Announcement
Mills College Art Museum Presents In Plain Sight and Invites Deep Looking
This exhibition presents new work by Kathryn Andrews, castaneda/reiman, Dario Robleto, and Weston Teruya. On view through December 8, 2019.
Oakland
Art
“It’s a Gold Rush Town”: How Artists Survive in San Francisco
Hyperallergic talks to various artists in the Bay Area about how they've hung on through years of economic turmoil.
In Brief
Verdict in Oakland Ghost Ship Fire Trial Angers Victim Families
Almost three years after a fire at the Oakland DIY art space killed 36 people, jurors acquitted the space's creative director of involuntary manslaughter but remained hung on the case of the warehouse’s master tenant.
Art
Wrapped in the Spirit of Transformation
Through site-specific installations, Basil Kincaid's "Shamans Death" utilizes textiles to ponder metamorphosis.
Art
Wrapped in the Spirit of Transformation
Through site-specific installations, Basil Kincaid's "Shamans Death" utilizes textiles to ponder metamorphosis.
Art
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Dani Lopez Reaches Back in Time With Her Work
LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.
Announcement
Constance Hockaday and Cate White Embrace Vulnerability, Anxiety as Strategies for Survival
Work they developed for the 2019 Art+Process+Ideas artist residency program is on view from June 23 - September 1 at Mills College Art Museum.
Art
Spotlighting Lesbian Artists as Central Players in California’s Queer History
Lesbian contributions to gay life and liberation have long been overshadowed, including in the art world.
Art
The Black Power Movement Gets a Permanent Display at the Oakland Museum
The museum has opened a permanent exhibition about Black activism in the Bay Area, which, contrary to public perception, was not always an accepting, progressive place.
Announcement
Mills College Art Museum Presents Tree Talk by María Elena González
For her solo exhibition Tree Talk, María Elena González reconceives birch bark as music scores.
Art
Artist Installs Bells Throughout Oakland that Detect Air Pollution
Rosten Woo hopes the bells will help create political pressure about air quality in West Oakland, which is circled by freeways and diesel trucks.
In Brief
Two Ghost Ship Organizers Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter for Fire
The warehouse's property manager and creative director each face up to 39 years in prison.