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We were sorry to hear of Robert Bechtle's recent passing. In celebration of his life, we would like to share this painting from OMCA's collection. A longtime Bay Area resident, Bechtle was a renowned photorealist artist whose paintings of everyday life—cars, suburban streets, and intersections—transformed mundane scenes into intricate and vibrant works of art. OMCA was proud to display his works in a 2000 exhibition and are honored to hold a number of his captivating paintings in our collection.
📸 : Robert Bechtle, '56 Chrysler, 1965. Oil on canvas, 36 x 40 in. Gift of Gary Lucidon.
Tomorrow! 📆 Tune in at 4 pm PST for the Facebook premier of J.B. Blunk: Nature, Art & Everyday Life. J.B. Blunk (1926–2002) was a mid-century artist whose connection to nature governed his daily life. Inspired by Japanese philosophies of nature and art’s inseparability and influenced by rural communities, Blunk’s muse and often his source of materials was the beautiful environment of Inverness, California. His remarkable craftsmanship took the form of handcrafted furniture, ceramics, and sculptures, as well as large-scale public art.
Experience northern California’s landscape through Blunk’s eyes and get inspired to find the beauty of nature and art in your own daily life. 🌲
Carmichael Lynch Advertising, untitled (poster), circa 1996. Offset lithograph on paper, 20 x 16 in. All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family. #nationalvoterregistrationday 🗳
Thank you for fighting for all of us. RIP Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 🧡
As our celebrations continue to look a little different, don't forget to register for this year's virtual 26th annual Día de los Muertos Community Celebration on October 25th!
Explore the full Virtual El Día de los Muertos offerings at OMCA at Home🏠 including an hour community celebration full of Mesoamérican traditions, resources for🍎 teachers and parents, and a look back on historical content from 2019's ¡El Movimiento Vivo! Chicano Roots of El Día de los Muertos, about Chicano activists who introduced Día de los Muertos traditions to the United States in the 1970s. ❤️
This virtual program is free with an RSVP!
📸 : Odell Hussey
This year, the OMCA El Día de los Muertos Volunteer Committee members welcome you to join us virtually October 25th, for one-hour of community celebration with Mesoamérican traditions!
Explore the full Virtual El Día de los Muertos offerings at OMCA at Home 🏠 including resources and videos for 🍎 teachers and parents, as well as a multigenerational conversation between the teen Isabela Perez and the founding curator of OMCA’s Days of the Dead special exhibition, Bea Carrillo-Hocker. Learn how to make papel picado with educator Rebecca Rocco, and explore historical content from 2019's ¡El Movimiento Vivo! Chicano Roots of El Día de los Muertos, part of OMCA's virtual exhibition tours, to learn about Chicano activists who introduced Día de los Muertos traditions to the United States in the 1970s. 💛
To RSVP: https://bit.ly/3nBVs31
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On Monday, November 16, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statement indicating that several California counties, including Alameda County, have moved from the “Orange” Tier to the “Purple” Tier due to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the state. Due to this shift, the Oakland Museum of California’s plans to reopen on November 20 to Members and November 27 to the general public will now be postponed. 😷
We will continue to monitor the recommendations made by both Alameda County, CDC, and state health officials on a regular basis. OMCA staff and visitor safety remain a top priority, and we look forward to welcoming you back once we can safely do so. In the meantime, we hope that you continue to enjoy our OMCA at Home🏡 offerings.
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Today we celebrate American painter 🎨 #WayneThiebaud 's 100 birthday! Check out this article from Datebook SF which includes mentions of our 34 piece collection of paintings and etchings! https://bit.ly/35fRiXa
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Congratulations to our partner, Chef Tanya Holland on her new cooking show, Tanya's Kitchen Table, launching on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network ! Tune into her first episode airing this weekend, Saturday, November 14th!
Today we honor our veterans who have fought tirelessly for our country. This photograph from our archives shows a woman placing an American Flag at the grave of a U.S. soldier at the Mountain View Cemetery in Piedmont. It's inscription reads:
"There was memory for the dead and in the cold wind a few knelt at Mountain View cemetery, honoring young veteran and veterans of long ago. Mrs. Alice Breckenridge of Piedmont Avenue, brought flags for the dead of all wars, including the one between the States."
📸: Unknown maker, untitled, 1945. Gelatin silver print, 8 x 13 in. The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California, gift of ANG Newspapers. © The Oakland Museum of California.
"For early garden color in February or March, try drought tolerant California native perennials. They thrive on natural rainfall, die back in dry months, then spring to life again in the next rainy season. "
📸: Ken Shockey, The Colors of California, circa 1990. Offset lithograph on paper, 22.5 x 18 in. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family. © Ken Shockey
A couple days ago, the President signed three executive orders addressing the US's immigration policy as well as establishing a task force designed to reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border. It has been a long, hard-fought battle from the community to rectify the policies held within the last four years.
In this same spirit, we dug into the archives and found a poster from 1982 reproduced with the permission of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Understanding that there is a long road ahead and many battles to still be fought, here is to continuing the fight.
📸:: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, A refugee would like to have your problems, 1982. Offset lithograph on paper, 22.25 x 17 in. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
We are so blown away by the influx of community art we received last week! Thank you to everyone who has shared with us their amazing art! Please continue to post and tag #museumofthepeople for a chance to be featured. We will showcase a few selections every Thursday across our social channels! Please enjoy this week’s highlighted artists! 🧡🎨
@madelinerohnerart -I create modern day still lifes with recognizable brands, art and produce. As a Berkeley student I study environmental policy and food systems and my work is inspired by my interest in food. I have created paintings for Bay Area restaurants, magazines and the Berkeley historical society. I paint primarily using acrylic and gouache.
@t1ffanyrart -🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽 a true #bayarea legend. r.i.p. Andre♥️ •acrylic on canvas• 24”x30”
@christineccueto -Like most, the start of 2021 has been a whirlwind. With all that’s been going on, I’m happy to say I finally have the chance to breathe a little easier. Art has always been my saving grace - whether it was making it or immersing in it in places like @oaklandmuseumca. So my intentions for the next couple of weeks is to create as a form of therapy. Here’s a #throwback of my #stringart to give myself, and maybe you, a little inspiration.
@drasyouwish -#Amabie Amulets inspired by the Japanese legendary creature that offers prophecy and protection; miniature #watercolors encased in #dresden paper and adorned with semi-precious jewels @oaklandmuseumca #museumofthepeople
Afrofuturism is a lot of things. It’s the past, present, and future reimagined through a Black cultural lens. Visionary, spiritual, and generative, it is art, music, literature, and cinema that expresses a just future where Black people and Black ideas thrive. It is fantasy and science fiction that envisions the African Diaspora and Black culture as central in a technically advanced and culturally rich civilization. It is also the ordinary—now— in this very moment and the everyday pleasures that may often be seen as mundane. Afrofuturism is a strategy for Black community building.
Soon, we will be able to reopen our doors after months of shelter-in-place and share with you a fantastic journey into the heart of this movement with Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism. Mothership offers a powerful reason to gather—even if it’s at a distance—and celebrate Black imagination. 🖤🖤🖤
📸: Alun Be, Potentiality, Edification Series, 2017. Reproduction. Courtesy of the artist. © Alun Be
This is Jack. He has been our unofficial mascot throughout our campus construction. Everyday he waits patiently for Ritchie (from our construction team) to finish his work. He’s a good boy! Everyone say hi to Jack! 🐶
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To create his “Path of Love” series of artworks, Omar Mismar took a walk through San Francisco every day for a month. He navigated the city using Grindr, a dating app that shows the location of other app users nearby. Each day, Mismar used the app to select a man he desired and tried to get as close to him as possible without meeting. Mismar recorded the path he walked and had it rendered in neon, creating a map shaped by the artist's attraction, the relationship of two people in space, and the geography of the city sidewalks.
📸 Omar Mismar, Path of Love (Day #16, 18 meters away), 2013-2014. Courtesy of the artist.
