Wandering Stars: Young Artists’ Portrait Show
2026-04-25 10:00 - 2026-05-22 16:00, 2026-04-26 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | East Bay Creative Lab, 558 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94610, United States
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.

Open First Friday: Built Different - Gina Gaiser
2026-05-01 17:00 - 20:00 | Manna Gallery, 473 25th St., Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Built Different is a black-and-white photography series by Gina Gaiser that examines the logic embedded in the urban landscape. Focusing on brickwork, graffiti, industrial surfaces, and architectural grids, Gaiser isolates fragments of the built environment and reframes them as studies in repetition, contrast, and form. Stripped of color, the images emphasize structure and rhythm, allowing overlooked details to surface with clarity. When assembled, the photographs converge into larger visual systems, revealing order within what might otherwise register as visual noise. Built Different reflects on construction in multiple senses, of cities, of environments, and of perception itself, proposing that heightened attention to pattern and geometry is not deviation, but insight.
April 3 – May 9, 2026
Artist Reception: Saturday, April 11, 3-5 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 12-5 pm & First Fridays, April 3 & May 1, 5-8 pm

“Positively Cynical” recent work by Ryan Tesluk
2026-06-05 17:00 - 2026-08-01 17:00 | FM Gallery, 483 25th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Ryan Tesluk’s art provides viewers with honest, unadulterated content that triggers a
plethora of emotions. While many individuals may be uncomfortable with what they see, the fact that some may feel such discomfort when looking at his paintings means Tesluk is doing
something right.
More soon!
June 5th – August 1st, 2026
Receptions: First Friday, June 5th, 5-10pm
Receptions: First Friday, July 3rd, 5-10pm
Hours:
Saturdays 1-5pm
Every first Friday of the month 5-9pm
otherwise by appointment
