Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Reclamation Through Musical  Expression: Banjo Tradition & Afro-Futures from West Africa to Oakland with Hannah Mayree

Adults 18+

Liven 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.

The 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. 

Gallery 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. 

Visitors 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.

For 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.

The OMCA garage will be open until 9 pm on Thursdays Jan 11—Mar 28.

Program Schedule: 

5—8 pm Bites and Beverages with Guest Chef  | Town Fare Café

5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions

5:45—6:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of Natural Sciences, Lower Level

6:45—7:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of Natural Sciences, Lower Level

About Hannah Mayree

Hannah 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.

Mayree 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.

About The Black Banjo Reclamation Project

The 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.

Accessibility

Oakland 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 [email protected] at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options.

Sponsor

Major support for Thursday After Hours at OMCA is provided by The Oakland Museum Women’s Board.