OMCA Announces Public Programs and Events for 2月 2024
一月 12, 2024
Oakland Museum of California Announces Public Programs and Events in 2月 including the continuation of 星期四 After Hours at OMCA, A Talk with Know Your Rights Camp, OMCA’s 23rd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration, and Gallery Chats. The full calendar may be seen below with details at www.museumca.org.
星期四 After Hours at OMCA
Every 星期四 through 三月 | 5—8 pm
The Oakland Museum of California presents, 星期四 After Hours at OMCA – a weekly night out at the Museum rich with cocktails, culture, and community. Visitors are invited to mingle at Town Fare Cafe by Chef Michele McQueen and 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!
星期四 After Hours programming is included in the cost of General Admission for Museum Guests and Free for Museum Members. Visitors do not require a ticket to enter Town Fare. Visitors are invited to bring a friend for free by taking advantage of our limited time 2 for 1 Museum ticket deal every 星期四, 5—8 pm throughout the inaugural season of 星期四 After Hours. For online purchases use checkout code “Thursdates” to receive the 2 for 1 deal. For more information, please visit our website at museumca.org.
星期四, 2月 01 | 5-8 pm
Exploration of Amapiano: Modern Dance Music from Southern Africa by Afrobeats Oakland and bites and beverages in Town Fare Café.
Don’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, emcee and host Christina Alexandria, and saxophonist Seyi Sax. featuring live instrumental accompaniment that will fill OMCA’s galleries with jazzy instrumental music. Explore the emergence and popularity of amapiano, or “the pianos” in Southern African house and dance music. As the music plays enjoy bites and beverages in Town Fare.
Program Schedule:
5—8 pm Bites and Beverages | Town Fare Café
5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions
5:45—6:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California History, Mid Level
6:45—7:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California History, Mid Level
The 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 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.
星期四, 2月 08 | 5—8 pm
Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats
Don’t miss live sketching in the Gallery of California History and bites and beverages in Town Fare.
Program Schedule:
5—8 pm Bites and Beverages | Town Fare Café
5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions
5:30—7:30 pm Gallery Chats | Gallery of California History, Mid Level
5:30—7:45 pm Sketchboard Live Drawing | Gallery of California History, Mid Level
Drop-In Drawing Sessions:
5:30—6:15 pm
5:45—6:30 pm
6:45— 7:30 pm
7:00—7:45 pm
Bring your sketch pads and appetites to another 星期四 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.
We 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.
*Please note that some models may be nude while others may be partially clothed.
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.
星期四, 2月 15 | 5—8 pm
AshEL Seasunz & Rocker T Performance
Don’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.
Program Schedule:
5—8 pm Bites and Beverages | Town Fare Café
5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions
5:45—6:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California Art, Upper Level
6:45—7:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California Art, Upper Level
The Gallery of California Art 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 for refreshing food and drink.
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.
星期四, 2月 22 | 5—8 pm
Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats
Don’t miss live sketching in the Gallery of California Art and delectable bites and beverages in Town Fare.
Program Schedule:
5—8 pm Bites and Beverages | Town Fare Café
5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions
5:30—7:30 pm Gallery Chats | Gallery of California Art, Upper Level
5:30—7:45 pm Sketchboard Live Drawing | Gallery of California Art, Upper Level
Drop-In Drawing Sessions:
5:30—6:15 pm
5:45—6:30 pm
6:45— 7:30 pm
7:00—7:45 pm
Pack 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.
We 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.
*Please note that some models may be nude while others may be partially clothed.
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.
星期四, 2月 29 | 5—8 pm
Total Response!: The Continued Conversation w/ Jacobdeloakland, Nimsims, and Bag o’Tricks and Cooking Demonstrations at Town Fare.
Widen 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 to inequity widens. Between sessions give your tastebuds a chance to be wowed by Cooking Demonstrates happening in Town Fare.
Program Schedule:
5—8 pm Cooking Demonstration | Town Fare Café
5—8 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions
5:45—6:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California History, Mid Level
6:45—7:15 pm Pop-up Performance | Gallery of California History, Mid Level
The 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.
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.
23rd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Dragon
星期六, 2月 17, 2024 | 11 am—4 pm | OMCA Campus
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) invites guests and members to the Museum for its 23rd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration. Celebrate and honor Lunar New Year traditions through family-friendly storytelling, performances, activities, and more. The festivities center and uplift AAPI communities and explore the shared connections between Asian cultures of the Bay Area.
OMCA opens its campus to ring in the Year of the Dragon together in community. Festival access starts at 11am; activities and performances start at 12pm. Parking is available in OMCA’s Oak Street Garage for a day rate of $10; overflow event parking is available at Alco Park (165 13th Street) for the day rate of $7.
Spotlight Sundays: A Talk with Know Your Rights Camp
星期日, 2月 18, 2024 | 1—2:30 pm | Lecture Hall |
This event is sliding scale ($1—$30) visit museumca.org/events/ for more information.
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) will host an impactful discussion led by advocacy leaders of Know Your Rights Camp. This organization is 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. Through 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. Panelists 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 a representative from 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. After the panel, there will be Call to Action tables with additional resources to learn more.
A Talk with Know Your Rights Camp is a part of exhibition programming for OMCA’s Gallery of California History.
Gallery Chats at OMCA
Gallery Chats ~
Saturdays, 1—3 pm | OMCA Great Hall and Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences
Member Gallery Chats ~
Second Saturdays, 12— 1 pm | OMCA Great Hall Only
Gallery Chats at OMCA takes an informal approach to the traditional museum tour. Visitors are invited to chat, ask questions, and connect in the galleries with our OMCA facilitators who combine content knowledge with lived experience to encourage meaningful dialogue and fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions and Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences.
Weekly Gallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences every 星期六 from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary.
OMCA Members have access to special Member Gallery Chats every second 星期六 of the month from noon to 1 pm.
OMCA Architecture Walk and Talk
First 星期日 of each month at 1 pm
Walk 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.
No reservations or tickets are required. Walk and Talk begins near the Mid Level ticketing desk and lasts approximately one hour.
If 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.
Currently On View
Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya
大厅
探索奇卡诺艺术家马拉基亚斯-蒙托亚（Malaquías Montoya）的生活影响，他作为公共服务艺术家、活动家和社区领袖的遗产激励着奇卡诺社区内外的年轻一代。蒙托亚的海报、平面印刷品和壁画突出了政治和社会正义问题，在近五十年的时间里帮助确定了奇卡诺人的身份。
马拉基亚斯-蒙托亚的活动根基和社区纽带可以追溯到他作为一个农民工家庭的儿子的童年，以及他与家庭长辈、教师、艺术家等的亲密关系。Por el Pueblo：马拉基亚斯-蒙托亚的遗产和影响 》邀请参观者思考蒙托亚深入合作的艺术创作过程、对社区的关注以及跨代参与。
本次展览将通过照片、历史和家族简历、艺术家的早期作品以及受蒙托亚影响的多代艺术家（包括胡里奥-萨尔加多、伊莉丝-多伊尔-马丁内斯、莱斯利-洛佩斯、伊斯雷尔-坎波斯和阿雷利-埃尔南德斯）的当代艺术作品，探讨成为长者的意义。展出时间：2023 年 10 月 6 日至 2024 年 6 月 30 日。
OMCA儿童：自然游乐空间
加州自然科学画廊
在新设立的 "OMCA 儿童：自然游戏空间"（OMCA Kids: Nature Playspace）里，小学员们可以尽情释放他们的好奇心和想象力。该游乐空间位于加州自然科学画廊内，主要针对 2 至 5 岁儿童及其家人和看护人的独特需求。
游戏对每个孩子的健康发展至关重要，游戏室为每个人提供了一些东西--从建筑材料和以自然为主题的拼图到激发创造力、好奇心和快乐的实践活动。我们最年轻的博物馆参观者还可以发现那些在奥克兰的溪流、山丘和后院安家的动物。这个游戏空间为家庭提供了一个有趣、安全的游戏场所，并与其他家庭建立社区。
只要有18岁以上的成年人陪同，12岁及以下的游客可以免费进入OMCA参观。
About The Oakland Museum of California
加州奥克兰博物馆（OMCA）讲述了构成加州的许多故事，为人们之间更多的联系、信任和理解创造了空间和背景。通过其包容性的展览、公共项目、教育举措和文化活动，奥克兰博物馆将加州人聚集在一起，并激发对我们州的艺术、历史和自然环境对我们自己和彼此的启示的进一步理解。OMCA拥有超过190万件物品，将其多学科的艺术、历史和自然科学藏品与第一人称的叙述和通常不为人知的加利福尼亚的叙述结合起来，所有这些都在其11万平方英尺的画廊空间和7英亩的校园内。博物馆是湾区的一个领先的文化机构，也是研究和了解加州动态文化和环境遗产的资源，供来自该地区、该州和世界各地的游客参观。
游客信息
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is at 1000 Oak Street, at 10th Street, in Oakland. Museum admission is $19 general; $16 seniors and students with valid ID, $12 youth ages 13 to 17, and free for Members and children 12 and under. There is a $6 charge in addition to general admission pricing for special exhibitions in the Great Hall. OMCA offers onsite underground parking and is conveniently located one block from the Lake Merritt BART station, on the corner of 10th Street and Oak Street. An accessibility ramp is located at the 1000 Oak Street main entrance to the Museum.