Daniel Clowes at OMCA: Making you feel awkward in a good way (Review)
Blog entry by Justin Gilmore.
Last updated at Tue, 8 May at 8:02am.

I don’t hate museums, but they sometimes feel like an overflowing catacomb, bursting with previously heralded artistic and social potentials that are now empty of relevance.

Go to the Oakland Museum of California’s current exhibition of Oakland-based cartoonist, author and screenwriter Daniel Clowes and this will be the last feeling that you’ll have.

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Oakland artist Rodriguez talks political posters, shares what inspires her (Community Voices)
Article by Vanessa Rancaño.
Last updated at Mon, 23 Apr at 6:20am.

Oakland artist Favianna Rodriguez recently joined Oakland Local at OMCA to talk about a new exhibition that includes her work.

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OMCA exhibit explores legacy of '1968' (Review)
Article by Vanessa Rancaño.
Last updated at Fri, 6 Apr at 11:59pm.

As far as years go, 1968 was a big one - a monumental one even - and the Oakland Museum of California is as appropriate a place as any for an exhibition dedicated to the memorable year.

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Oakland film festival celebrates a decade of uniqueness, independence (Preview)
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Wed, 4 Apr at 10:49pm.

Zombies at Skyline High. Global resistance to deforestation. The birthplace of the Black Panther Party.

A “warrior spirit art experience.” The secret lives of shopping carts. Two ornery neighbors and how your Haitian disaster relief donation was spent.

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OMCA’s Question Bridge panel delves deep into black manhood (Review/Reflection)
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Tue, 14 Feb at 3:02am.

One of the deeper discussions on black male identity in recent memory took place this past Saturday at the Oakland Museum of California.

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New OMCA exhibit explores late jewelry creator's legacy (Review)
Article by Vanessa Rancaño.
Last updated at Sat, 11 Feb at 5:45am.

Margaret De Patta was on the path to becoming a modernist painter until a wedding ring changed the trajectory of her life - and influenced the future of American studio jewelry.

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Graffiti Mural on Display, Hella Nice!
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 8 Feb at 12:36pm.

By Howard Dyckoff


The paint's dry on the new mural and the chairs have been hung up at the Oakland Museum's main entrance.

If you haven't been down there recently, check out these images - they highlight the museum's court yard, which is now graced by the commissioned graffiti mural painted during the "Living Concrete" event on Jan. 21.

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'Yarn Bombing' comes to OMCA - TODAY, Nov. 4
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Sun, 6 Nov at 9:10am.

On Nov. 4, knitters and crocheters are invited to gather at 6 p.m. on Oak Plaza to mark the occasion of a museum-wide yarn bombing project by textile artist Streetcolor.

Bring your needles and we'll supply the heat lamps. Novice knitters welcome. Free and open to the public.

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