Wondering Stars: Young Artists’ Portrait Show

An exhibition showcasing OUSD High School students’ artwork. There are four schools represented in this show, which are: Fremont High, Skyline High, Oakland High, Oakland International, and Madison Park Academy.
Identity, home, and the power of unapologetic presence run through this youth portrait exhibition. OUSD artists worked in photography, digital media, collage, and painting—using symbols, brush strokes, color, texture, and imagination to portray what it means to be Oakland.
The evidence is in the details: facial expressions that don’t perform for anyone, the way they hold their loved ones, the specific choices that make each portrait theirs.
Representation matters here. These young artists are about to graduate, about to enter a world outside high school. But first, they’re making visible what they know about themselves—their beauty, their identity, the fact of who they are.
Wandering Stars is a celebration of beauty, selfhood, and identity. These artists don’t wait to be seen. They make themselves visible.