Pat O’Connor: Reclaimed
2026-06-19 12:00 - 2026-07-25 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mercury 20 Gallery, 475 25th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Pat O’Connor, “Orange Skies Day, 9/9/2020,” 2026, 61″ x 92″, photo Jeanne O’Connor
Pat O’Connor’s work has long explored the intersection of object, time, and narrative. Beginning with paper pulp castings over structures at a former World War II naval base, O’Connor developed a sustained interest in materials marked by history. In her exhibit, Reclaimed, she is drawn to surfaces shaped by wear, weather, and works with cardboard salvaged from the streets, recycling bins, and packaging. Through folding, layering, stitching, printing, and painting, she transforms these fragments and other seemingly incongruent materials into richly layered assemblages. Guided by shifts in patina and form, O’Connor builds surfaces dense with histories, lush harmonies, and active surfaces. Cardboard, humble and impermanent, originates from trees. O’Connor links the material back to the natural world. In some works, she introduces imagery of branches and tree forms, creating both calm and unsettling dialogues between the material’s fragile present and its living origin. In a culture shaped by disposability, O’Connor elevates overlooked materials, inviting viewers to sense the stories embedded in ordinary things as well as imagine ways the industrial and natural worlds might endure together.
Bio:
Pat O’Connor is an artist whose practice spans drawing, painting, assemblage, and site-responsive sculpture. Her work has been exhibited widely, most recently at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Transmission Gallery in Oakland, the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona, California, and O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley. Her pieces are held in public and private collections, including a public commission at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Pat received her BA in Painting and Drawing from UC Davis and pursued graduate study in textile arts at San Francisco State University. Honors include a San Francisco Foundation Grant, the Robert Rauschenberg-hosted Power of Art Award from the Lab School of Washington, D.C., and the Arts Educator of the Year Award from the San Francisco Unified School District. O’Connor has taught widely at notable institutions, including San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley Extension, and the de Young Museum.
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27, 3 – 5 pm
Artists’ Closing Reception and Talk: Saturday, July 25, 3 – 5 pm
﻿Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday, July 3, 5 – 9 pm

Emily Shepard: In Flux
2026-06-19 12:00 - 2026-07-25 17:00 | Mercury 20 Gallery, 475 25th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Emily Shepard, “Boundless,” 2026, acrylic, ink, graphite, thread, on unstretched canvas, 72″ x 84″, photo by Sibila Savage
Emily Shepard’s large-scale abstract paintings pull viewers into an immersive, otherworldly space — one of shifting depths, interacting layers, and arched forms that float like portals above restless water. Working on unstretched canvas, she builds richly textured surfaces through gestural mark-making, watery drips, and stitched canvas shapes. Indecipherable loops of script speak to rhythm, breath, and cycles.
Shepard’s work is mirrored by her practice as a year round swimmer in the San Francisco Bay: moving her body through cold water, attuned to tides and currents, releasing into the hypnotic push and pull. Her painting practice and bay swimming share the need for focused attention, awareness of sensation, and internal states. Each artwork, like each swim, is a search for wholeness, presence, and embodied learning.
Bio:
Emily Shepard is a Bay Area painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned her MFA with distinction from the California College of the Arts where she received the Barclay Simpson Award. She has shown her work locally and nationally, including the Crocker–Kingsley Exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Currently she has three pieces on exhibit in “Voices without Boundaries” at the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona, CA. Shepard is a Kipaipai Fellow and member of the artist-run gallery, Mercury 20 in Oakland, CA. Her work is included in private and corporate collections. Shepard swims year round without a wetsuit in the San Francisco Bay. The practice of cold-water swimming focuses her senses, challenges her will, and informs her art.
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27, 3 – 5 pm
Artists’ Closing Reception and Talk: Saturday, July 25, 3 – 5 pm
﻿Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday, July 3, 5 – 9 pm

Thresholds | Gustave Carlson, Leah Korican & Alec Marin in The Backroom Gallery
2026-06-19 12:00 - 2026-07-25 17:00 | Mercury 20 Gallery, 475 25th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Left to right: Gustave Carlson, “Rustic Cabin Interior No. 2,” 2026, acrylic and graphite on wood panel, 24″ x 30”; Leah Korican, “Mediterranean,” 2026, acrylic on paper, 12″ x 9″; Alec Marin,” A Scene from Indian Hills TX,” 2020, oil on canvas, 18″ x 24″, Photos courtesy of the artists.
Gustave Carlson’s paintings explore the threshold between observation and abstraction through architecture, color, and stillness. Ordinary spaces become contemplative sites suspended between memory and presence, inside and outside. Using simplified forms and atmospheric light, the work reflects on home, nostalgia, and the emotional resonance embedded within the contemporary American landscape.
Leah Korican’s works on paper reside on the threshold of memory. She uses images from childhood stories and ancient glass bottles to express the way memories endure—elusive yet persistent.
In this series of paintings, Alec Marin reimagines scenes from his native South Texas. He centers the people, who, in reshaping themselves and their environment, confront the economic and political forces that seek to control their lives.
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27, 3 – 5 pm
﻿Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday, July 3, 5 – 9 pm

East Bay Open Studios
2026-06-20 11:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-21 11:00 - 17:00 | CA
See real local art this June!
East Bay Open Studios returns for two free weekends with over 180 artists opening their studios to the public. This free, self-guided event invites you to wander into local studios, galleries, and community hubs in Oakland, Berkeley, and beyond. Come curious — meet the creative minds behind the work, experience art where it’s made, and leave inspired.
Kick things off at our free Opening Party & Exhibition at Orchard Galleries on Saturday, May 30th (11am–5pm); a family-friendly day of art, music, food, and a community exhibition celebrating our 20th anniversary!
Not sure where to start? Explore our Emerging Artists, Community Hubs, or find your favorite artwork using our Artist Directory!
🎉 Opening Party: May 30, 11am–5pm @ Orchard Galleries
🗓️ Open Studios: June 6-7 and 13-14; 11am–5pm daily
📍 Art in your neighborhoods across the East Bay
🎫 Get your free ticket: Eventbrite
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
1. Visit eastbayopenstudios.com
2. Browse artist profiles or use the interactive maps (Weekend 1 + Weekend 2)
3. Don’t know where to start? Check out our Emerging Artists,Community Hubs, and Special Events.
4. Choose your route and hit the studios! Open 11am–5pm each day

Opening Reception @UpTelArts
2026-06-26 18:00 - 21:00 | UpTelArts, 1729 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Opening reception on June 26 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM for a special pop up exhibition at UpTelArts. The exhibition will feature works by two artists, Brian Kieling and Lanning Stern.

Opening Reception: June 26, 6-9pm
Gallery Hours: June 27 and 28, 2-8pm

Location:
UpTelArt
1729 Telegraph Ave
Suite A, third floor
Oakland, CA

Instagram: @UpTelArt

Collaborative Art with Sonja Hinrichsen
2026-06-27 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-06-27 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-28 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-06-28 14:00 - 17:00 | Dictée Art & Exhibitions, 2117 11th Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94606, United States
Join us for a unique, large-scale community art experience led by acclaimed artist Sonja Hinrichsen. In this workshop, participants will work together to create a massive, intricate drawing that spans the gallery floor.
Workshop Schedule
Choose a session that fits your schedule:
Saturday, June 27
Morning Session: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Sunday, June 28
Morning Session: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Pop Up Exhibition at UpTelArts
2026-06-27 14:00 - 2026-06-28 20:00 | UpTelArts, 1729 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
A special pop up exhibition June 26–28, with an opening reception on June 26, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The exhibition will feature works by two artists, Brian Kieling and Lanning Stern.

Opening Reception: June 26, 6-9pm
Gallery Hours: June 27 and 28, 2-8pm

Location:
UpTelArt
1729 Telegraph Ave
Suite A, third floor
Oakland, CA

Instagram: @UpTelArt

Pat O’Connor: Reclaimed | Opening Reception
2026-06-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Mercury 20 Gallery, 475 25th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Pat O’Connor, “Entanglements,” 2026, 4′ x 3′ x 2″, salvaged cardboard acrylic paint
Pat O’Connor’s work has long explored the intersection of object, time, and narrative. Beginning with paper pulp castings over structures at a former World War II naval base, O’Connor developed a sustained interest in materials marked by history. In her exhibit, Reclaimed, she is drawn to surfaces shaped by wear, weather, and works with cardboard salvaged from the streets, recycling bins, and packaging. Through folding, layering, stitching, printing, and painting, she transforms these fragments and other seemingly incongruent materials into richly layered assemblages. Guided by shifts in patina and form, O’Connor builds surfaces dense with histories, lush harmonies, and active surfaces. Cardboard, humble and impermanent, originates from trees. O’Connor links the material back to the natural world. In some works, she introduces imagery of branches and tree forms, creating both calm and unsettling dialogues between the material’s fragile present and its living origin. In a culture shaped by disposability, O’Connor elevates overlooked materials, inviting viewers to sense the stories embedded in ordinary things as well as imagine ways the industrial and natural worlds might endure together.
Bio:
Pat O’Connor is an artist whose practice spans drawing, painting, assemblage, and site-responsive sculpture. Her work has been exhibited widely, most recently at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Transmission Gallery in Oakland, the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona, California, and O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley. Her pieces are held in public and private collections, including a public commission at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Pat received her BA in Painting and Drawing from UC Davis and pursued graduate study in textile arts at San Francisco State University. Honors include a San Francisco Foundation Grant, the Robert Rauschenberg-hosted Power of Art Award from the Lab School of Washington, D.C., and the Arts Educator of the Year Award from the San Francisco Unified School District. O’Connor has taught widely at notable institutions, including San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley Extension, and the de Young Museum.
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
﻿Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday, July 3, 5 – 9 pm
Artists’ Closing Reception and Talk: Saturday, July 25, 3 – 5 pm

Emily Shepard: In Flux | Opening Reception
2026-06-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Mercury 20 Gallery, 475 25th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Emily Shepard, “Pouring In,” 2026, 71” x 79”, photo by Sibila Savage
Emily Shepard’s large-scale abstract paintings pull viewers into an immersive, otherworldly space — one of shifting depths, interacting layers, and arched forms that float like portals above restless water. Working on unstretched canvas, she builds richly textured surfaces through gestural mark-making, watery drips, and stitched canvas shapes. Indecipherable loops of script speak to rhythm, breath, and cycles.
Shepard’s work is mirrored by her practice as a year round swimmer in the San Francisco Bay: moving her body through cold water, attuned to tides and currents, releasing into the hypnotic push and pull. Her painting practice and bay swimming share the need for focused attention, awareness of sensation, and internal states. Each artwork, like each swim, is a search for wholeness, presence, and embodied learning.
Bio:
Emily Shepard is a Bay Area painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned her MFA with distinction from the California College of the Arts where she received the Barclay Simpson Award. She has shown her work locally and nationally, including the Crocker–Kingsley Exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Currently she has three pieces on exhibit in “Voices without Boundaries” at the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona, CA. Shepard is a Kipaipai Fellow and member of the artist-run gallery, Mercury 20 in Oakland, CA. Her work is included in private and corporate collections. Shepard swims year round without a wetsuit in the San Francisco Bay. The practice of cold-water swimming focuses her senses, challenges her will, and informs her art.
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday, July 3, 5 – 9 pm
Artists’ Closing Reception and Talk: Saturday, July 25, 3 – 5 pm

Rebirth Through Time ~ Pete Escovedo Opening Reception
2026-07-09 17:00 - 20:00 | The Grand Gallery, 560 2nd Street, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Pen and Ink drawings and paintings by Pete Escovedo. July 1-31st, 2026. The Grand Gallery, 560 Second Street, Oakland.
Come celebrate with Pete for his 91st birthday on Thursday July 9th 5-8pm. A remarkably talented musician and accomplished visual artist, the art show co-insides with Pete’s Jazz show at Yoshi’s in Oakland!

Everything Must Go - Juried Group Show
2026-07-11 - 2026-08-08 | Manna Gallery, 473 25th St., Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Juror: Lisa Solomon
Artists: Norman Aragones, Malachi Arthur, Jordan Benton, Laurie Caird, Madelyn Covey, Dana DeKalb, Eden Evans, Elizabeth Evans, Shelley Gardner, Elena Godina, Monica Guillory, Corrine Hatt, Rachel Katz, Kathryn Kenworth, Sarah Klein, Suzy Kopf, Faridah Laffan, Jenifer Lake, Patricia Liverman, Heath Massey, Colin McAllister, Erin McCluskey Wheeler, Manuel Rodriguez, John Rogers, Tammi Salas, John Sheridan, Maureen Shields, Renetta Sitoy, Jamie Smith, Hannah Claire Somerville, Jennifer Sturgill, Michelle Sweeney-Fillmore, Sarah Travis Buck, Yana Verba, Amy Vidra, Bill Ward, Martin Webb, Jia Wilson, and Alexander Yoshikawa
Manna Gallery is excited to present Everything Must Go, our first juried group exhibition featuring artists from the greater Bay Area. Juried by acclaimed artist and educator Lisa Solomon, the exhibition takes its title from the familiar language of clearance sales, using it as a lens to explore impermanence, change, loss, and renewal. Through diverse approaches and media, participating artists examine what we hold onto, what we leave behind, and how acts of letting go can create space for transformation and new beginnings.
July 11 – August 8, 2026
Preview: Friday, July 3, 5-8 pm (Gallery closed on July 4th)
Exhibition Opening & Artists’ Reception: Saturday, July 11, 2-4 pm
First Friday Oakland Art Walk: August 7, 5-8 pm
Juror’s Talk & Awards: Saturday, August 8, 3-5 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 12-5 pm, First Fridays, 5-8 pm & by appt

Wham! Bam! Zine Fair
2026-07-11 11:00 - 15:00 | East Bay Creative Lab, 558 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94610, United States
Wham! Bam! Zine Fair is a market celebrating artists, creators, and comic illustrators. There will be 14 artists/creators vending at the event.
Come check out amazing zines, comics, and more at the Zine Fair. The Fair is a part of the “Wham! Bam! Queer!” art exhibition on view in the gallery. Please stop by the gallery located inside East Bay Creative Lab to view the queer comic/zine show.

Exhibition Opening & Artists' Reception - Everything Must Go
2026-07-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Manna Gallery, 473 25th St., Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Celebrate the official opening of Everything Must Go at Manna Gallery. Meet participating artists, connect with fellow art enthusiasts, and explore an exhibition that transforms the familiar language of clearance sales into a thoughtful meditation on change, memory, and new beginnings. Juried by Lisa Solomon, this dynamic group show brings together nearly forty Bay Area artists whose works invite reflection on the objects, experiences, and emotions that shape our lives. Refreshments will be served as we welcome the community to this exciting exhibition.
Everything Must Go Juried Group Show
Artists: Norman Aragones, Malachi Arthur, Jordan Benton, Laurie Caird, Madelyn Covey, Dana DeKalb, Eden Evans, Elizabeth Evans, Shelley Gardner, Elena Godina, Monica Guillory, Corrine Hatt, Rachel Katz, Kathryn Kenworth, Sarah Klein, Suzy Kopf, Faridah Laffan, Jenifer Lake, Patricia Liverman, Heath Massey, Colin McAllister, Erin McCluskey Wheeler, Manuel Rodriguez, John Rogers, Tammi Salas, John Sheridan, Maureen Shields, Renetta Sitoy, Jamie Smith, Hannah Claire Somerville, Jennifer Sturgill, Michelle Sweeney-Fillmore, Sarah Travis Buck, Yana Verba, Amy Vidra, Bill Ward, Martin Webb, Jia Wilson, and Alexander Yoshikawa
July 11 – August 8, 2026
Exhibition Opening & Artists’ Reception: Saturday, July 11, 2-4 pm
First Friday Oakland Art Walk: August 7, 5-8 pm
Closing Event / Exhibition Awards: Saturday, August 8, 3-5 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 12-5 pm, First Fridays, 5-8 pm & by appt

The Sight of Sound ~ Opening Reception
2026-07-11 14:00 - 17:00 | Studios 11, 560 2nd St Oakland, California, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Group show curated by Eric Murphy with Work by Pete Escovedo. Eric Murphy, George Bernard III, Cairo McCockran, and Monica Faith Walker. July 1-31, 2026 at Studios 11, 560 Second Street, Oakland, CA

Cyanotype Printing Workshop
2026-07-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Dictée Art & Exhibitions, 2117 11th Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94606, United States
Master the art of sun printing! Create two 8×10 Prussian us foliage and lace in this hands-on 2-hour workshop with Aidan Jung
Instructor: Aidan Jung
Description: Discover the magic of the historic cyanotype process—one of the earliest forms of photography—while creating your own striking Prussian blue prints. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to coat paper with light-sensitive chemicals, arrange organic and textured materials like foliage and lace, and expose their compositions using sunlight or UV light.
Through guided experimentation, you’ll explore the expressive possibilities of photograms and leave with two finished 8×10 prints. No prior experience is necessary—this workshop is designed for beginners and creatives of all backgrounds.
Materials: All materials are provided. Participants are also encouraged to bring small objects with interesting silhouettes—such as leaves, lace, or personal items—if they’d like to incorporate their own materials into the process.

Pat O’Connor: Reclaimed | Closing Reception and Talk
2026-07-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Mercury 20 Gallery, 475 25th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Pat O’Connor, “Winter Sun and Shadow,” 2026, 48” x 36” x 2”, salvaged cardboard, acrylic paint, birch board
Pat O’Connor’s work has long explored the intersection of object, time, and narrative. Beginning with paper pulp castings over structures at a former World War II naval base, O’Connor developed a sustained interest in materials marked by history. In her exhibit, Reclaimed, she is drawn to surfaces shaped by wear, weather, and works with cardboard salvaged from the streets, recycling bins, and packaging. Through folding, layering, stitching, printing, and painting, she transforms these fragments and other seemingly incongruent materials into richly layered assemblages. Guided by shifts in patina and form, O’Connor builds surfaces dense with histories, lush harmonies, and active surfaces. Cardboard, humble and impermanent, originates from trees. O’Connor links the material back to the natural world. In some works, she introduces imagery of branches and tree forms, creating both calm and unsettling dialogues between the material’s fragile present and its living origin. In a culture shaped by disposability, O’Connor elevates overlooked materials, inviting viewers to sense the stories embedded in ordinary things as well as imagine ways the industrial and natural worlds might endure together.
Bio:
Pat O’Connor is an artist whose practice spans drawing, painting, assemblage, and site-responsive sculpture. Her work has been exhibited widely, most recently at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Transmission Gallery in Oakland, the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona, California, and O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley. Her pieces are held in public and private collections, including a public commission at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Pat received her BA in Painting and Drawing from UC Davis and pursued graduate study in textile arts at San Francisco State University. Honors include a San Francisco Foundation Grant, the Robert Rauschenberg-hosted Power of Art Award from the Lab School of Washington, D.C., and the Arts Educator of the Year Award from the San Francisco Unified School District. O’Connor has taught widely at notable institutions, including San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley Extension, and the de Young Museum.
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27, 3 – 5 pm
﻿Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday, July 3, 5 – 9 pm

Emily Shepard: In Flux | Closing Reception and Talk
2026-07-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Mercury 20 Gallery, 475 25th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Emily Shepard, “Conversant,” 2026, 32” x 71”, photo courtesy of the artist
Emily Shepard’s large-scale abstract paintings pull viewers into an immersive, otherworldly space — one of shifting depths, interacting layers, and arched forms that float like portals above restless water. Working on unstretched canvas, she builds richly textured surfaces through gestural mark-making, watery drips, and stitched canvas shapes. Indecipherable loops of script speak to rhythm, breath, and cycles.
Shepard’s work is mirrored by her practice as a year round swimmer in the San Francisco Bay: moving her body through cold water, attuned to tides and currents, releasing into the hypnotic push and pull. Her painting practice and bay swimming share the need for focused attention, awareness of sensation, and internal states. Each artwork, like each swim, is a search for wholeness, presence, and embodied learning.
Bio:
Emily Shepard is a Bay Area painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned her MFA with distinction from the California College of the Arts where she received the Barclay Simpson Award. She has shown her work locally and nationally, including the Crocker–Kingsley Exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Currently she has three pieces on exhibit in “Voices without Boundaries” at the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona, CA. Shepard is a Kipaipai Fellow and member of the artist-run gallery, Mercury 20 in Oakland, CA. Her work is included in private and corporate collections. Shepard swims year round without a wetsuit in the San Francisco Bay. The practice of cold-water swimming focuses her senses, challenges her will, and informs her art.
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27, 3 – 5 pm
﻿Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday, July 3, 5 – 9 pm

First Friday Oakland Art Walk
2026-08-07 17:00 - 20:00 | Manna Gallery, 473 25th St., Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Join Manna Gallery for Oakland’s celebrated First Friday Art Walk and experience Everything Must Go as part of the city’s vibrant arts scene. Explore the exhibition during extended evening hours, connect with fellow art lovers, and discover the diverse perspectives of Bay Area artists responding to themes of release, transition, and renewal. Whether you’re revisiting the show or seeing it for the first time, First Friday offers a lively opportunity to engage with the artwork and the creative energy of Oakland’s Uptown Arts District.
Everything Must Go Juried Group Show
Juror: Lisa Solomon
Artists: Norman Aragones, Malachi Arthur, Jordan Benton, Laurie Caird, Madelyn Covey, Dana DeKalb, Eden Evans, Elizabeth Evans, Shelley Gardner, Elena Godina, Monica Guillory, Corrine Hatt, Rachel Katz, Kathryn Kenworth, Sarah Klein, Suzy Kopf, Faridah Laffan, Jenifer Lake, Patricia Liverman, Heath Massey, Colin McAllister, Erin McCluskey Wheeler, Manuel Rodriguez, John Rogers, Tammi Salas, John Sheridan, Maureen Shields, Renetta Sitoy, Jamie Smith, Hannah Claire Somerville, Jennifer Sturgill, Michelle Sweeney-Fillmore, Sarah Travis Buck, Yana Verba, Amy Vidra, Bill Ward, Martin Webb, Jia Wilson, and Alexander Yoshikawa
July 11 – August 8, 2026
First Friday Oakland Art Walk: August 7, 5-8 pm
Closing Event / Exhibition Awards: Saturday, August 8, 3-5 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 12-5 pm, First Fridays, 5-8 pm & by appt
Manna Gallery, established in 2010, is an art space in Oakland’s Uptown Arts District dedicated to showcasing the work of local and regional artists. As a long-time partner and venue of Oakland Art Murmur—a 501(c)(3) organization that connects Bay Area artists and collectors through free public programs, exhibitions, and events—Manna fosters a vibrant and supportive community for artists and art lovers alike. Through diverse and engaging exhibitions, the gallery celebrates Oakland’s dynamic visual arts scene and seeks to inspire and enrich the community.
Follow us on instagram: @mannagalleryoakland

Everything Must Go - Closing Event, Juror Talk & Awards
2026-08-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Manna Gallery, 473 25th St., Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Join acclaimed Bay Area artist, educator, author, and curator Lisa Solomon for a special closing event celebrating Everything Must Go Juried Group Show. Known for her mixed-media works and large-scale installations that explore themes of identity, craft, domesticity, and personal history, Solomon has exhibited nationally and internationally and is the author of several books on art and creativity, including the forthcoming Art/Craft/Color. During this brief presentation, she will share insights into her selection process, discuss the exhibition’s themes, and highlight works that resonated with her vision as juror. Following the talk, she will present two exhibition awards that extend opportunities beyond the exhibition itself. The Juror Award includes a featured hallway exhibition at Manna Gallery during the 2026–27 exhibition season, while the Manna Gallery Award includes an invitation to the gallery’s annual year-end group exhibition. As Manna Gallery’s first juried exhibition, Everything Must Go reflects our commitment to building new relationships with artists throughout the Bay Area and creating meaningful opportunities for future exhibition, visibility, and community engagement within our gallery program.
Everything Must Go Juried Group Show Artists
Norman Aragones, Malachi Arthur, Jordan Benton, Laurie Caird, Madelyn Covey, Dana DeKalb, Eden Evans, Elizabeth Evans, Shelley Gardner, Elena Godina, Monica Guillory, Corrine Hatt, Rachel Katz, Kathryn Kenworth, Sarah Klein, Suzy Kopf, Faridah Laffan, Jenifer Lake, Patricia Liverman, Heath Massey, Colin McAllister, Erin McCluskey Wheeler, Manuel Rodriguez, John Rogers, Tammi Salas, John Sheridan, Maureen Shields, Renetta Sitoy, Jamie Smith, Hannah Claire Somerville, Jennifer Sturgill, Michelle Sweeney-Fillmore, Sarah Travis Buck, Yana Verba, Amy Vidra, Bill Ward, Martin Webb, Jia Wilson, and Alexander Yoshikawa
July 11 – August 8, 2026
Closing Event / Exhibition Awards: Saturday, August 8, 3-5 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 12-5 pm, First Fridays, 5-8 pm & by appt

Exploring the Art of Collage: A Workshop Series with Raha
2026-08-29 08:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-29 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-08-29 14:00 - 17:00 | Dictée Art & Exhibitions, 2117 11th Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94606, United States
Join local multi-media artist Raha for an immersive, hands-on journey into the world of collage. Whether you are a complete beginner or an artist looking to refine your creative process, this workshop is designed to help you explore new stylistic constraints and stretch your imagination.
Date & Time: Saturday, August 29
Morning Session
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Afternoon Session
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
