Spotlight Sundays: Weaving Identity through Generations with Consuelo Jimenez Underwood and The Butterfly Effect

Spotlight Sundays: Weaving Identity through Generations with Consuelo Jimenez Underwood and The Butterfly Effect

Through the lens of ancestral tapestries Weaving Identity through Generations will explore homelands and the experience of belonging. This intergenerational offering will begin with an artist’s presentation and conversation in OMCA’s James Moore Theater with Calli: Art of Xicanx Peoples featured artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood and Chair of the Latinx Research Center at UC Berkeley, Laura E. Pérez. 

Then we will move out into our beautiful garden for a power wand making activity led by Consuelo and youth from The Butterfly Effect. The Butterfly Effect is an art and activism project led by Bay Area youth. The project started as an effort to raise awareness and inspire a permanent end to immigrant child detention. 

The power wand has roots in many cultures and is a symbol of healing, power, and peace. Visitors of all ages are welcomed to the garden to weave and wrap individual wands with textiles that include the names of friends, family, and/or ancestors to create an object that imbues distinctive and personal meaning. Please join us for this fun and inspiring day.  

James Moore Theater is Sliding Scale ($1–$30)

OMCA Garden is Free and Open to the Public

无障碍设施

加州奥克兰博物馆 (OMCA) 致力于为我们的社区提供无障碍、温馨和包容的活动。轮椅、感官设备和其他设施均可在售票处领取，先到先得。如需其他便利设施，如美国手语 (ASL)、粤语、西班牙语或其他语言翻译，请至少在活动开始前三周发送电子邮件至 [email protected]。进一步了解我们的无障碍选项。