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SUMMARY:Hannah Franco: Poiesis
DESCRIPTION:SLATE is pleased to present Hannah Franco: Poiesis\, a solo exhibition of new paintings by abstract artist Hannah Franco. Featuring ten new paintings\, Hannah Franco brings her once-hidden washes of color forward as the true subject of the work\, revealing a self that had long lived quietly beneath the surface. Honoring the power of softness and vulnerability\, Franco pays tribute to the often invisible and systemically undervalued domestic labor and love women have long contributed to their communities. \nFranco earned a BFA from Pratt Institute in New York City and studied fresco painting in Florence\, Italy\, now currently living and working in Oakland\, California. She has shown with Oxide Collective in San Francisco and is represented by SLATE Contemporary Gallery in Oakland. \nOpening Reception: September 12\, 4-6pm\nHannah Franco: Poises is on view at SLATE from September 4-October 3\, 2026. \nSLATE Contemporary Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11am-5pm.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/hannah-franco-poiesis/
LOCATION:Slate Contemporary Gallery\, 5510 College Ave\, Oakland\, 94618\, United States
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SUMMARY:GearBox Gallery presents\, FUTURE VISION with Caleb Dowdell & TaVee McAllister Lee
DESCRIPTION:Future Vision brings together the work of Caleb Dowdell and TaVee McAllister Lee\, two artists looking at the forces that shape the world we imagine and the world we create. Opening reception\, Saturday\, September 26th\, 2-5pm\, with Caleb Dowdell performance at 4:30pm \nCaleb Dowdell’s Our Prism of Dreams is a kinetic\, five-sided plexiglass prism featuring hand-painted portraits of people whose lives have expanded what others might believe possible appear together as examples of persistence\, courage\, and possibility. Painted with layers of translucent acrylic\, the portraits shift and overlap as the prism moves\, suggesting that one person’s accomplishments can become another person’s starting point. \nTaVee McAllister Lee approaches the future from a different direction. Her floating paper collages are assembled from torn magazine images and fragments of text\, bringing together scenes of desire\, consumption\, achievement\, violence\, environmental damage\, displacement\, and everyday life. Images that once belonged to advertising and mass media are removed from their original contexts and placed into new\, often uneasy relationships. \nTogether\, the works ask us to consider what we carry forward. Lee examines the competing interests and consequences of our collective and individual choices. Dowdell points to inspiration in individuals who light the way toward who we can be and what we can do. Future Vision does not offer a single picture of what lies ahead\, instead\, it places hope\, aspiration\, responsibility\, and uncertainty alongside one another—and leaves room for us to consider what kind of future we are helping to make.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/gearbox-gallery-presents-future-vision-with-caleb-dowdell-tavee-mcallister-lee/
LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Gearbox Gallery Presents\, ALTAR STRUCTURES\, with Monica Valdez Harb
DESCRIPTION:GearBox Gallery Presents\, Altar Structures with the 2025 ABSTRACTION NOW! winner of the GearBox Gallery Award\, Monica Valdez Harb. Altar Structures will be a Solo Exhibition in the Inner Room Gallery of her mixed media\, intricate paintings. The opening reception will be concurrent with the FUTURE VISION reception in the Main Gallery on Saturday\, September 26th at 2pm with a Caleb Dowdell performance at 4:30. There will also be an Artist Talk\, Saturday\, October 24th at 2pm along with TaVee McAllister Lee and Caleb Dowdell discussing FUTURE VISION.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/gearbox-gallery-presents-altar-structures-with-monica-valdez-harb/
LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Intimations of Ignition - Selena Scott
DESCRIPTION:opening at MIGHTY MIGHTY STUDIO\nOct 2nd 5:00 – 8:00pm\nin conjunction with Nexus and MOAD.  \nSelena Scott’s work explores Black identity through themes of Afropessimism\, colonialism\, and the enduring structures that shape contemporary understandings of Blackness.\nbio:  Selena Scott is a British artist and graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art\, based in San Francisco. Her research-led practice examines colonial memory\, the formation of identity through history\, and the afterlives of Caribbean exploitation. Working primarily across oil painting and textiles\, Scott brings portraiture\, symbolism and archival research together to examine the relationship between rage and repair. Her work seeks to redefine the portrayal of Black subjects within a medium historically used to perpetuate Western ideals.\nIMG_2997.jpeg
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/intimations-of-ignition-selena-scott/
LOCATION:Mighty Mighty Studio\, 480 23rd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artists’ Reception – Julie Engelmann\, Amos Goldbaum\, Liv Losee-Unger\, Fernanda Martínez\, & Deirdre Weinberg
DESCRIPTION:Meet the artists of Big\, Small\, and Everything In Between and celebrate this group exhibition featuring five Bay Area muralists. Join us for an afternoon gathering and a closer look at how these artists bring the color\, energy\, and visual language of their public work into the gallery’s intimate setting. Free and open to the public. \nJulie Engelmann\, based in Half Moon Bay\, works across murals\, paintings\, and digital illustration. Using media ranging from acrylic on canvas to spray paint on large walls\, she creates highly detailed and often surrealistic imagery\, frequently drawing on historical themes and using color and composition to create new visual possibilities.  \nAmos Goldbaum is a San Francisco–based visual artist known for his signature line drawings\, which span canvases\, large-scale murals\, prints\, and apparel. Inspired by the places and everyday scenes around him\, his work combines multiple viewpoints\, angles\, and moments in time into cohesive compositions connected by a singular line. His murals can be found throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and in cities around the world\, including New York\, Los Angeles\, Seattle\, Tokyo\, and Kathmandu.  \nLiv Losee-Unger is a Bay Area muralist known for vibrant\, nature-inspired\, and community-centered art. With more than sixty public artworks completed across the United States and abroad\, her detailed and colorful murals transform spaces through stories of flora\, fauna\, femininity\, and human connection.  \nFernanda Martínez is an Oakland-based painter\, muralist\, and sculptor whose vibrant\, expressive work draws from memories and observations of nature. Born and raised in Mexico City\, she moved to the Bay Area in 2015\, where she has developed an experimental and intuitive practice exploring the emotional depth of color\, form\, pattern\, and texture. Her work spans painting\, sculpture\, murals\, and public art\, transforming her distinctive visual language across two- and three-dimensional forms. Martinez has exhibited her paintings and sculptures in galleries and has collaborated on numerous public art projects for businesses\, nonprofit organizations\, and community-focused and affordable housing developments.  \nDeirdre Weinberg is a multidisciplinary artist with deep ties to the San Francisco Bay Area\, working across murals\, public art\, and studio practice. Her evolving work currently focuses on climate change\, using a limited black-and-white palette to explore landscapes\, seascapes\, and airscapes with a sense of urgency and starkness. Whether creating work in public spaces or the studio\, Weinberg seeks to build community\, connect with viewers\, and inspire conversation\, reflection\, and new perspectives. \nSeptember 26 – October 31\, 2026\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, October 3\, 2-4 pm\nOakland Style Week Art Tour: Saturday\, October 10\, 11 am-2 pm\nGallery Hours: Saturdays\, 12-5 pm & First Fridays\, 5-8 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-reception-julie-engelmann-amos-goldbaum-liv-losee-unger-fernanda-martinez-deirdre-weinberg/
LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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