCALIFORNIA ROOM\, LOWER LEVEL \n\n\n\n12:30–3:30 pm Learn about and sample a variety of tea with local tea company\, Far Leaves Tea founder Donna Lo \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGALLERY ACTIVITIES\n\n\n\nALL GALLERIES\, LOWER\, MID\, UPPER LEVELS \n\n\n\n1–3:00 pm Gallery Chats at OMCA takes an informal approach to the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. Visitors are invited to chat\, ask questions\, and connect with our OMCA facilitators who combine content knowledge with lived experience to encourage meaningful dialogue and fresh interpretations of our exhibitions.  \n\n\n\nGallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences every Saturday from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary. \n\n\n\nKOI POND\, LOWER LEVEL \n\n\n\n11 am–4:00 pm   Pick up a self-guided Lunar New Year Zodiac Animal Quest activity and search for zodiac animals in our core galleries.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLOSING CELEBRATION\n\n\n\nJAMES MOORE THEATER\, LOWER LEVEL \n\n\n\n3:45 pm   End the celebration with an energetic dragon dance performed by LionDanceME. \n\n\n\n* Due to expected rain\, performances will take place in the James Moore Theater\, Lower Level \n\n\n\n** Limited seating. Doors open 15 minutes before each storytime. \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\nOMCA Lunar New Year is made possible in part by generous support from the Oakland Museum Women’s Board. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the performers and partners\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n LionDanceMe\n \n As seen on America’s Got Talent\, this is LionDanceME\, fresh off of a world lion dance championship in Malaysia! They made history by having the first female in the world to win the Western Lion King title\, and continue to keep the cultural art of dragon and lion dance alive through youth programs at over 30 different schools in San Francisco. You can check out their showcase every Saturday at 4pm in the heart of Chinatown on Grant Avenue! \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Hansamo \n \n Hansamo (youth Korean Percussion Group) is a homegrown Bay Area nonprofit that provides opportunities to middle and high school students interested in learning\, performing\, and promoting traditional Korean music\, dance\, art\, language\, and culture. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Str8jacket\n \n Founded in the Bay Area in 2012\, Str8jacket practices creativity\, grit\, and growth. They develop economic\, social\, and philosophical change for their communities through dance\, collaboration\, and collectivism. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Oliver Chin\n \n Oliver Chin is the author of over 20 books\, including Tales from the Chinese Zodiac and More Awesome Asian Americans: 20 Citizens Who Enriched America. Founder of the children’s book publisher Immedium\, he published the original Octonauts books which inspired the worldwide hit animated series. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Joanna Ho\n \n Joanna Ho is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of many books for kids. She has received the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature Honor\, a Golden Kite Award\, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor\, and a Golden Poppy Award. She is a writer and educator with a passion for anti-bias\, anti-racism and equity work. She holds a BA in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania\, and a master’s from the Principal Leadership Institute at Berkeley. She has been an English teacher\, a dean\, the designer of an alternative-to-prison program\, a creator of educator professional development\, and a high school vice principal. She lives in the Bay Area\, where she survives on homemade chocolate chip cookies\, outdoor adventures\, and dance parties with her kids. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Donna Lo\, Far Leaves Tea\n \n Donna Lo has been buying tea and teaware for Far Leaves Tea in Berkeley for over 25 years. She’s traveled to Taiwan\, China\, and Japan to find the best sources for good tea and handmade teaware.  As co-founder of Far Leaves she develops tea and snack recipes for the teashop and introduces countless people to the simple art of having tea. URL:https://museumca.org/event/23nd-annual-lunar-new-year-at-omca-year-of-the-dragon/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Family,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_OMCA_LNY_Garden_Performer_DragonDancing_PhotoCredit_ChristineCueto_DSF2137-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240127T002322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T191051Z UID:10000243-1708171200-1708178400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Chats at OMCA DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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 Gallery Chats\, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\nGallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences every Saturday from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET MUSEUM ADMISSION TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA Members have access to special Gallery Chats every second Saturday of the month from noon to 1 pm. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-chats-at-omca-4/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Ticketed,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2023_OMCA_GalleryChats_ArtGallery_Visitor_Volunteer_PC_LeopoldoMacaya5N2A1775-Enhanced-NR-2-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 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 \nGallery Chats at OMCA\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:20240222T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240222T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240123T011918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T210034Z UID:10000238-1708617600-1708628400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdults 18+\n\n\n\nPack your sketch pads and appetites!  Delight in OMCA’s cafe\, Town Fare by Chef Michele McQueen. After bites and beverages\, head over to the Gallery of California Art for a live drawing session hosted by Sketchboard.  \n\n\n\nGallery programming is included with the price of general Museum admission for guests\, and totally free for Museum Members. Town Fare Café will be open to visitors until 8 pm.  \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to bring a friend for free by taking advantage of our limited time 2 for 1 Museum ticket deal every Thursday\, 5—8 pm throughout the inaugural season of Thursday After Hours. \n\n\n\nFor online ticket purchases\, click the button below and use the discount code Thursdate on the payment page to receive the 2 for 1 deal. Same day tickets will also be available for sale at the door with the 2 for 1 offer while supplies last. \n\n\n\nThe OMCA garage will be open until 9 pm on Thursdays Jan 11—Mar 28. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nFree Member Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Program Schedule: \n\n\n\nDon’t miss live sketching in the Gallery of California Art and delectable bites and beverages in Town Fare.  \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Bites and Beverages | Town Fare Café5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions5:30—7:30 pm Gallery Chats | Gallery of California Art\, Upper Level5:30—7:45 pm Sketchboard Live Drawing | Gallery of California Art\, Upper Level \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Drop In Drawing Sessions:\n\n\n\nWe welcome all skill levels\, including those who have never drawn before and want to try drawing. Art supplies and clipboards will be available for you to use\, and your artwork will be yours to take home or exchange with others. Models representing the diversity of the Bay Area will be posing in the galleries for times ranging from 2 to 20 minutes. Since we will be drawing in galleries\, please be mindful of the space and bring only the following media from home: sketchbooks (max size 9×12 inches)\, pre-sharpened enclosed graphite or charcoal pencils. \n\n\n\n*Please note that some models may be nude while others may be partially clothed. \n\n\n\nDrop in Drawing Sessions will be held during the following times: \n\n\n\n5:30—6:15 pm5:45—6:30 pm6:45— 7:30 pm7:00—7:45 pm \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Sketchboard:\n\n\n\nSketchboard is a BIPOC figure drawing collective\, curating eclectic\, diverse\, and affordable events in the Bay Area over the last 10 years. Our mission is to feature the bodies of people at the intersection of multiple identities\, offer living wages to our art models\, and create an inclusive environment for the artists in our community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Thursday After Hours\n\n\n\nExperience Thursday After Hours at OMCA – your weekly night out at the Museum\, rich with cocktails\, culture\, and community. Mingle at Town Fare Cafe by Chef Michele McQueen\, where you can enjoy drinks and light bites against a backdrop of music\, or explore the galleries which come alive at night with a mix of pop-up performances\, chats\, live drawings\, and more– just for adults! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor\n\n\n\nMajor support for Thursday After Hours at OMCA is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board. URL:https://museumca.org/event/thursday-after-hours-at-omca-sketchboard-live-drawing-and-gallery-chats-2/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Thursday After Hours,Town Fare Cafe,Ticketed,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_5495-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240224T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240127T002952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T191044Z UID:10000244-1708776000-1708783200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Chats at OMCA DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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 Gallery Chats\, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\nGallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences every Saturday from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET MUSEUM ADMISSION TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA Members have access to special Gallery Chats every second Saturday of the month from noon to 1 pm. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-chats-at-omca-5/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Ticketed,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023_OMCA_GalleryChats_HistoryGallery_Visitor_Volunteer_PC_LeopoldoMacaya5N2A2007-Enhanced-NR-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240123T013727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T214945Z UID:10000239-1709222400-1709233200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Total Response!: The Continued Conversation w/ Jacobdeloakland\, Nimsins\, and Bag o'Tricks DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdults 18+\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWiden your minds and your appetites when you join OMCA in Total Response! Referencing Horace Silver’s 1972 album\, Total Response! is a rap performance and conversation that guides listeners to interrogate our present reality and poses questions as seeds that audience members can cultivate and pass along as their awareness of inequity widens. Between sessions\, give your tastebuds a chance to be wowed by Cooking Demonstrations happening in Town Fare. \n\n\n\nThe Gallery of California History will come alive with can’t-miss pop-up performances. In between pop-up performances and strolls through OMCA’s award-winning galleries\, stop by Town Fare bites and beverages. \n\n\n\nGallery programming is included with the price of general Museum admission for guests\, and totally free for Museum Members. Town Fare Café will be open to visitors until 8 pm.  \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to bring a friend for free by taking advantage of our limited time 2 for 1 Museum ticket deal every Thursday\, 5—8 pm throughout the inaugural season of Thursday After Hours. \n\n\n\nFor online ticket purchases\, click the button below and use the discount code Thursdate on the payment page to receive the 2 for 1 deal. Same day tickets will also be available for sale at the door with the 2 for 1 offer while supplies last. \n\n\n\nThe OMCA garage will be open until 9 pm on Thursdays Jan 11—Mar 28. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule: \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Cooking Demonstrations | Town Fare Café \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions \n\n\n\n5:45—6:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California History\, Mid Level \n\n\n\n6:45—7:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California History\, Mid Level \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nFree Member tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jacobdeloakland\n\n\n\nA multi-media artist and MC from East Oakland\, Jacobdeloakland (@Jacobdeloakland) blends Horace Silver and Big L\, with a splash of Del the Funky Homosapien. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Nimsins\n\n\n\nNimsins (@Nimsins) is a poet and prolific MC from East Oakland. His pen and style draws from all eras of Hip Hop and his piercing imagery and styling represents the diverse range of artistic influences of the Bay. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Bag o’Tricks\n\n\n\nBag o’Tricks (@Bago.tricks) is a San Francisco native\, enigmatic beat maker and all around good dude! Style influences vary but heavily influenced by his Guatemalan heritage and popular American culture like professional wrestling. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Thursday After Hours\n\n\n\nExperience Thursday After Hours at OMCA – your weekly night out at the Museum\, rich with cocktails\, culture\, and community. Mingle at Town Fare Cafe by Chef Michele McQueen\, where you can enjoy drinks and light bites against a backdrop of music\, or explore the galleries which come alive at night with a mix of pop-up performances\, chats\, live drawings\, and more– just for adults! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor\n\n\n\nMajor support for Thursday After Hours at OMCA is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board. URL:https://museumca.org/event/thursday-after-hours-at-omca-total-response-the-continued-conversation-w-jacobdeloakland-nimsims-and-bag-otricks-and-cooking-demonstrations-at-town-fare/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Thursday After Hours,Town Fare Cafe,Ticketed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.25.54-AM-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240302T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240303T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20231220T003737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T191134Z UID:10000221-1709370000-1709474400@museumca.org SUMMARY:65th Annual White Elephant Blow Out Sale DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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\nThe 65th annual White Elephant Sale (WES)\, a Bay Area tradition and the largest rummage sale in Northern California. \n\n\n\nCatch the biggest discounts on these final days of the White Elephant Sale. Markdowns happening all day! Admission is free\, but tickets are required and only 2200 shoppers allowed per day. \n\n\n\nTickets are now available at whiteelephantsale.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDonating to the White Elephant Sale\n\n\n\nSupport the White Elephant Sale and OMCA by donating your gently-used goods! Check out the “Cannot Take” list for more information as you gather your donations.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Oakland Museum Women’s Board\n\n\n\nThe White Elephant Sale is held annually in the Spring\, attracting shoppers of all ages from the greater Bay Area and beyond. \n\n\n\nThe sole purpose of the Oakland Museum Women’s Board (OMWB)\, a dedicated group with 114 year-round members\, has been to raise money to support the Oakland Museum of California acquisitions\, exhibitions\, educational programs\, capital improvements\, and more. Since 1959\, the OMWB has contributed over $30 million to the Museum. With the help of a thousand dedicated volunteers\, they work year round to organize and present the White Elephant Sale which attracts shoppers of all ages from the greater Bay Area and beyond. \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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Header image: Mural\, Local Edition Creative\, 2013 URL:https://museumca.org/event/65th-annual-white-elephant-blow-out-sale/ LOCATION:White Elephant Sale\, 333 Lancaster St.\, Oakland\, 94602 CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20150125_WESPreview_OH_091_lo-res-e1738869082754.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240302T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240302T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240220T015827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T020027Z UID:10000253-1709380800-1709388000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Chats at OMCA DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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 Gallery Chats\, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\nGallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences every Saturday from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET MUSEUM ADMISSION TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA Members have access to special Gallery Chats every second Saturday of the month from noon to 1 pm. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-chats-at-omca-9/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Ticketed,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023_OMCA_GalleryChats_HistoryGallery_Visitor_Volunteer_PC_LeopoldoMacaya5N2A2007-Enhanced-NR-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240303T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240303T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240220T010311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T014229Z UID:10000260-1709467200-1709470800@museumca.org SUMMARY:OMCA Architecture Walk and Talk DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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\nWalk through OMCA’s landmark building and gardens with members of the Council on Architecture and learn about the history\, design\, and evolution of this award-winning structure with guides who are passionate about OMCA and Oakland.  \n\n\n\nNo reservations or tickets are required. Walk and Talk begins near the Mid Level ticketing desk and lasts approximately one hour.   \n\n\n\nIf you’d like to visit OMCA’s Galleries or Special Exhibitions\, please purchase a ticket online in advance or at the ticketing desk on the day of your visit.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/omca-architecture-walk-and-talk-3/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Conversation / Lecture,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/header-OMCA-28.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240307T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240307T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240220T011431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240307T180116Z UID:10000249-1709827200-1709838000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Reclamation Through Musical  Expression: Banjo Tradition & Afro-Futures from West Africa to Oakland with Hannah Mayree DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdults 18+\n\n\n\nLiven up your Thursday night with a rooted and participatory performance by Hannah Mayree (they/them). A member of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project\, Hannah shares original and traditional banjo compositions as well as harmonies through acoustic live vocal looping. Their art is a reminder of the power found in our relationship to the earth\, music\, and community and is an invitation to listen\, learn\, and sing together through various musical landscapes. \n\n\n\nThe Gallery of California Natural Sciences will come alive with a can’t-miss pop-up performance. In between performance sessions stroll through OMCA’s award-winning galleries or stop by Town Fare for delicious bites.  \n\n\n\nGallery programming is included with the price of general Museum admission for guests\, and totally free for Museum Members. Town Fare Café will be open to visitors until 8 pm.  \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to bring a friend for free by taking advantage of our limited time 2 for 1 Museum ticket deal every Thursday\, 5—8 pm throughout the inaugural season of Thursday After Hours. \n\n\n\nFor online ticket purchases\, click the button below and use the discount code Thursdate on the payment page to receive the 2 for 1 deal. Same day tickets will also be available for sale at the door with the 2 for 1 offer while supplies last. \n\n\n\nThe OMCA garage will be open until 9 pm on Thursdays Jan 11—Mar 28. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule: \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Bites and Beverages with Guest Chef  | Town Fare Café \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions \n\n\n\n5:45—6:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of Natural Sciences\, Lower Level \n\n\n\n6:45—7:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of Natural Sciences\, Lower Level \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nFree Member tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Hannah Mayree\n\n\n\nHannah Mayree is a creative facilitator and musician who’s work and art lends itself as a tool for redesigning and reconnecting to our roots as humans on this planet. A banjoist\, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist\, Hannah founded the Black Banjo Reclamation Project and is currently existing in Oakland and throughout the West Coast Corridor. Hannah was born and raised in Sacramento\, where the waters flow from Mount Shasta to the Oak Savanna foothills lining the valley\, to the delta and the bay. \n\n\n\nMayree is a storyteller and creates a musical backdrop\, weaving in folk music as a communication between cultures and through time. Composed while traversing Turtle Island\, the American landscape\, communing with people and plants\, their songs incorporate African rhythms and diverse European and modern American folk traditions to express the profound mystery contained within all beings. Through tools of community gathering\, social permaculture and self healing\, new realities are constantly being crafted and actualized. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Black Banjo Reclamation Project\n\n\n\nThe Black Banjo Reclamation Project is a vehicle to return instruments of African origin to the descendants of their original makers. Our theory of change is tied directly to re-appropriating our own culture by receiving banjos in the form of reparations and over time\, gaining skills that will advance individuals and communities for generations to come. This includes ancestral survival and land based skills including fostering the trade of instrument building and repair. We are pursuing ancestral healing and envision a world where the act of remembering gives us the power to shape our world. \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\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor\n\n\n\nMajor support for Thursday After Hours at OMCA is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board. URL:https://museumca.org/event/thursday-after-hours-at-omca-reclamation-through-musical-expression-banjo-tradition-afro-futures-from-west-africa-to-oakland-with-hannah-mayree-and-special-guest-chef-takeover-in-town-fare/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Thursday After Hours,Town Fare Cafe,Ticketed,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8279.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240309T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240309T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240220T015805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T185357Z UID:10000255-1709982000-1709985600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Member Gallery Chats at OMCA DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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 Member Gallery Chats\, a special opportunity for OMCA Members to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\nOMCA Member Gallery Chats take place every second Saturday of the month from noon to 1 pm\, no reservation necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBECOME A MEMBER\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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/member-gallery-chats-at-omca-3/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Family,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023_OMCA_Exhibition_PorElPueblo_Visitor_PC_ChristineCCueto_DSF4308-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240309T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240309T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240220T015822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T191002Z UID:10000254-1709985600-1709992800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Chats at OMCA DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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 Gallery Chats\, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\nGallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences every Saturday from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET MUSEUM ADMISSION TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA Members have access to special Gallery Chats every second Saturday of the month from noon to 1 pm. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-chats-at-omca-8/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Ticketed,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2023_OMCA_GalleryChats_ArtGallery_Visitor_Volunteer_PC_LeopoldoMacaya5N2A1775-Enhanced-NR-2-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240314T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240314T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004436 CREATED:20240220T015930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T211536Z UID:10000248-1710432000-1710442800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats with Margaret Yee DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdults 18+\n\n\n\nBring your sketch pads and appetites to another Thursday After Hours at OMCA. Mix and mingle over delightful cocktails prepared in OMCA’s Town Fare Café. After bites and beverages\, head over to the Gallery of California History for live drawing sessions hosted by Sketchboard.  \n\n\n\nWe welcome all skill levels\, including those who have never drawn before and want to try drawing. Art supplies and clipboards will be available for you to use\, and your artwork will be yours to take home or exchange with others. Models representing the diversity of the Bay Area will be posing in the galleries for times ranging from 2 to 20 minutes. Since we will be drawing in galleries\, please be mindful of the space and bring only the following media from home: sketchbooks (max size 9×12 inches)\, pre-sharpened enclosed graphite or charcoal pencils. \n\n\n\n*Please note that some models may be nude while others may be partially clothed. \n\n\n\nGallery programming is included with the price of general Museum admission for guests\, and totally free for Museum Members. Town Fare Café will be open to visitors until 8 pm.   \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to bring a friend for free by taking advantage of our limited time 2 for 1 Museum ticket deal every Thursday\, 5—8 pm throughout the inaugural season of Thursday After Hours. \n\n\n\nFor online ticket purchases\, click the button below and use the discount code Thursdate on the payment page to receive the 2 for 1 deal. Same day tickets will also be available for sale at the door with the 2 for 1 offer while supplies last. \n\n\n\nThe OMCA garage will be open until 9 pm on Thursdays Jan 11—Mar 28. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule \n\n\n\nDon’t miss live sketching in the Gallery of California History\, delicious bites and beverages by a Guest Chef Takeover in Town Fare\, and Gallery Chats with Margaret Yee.  \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Bites and Beverages with Guest Chef| Town Fare Café5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions5:30—7:30 pm Gallery Chats | Gallery of California History\, Mid Level5:30—7:45 pm Sketchboard Live Drawing | Gallery of California Art History\, Mid Level \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrop-In Drawing Sessions\n\n\n\n5:30—6:15 pm | CA to be Continued… (Back of Gallery)5:45—6:30 pm | Black Power (Middle of Gallery)6:45— 7:30 pm | CA to be Continued… (Back of Gallery)7:00—7:45 pm | Black Power (Middle of Gallery) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nFree Member Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Sketchboard\n\n\n\nSketchboard is a BIPOC figure drawing collective\, curating eclectic\, diverse\, and affordable events in the Bay Area over the last 10 years. Our mission is to feature the bodies of people at the intersection of multiple identities\, offer living wages to our art models\, and create an inclusive environment for the artists in our community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Margaret Yee\n\n\n\nMargaret Yee has been volunteering at OMCA since 2017\, first as a History Gallery docent and now as a School Programs and Gallery Chats Facilitator. A former high school teacher and museum educator\, Margaret enjoys doing Gallery Chats because she loves the OMCA community and always learns something new from every conversation she has with a visitor. \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.  \n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor\n\n\n\nMajor support for Thursday After Hours at OMCA is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board. URL:https://museumca.org/event/thursday-after-hours-at-omca-sketchboard-live-drawing-and-gallery-chats-with-margaret-yee/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Thursday After Hours,Town Fare Cafe,Ticketed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_5495-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240314T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240314T183000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004437 CREATED:20240201T220635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T211751Z UID:10000246-1710433800-1710441000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Exhibit A: A Townhall on Anti-Blackness in Oakland DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nGallery Chats at OMCA\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\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) partners with Edutainment for Equity and the City of Oakland Department of Race and Equity to host Exhibit A: A Townhall on Anti-Blackness in Oakland\, an interactive data experience on anti-Blackness in the city of Oakland. \n\n\n\nExhibit A employs the power of statistics and data visualization\, and casts the city of Oakland into the future to give a glimpse of what continued anti-Black models can bring and what futures are possible if such anti-Black structures are resisted.  \n\n\n\nExhibit A builds off of the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois’ prolific statistical work by using interactive data visualizations created by Oakland based artists to illustrate trajectories impacted by both pro and anti-Black futures. Exhibit A is supported by participating policy makers and city workers from critical sectors including leaders from the Department of Race and Equity and is an expression of Oakland’s community. \n\n\n\nBetween digital interfaces\, augmented reality experiences\, and interactive workshops designed to spark conversation and critical engagement\, this experience is one meant to be amplified. \n\n\n\nParticipants are enlisted to engage their own friends through social media by sharing images of the art and their response to it\, and offering visions and forecasts for the future of Oakland. \n\n\n\nThe community dialogue will be moderated by journalist and host of Hard Knock Radio DJ Davey D and educator\, community leader\, and Exhibit A co-producer\, Hodari Davis. Interspersed between dialogue will be musical stylings and performances by CEO and founder of Edutainment for Equity and Exhibit A co-producer\, Candice Wicks-Davis (also known as Mama Candice)\, and several Oakland favorites.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReserve tickets\n\n\n\nMember tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT EXHIBIT A\n\n\n\nExhibit A employs the power of statistics and data visualization\, and casts the city of Oakland into the future to give a glimpse of what continued anti-Black models can bring and what futures are possible if such anti-Black structures are resisted. \n\n\n\nThis project is meant to be jumping off point for deeper conversations about the nature and direction of Oakland in general and in Black life in Oakland specifically. The project produced by Hodari Davis and hosted by Edutainment for Equality is happening in partnership with the City of Oakland Department of Race and Equity\, the City of Oakland Department of Arts and Culture and is situated within a larger network of several Oakland based Organizations. Exhibit A\,  though firmly rooted in the Oakland community and dedicated to issues of anti-blackness facing communities here in the Bay Area\, is also intended to develop and expand beyond and impact the broader political mythos that institutional racism does not exist in the United States. \n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/exhibit-a-a-townhall-on-anti-blackness-in-oakland/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Conversation / Lecture,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/image2-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004437 CREATED:20240220T015923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T235147Z UID:10000259-1710590400-1710594000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Special Guest Gallery Chats: In-Gallery Writing & Reflection Workshop with Arely Hernández DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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\nInside our Special Exhibition\, Por El Pueblo: The Legacy of Malaquías Montoya \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin us for a special edition of Gallery Chats led by Bay Area multimedia artist Arely Hernández\, whose artwork is on view in OMCA’s current special exhibition Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya. Arely will lead visitors in a guided writing experience focused on the exhibition’s themes. Paper and pencils will be provided. Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya centers around the living impact of Chicano artist\, Malaquías Montoya\, whose legacy as a public-serving artist\, activist\, and community leader serves as inspiration for younger generations within the Chicano community and beyond.Gallery Chats is an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET MUSEUM ADMISSION TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Arely Hernández\n\n\n\nArely Hernández is a multimedia artist born and raised in Los Angeles CA. She is a visual storyteller hoping to share the values of decolonization and a celebration of indigeneity which she gained through her lived experience and relationship with her ancestors. These stories are told primarily through the mediums of paint\, print\, and ceramics with the desire to evoke a radical sense of joy\, love\, and resistance. She currently resides in the Bay Area. \n\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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/special-guest-gallery-chats-in-gallery-writing-reflection-workshop-with-arely-hernandez/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Ticketed,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Arely_Thumbnail.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240317T131500 DTSTAMP:20260405T004437 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 \nGallery Chats at OMCA\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:20240321T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004437 CREATED:20240220T013159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T212252Z UID:10000250-1711036800-1711047600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Opera at OMCA with Claire Gendler DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdults 18+\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDon’t miss a pop-up performance in the Gallery of California Natural Sciences\, Cordell Bank Deep Sea Theater\, by soprano Claire Gendler as she performs selected classical pieces by composers such as Mozart\, Schubert\, Finzi\, Fauré\, and Britten. \n\n\n\nThe Gallery of California Natural Sciences will come alive with a can’t-miss pop-up performance. In between performance sessions stroll through OMCA’s award-winning galleries or stop by Town Fare for refreshing food and drinks. \n\n\n\nGallery programming is included with the price of general Museum admission for guests\, and totally free for Museum Members. Town Fare Café will be open to visitors until 8 pm.   \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to bring a friend for free by taking advantage of our limited time 2 for 1 Museum ticket deal every Thursday\, 5—8 pm throughout the inaugural season of Thursday After Hours. \n\n\n\nFor online ticket purchases\, click the button below and use the discount code Thursdate on the payment page to receive the 2 for 1 deal. Same day tickets will also be available for sale at the door with the 2 for 1 offer while supplies last. \n\n\n\nThe OMCA garage will be open until 9 pm on Thursdays Jan 11—Mar 28. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule: \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Bites and Beverages with Guest Chef  | Town Fare Café \n\n\n\n5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions \n\n\n\n5:45—6:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California Natural Sciences\, Lower Level \n\n\n\n6:45—7:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California Natural Sciences\, Lower Level \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nFree Member tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Claire Gendler\n\n\n\nVocalist. Performer. Instructor. Musician. Originally from San Jose\, California\, Claire’s first instrument was the trombone\, which she played from fifth grade through her undergraduate education at University of California\, Santa Cruz.  It was there that she discovered her love of singing and went on to earn her Bachelor of Music in Operatic Vocal Performance in 2008. Claire was later awarded a scholarship to California Institute of the Arts and completed her Master of Fine Arts also in Operatic Vocal Performance.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Thursday After Hours\n\n\n\nExperience Thursday After Hours at OMCA – your weekly night out at the Museum\, rich with cocktails\, culture\, and community. Mingle at Town Fare Cafe by Chef Michele McQueen\, where you can enjoy drinks and light bites against a backdrop of music\, or explore the galleries which come alive at night with a mix of pop-up performances\, chats\, live drawings\, and more– just for adults! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor\n\n\n\nMajor support for Thursday After Hours at OMCA is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board. URL:https://museumca.org/event/thursday-after-hours-at-omca-opera-at-omca-with-claire-gendler/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Thursday After Hours,Town Fare Cafe,Ticketed,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3.21.24_Claire-Gendler_2-.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240323T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T004437 CREATED:20240220T014808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T191012Z UID:10000256-1711195200-1711202400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Chats at OMCA DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\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 Gallery Chats\, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\nGallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences every Saturday from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET MUSEUM ADMISSION TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA Members have access to special Gallery Chats every second Saturday of the month from noon to 1 pm. \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\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-chats-at-omca-7/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Ticketed,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2023_OMCA_GalleryChats_Gallery_Visitor_Volunteer_PC_LeopoldoMacaya2023_OMCA_GalleryChats_HistoryGallery_Visitor_Volunteer_PC_LeopoldoMacaya5N2A1455-Enhanced-NR-2-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR