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SUMMARY:Paul Thompson’s “West Wild: American Culture” RECEPTION
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second reception of Paul Thompson’s latest drawings/paintings in his show entitled “West Wild: American Culture.”\n*One free beer for anyone who attends wearing a cowboy hat! \nFor October/November FM Oakland is excited to host the recent works by local Berkeley native Paul Thompson. Thompson’s work focuses on the romance and excitement of the wild west as he plays with paint\, line\, brushwork\, and composition to depict various scenes and portraits. His imagery highlights a range of cowboy life\, as it shows the somber loneliness of ranching\, to the rowdy and rough “fight or die” culture of bar fights and shootouts. Within that range one underlying aspect remains: his love for the wild west. \nPaul Thompson: Life of a Cowboy\n“I always played cowboys and indians with my brother as a kid \, and our father loved westerns. He would often play with us and eventually lived in the middle of the Nevada desert. We fantasized being cowboys and when we went to Nevada\, I enjoyed meeting real cowboys. It is still romantic and engaging to visit old western towns and imagine living as one. As an adult\, I took a tour of old western towns dressed as a cowboy. My mother used to draw with us and encouraged us to draw things that we imagined\, so I have been drawing and painting western themes ever since. I don’t make art for money. It is my therapy and as my mother says\, we share a healthy addiction.”  \nOctober 2nd – November 28th\, 2026\nArt Murmur Receptions:\nFirst Friday\, November 6th\, 5-10pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/paul-thompsons-west-wild-american-culture/
LOCATION:FM Gallery\, 483 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open First Friday: Hindsight is 20/20
DESCRIPTION:Check out our end-of-year group exhibition featuring six East Bay artists working across painting\, drawing\, sculpture\, photography\, and wood marquetry. The show brings together work by Wayne Armstrong\, Patrick Crotty\, Gina Gaiser\, Pam Jue\, Sandra Wong Orloff\, and Alexander Yoshikawa. Yoshikawa joins the exhibition as the Manna Gallery Award winner from the Everything Must Go Juried Show. Hindsight is 20/20 celebrates the breadth of artistic practices in the Bay Area\, bringing together distinct materials\, approaches\, and perspectives in a single exhibition. \nOakland Art Murmur First Friday – Friday\, November 6 & December 4 | 5–8 pm\n25th Street Block Party & Closing Reception – Saturday\, December 12 | 3–5 pm \nGallery Hours – Saturdays | 12–5 pm & First Fridays | 5–8 pm\nAll events and admission to Manna Gallery are free of charge
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/open-first-friday-hindsight-is-20-20/2026-11-06/
LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Walk
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SUMMARY:Artist's Talk - Ellen Bepp: The Ghosts We Carry
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Ellen Bepp’s Artist’s Talk\, Saturday\, October 31st\, staring at 2 pm with a traditional Japanese drum and flute procession. \nEllen will discuss the 10 pieces on view in the gallery reflecting on the legacy of the mandatory relocation and confinement of Japanese Americans during WW II and its aftermath\, with a keen awareness of current events. \nMore than 120\,000 people of Japanese descent were remanded to these camps in a wave of fear that swept America in response to attacks on Pearl Harbor\, including Heart Mountain in Wyoming\, where Bepp’s family was incarcerated.​ \nIncorporating fragments of familial writing\, traditional textiles\, imbedded text and Japanese imagery\, Bepp’s work reflects on the xenophobia\, racial slurs and casual taunts aimed at Asian Americans as well as the pain and despair of the camps. Beyond the fear and loss\, emerges the powerful story of resilience and perseverance that sustained detainees through their experience and in resuming their place as autonomous citizens. A thoughtful examination of the work\, standing with the elemental history of the objects and absorbing the words\, honors that journey.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-talk-ellen-bepp-the-ghosts-we-carry/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:GearBox Gallery Artists’ Talks with Caleb Dowdell\, TaVee McAllister Lee and Monica Valdez Harb
DESCRIPTION:‘Future Vision’ artists Caleb Dowdell and TaVee McAllister Lee will be discussing their two person show. Monica Valdez Harb will be in conversation about her Solo Inner Room Gallery Show\,  Altar – Structures. Join us at 2pm on Saturday\, October 24th at 2pm for this lively talk. A reception is to follow.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/gearbox-gallery-artists-talks-with-caleb-dowdell-tavee-mcallister-lee-and-monica-valdez-harb/
LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artists Talk
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SUMMARY:Angela Johal: Intersecting Colour
DESCRIPTION:SLATE Contemporary Gallery is pleased to present “Angela Johal: Intersecting Colour.”  \nNow on view through November 14th at 5510 College Ave. Oakland. \nThis exhibition invites viewers to explore how hue and tone interact across vividly painted color fields. Johal approaches each painting as a puzzle to solve\, seeking balance among dichotomous realms—physical and spiritual\, light and dark\, vivid and subdued—creating compositions that reveal how each color shifts\, responds to\, and is transformed by those around it. Steeped in color theory\, Johal’s work is deeply informed by the human eye’s natural passage through dimension. This exhibition features abstracted geometric compositions that\, when meditated on\, transform into natural landscapes\, animal-like forms\, and shifting light.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/angela-johal-intersecting-colour/2026-10-10/
LOCATION:Slate Contemporary Gallery\, 5510 College Ave\, Oakland\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions,Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Oakland Style Week - Big\, Small\, and Everything In Between
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Oakland Style Week at Manna Gallery with an day at the intersection of art\, style\, and creative expression. Experience Big\, Small\, and Everything In Between and discover how Bay Area muralists Julie Engelmann\, Amos Goldbaum\, Liv Losee-Unger\, Fernanda Martínez\, and Deirdre Weinberg translate the energy\, color\, and scale of their public work into an intimate gallery setting. \nSeptember 26 – October 31\, 2026\nOakland Style Week: Saturday\, October 10\, 11-2 pm\nGallery Hours: Saturdays\, 12-5 pm & First Fridays\, 5-8 pm\nAll events and entrance to the gallery are free of charge
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/oakland-style-week-big-small-and-everything-in-between/
LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artists Talk
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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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SUMMARY:Fear Not - William Rhodes Artist's Talk with Gospel Choir Performance
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for William Rhodes’ talk with gospel choir performance by the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center Choir\, music conductor and leader Kenneth Little\nSaturday\, Oct 3rd starting at 2 pm \nThis is part of a series of NEXUS SFBay events including the Caleb Dowdell performance with his piece\, Our Prism of Dreams\, starting at 1:30 pm just downstairs  at Gearbox Gallery\, performance about 15 minutes. William’s talk starts at 2 pm upstairs with the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center Choir closing out the event with a Gospel Choir performance. See one or both at that galleries at 770 West Grand Ave in Oakland.  \nMore about Fear Not\, William Rhodes’ solo exhibition at Transmission Gallery: \nWilliam Rhodes’s sculptures on view incorporate objects that have been used\, inherited\, discarded\, or found with elements he has carved himself. Trained early on as a furniture maker\, he combines hand carved figures\, flames and snakes with objects collected from a family home\, photographs\, hardware\, tools\, and other remnants of everyday life. Neon words signal from some pieces. \nThe resulting works resemble shrines or memorials\, but they remain grounded in the ordinary. Religious symbols appear alongside household objects. A photograph might be surrounded by carved waves\, tools\, hardware\, animals\, or religious symbols. A suitcase can become an architectural space. A toilet becomes the base of an unexpected monument. Things with little apparent value are carefully incorporated into elaborate constructions\, their histories becoming part of the work.\n​\nRhodes is equally interested in people; family\, mentors\, and leaders\, as well as those who have been overlooked or treated as disposable\, recognizing and elevating their presence in his work. By giving attention to these lives\, enshrining and revering them\, he considers how value is assigned and who gets remembered. \nThe title Fear Not appears in the work as both a phrase and a kind of instruction. It can be read in relation to the religious imagery that runs throughout the sculptures\, but it also takes on a morepersonal meaning. To look closely at lives and objects that are easily dismissed is\, in its own way\, an act of resistance to that dismissal.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/fear-not-william-rhodes-artists-talk-with-gospel-choir-performance/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:First Friday Reception — September/October Multi-Artist Show — October 2nd
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a First Friday reception and meet the artists of a our last multi-artist show of the year.  As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month\, and the landscape of CA\, we also celebrate the talents of five unique artists.  Their styles differ widely\, but their dedication to their art is uniform. \nRefreshments will be served.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/first-friday-reception-september-october-multi-artist-show-october-2nd/
LOCATION:Art@Archer\, 431 13th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Under The Thumb
DESCRIPTION:This group exhibition at Werkshack Studios brings together four artists to explore themes of oppressive systems\, power\, and control through glass and mixed media. \nWorking across diverse techniques including fusing\, painting\, stained glass\, cast glass and more\, each artist brings a distinct perspective to the ways power shapes our lives and communities. Glass becomes both medium and metaphor: beautiful yet fragile\, transparent yet obstructive\, resilient yet vulnerable. Together\, the works examine how systems of power are experienced differently across individuals and groups\, inviting us to consider who holds power\, who is affected by it\, and what it means to resist\, endure\, or transform it. \nArtists: Elin Christopherson\, Lynne-Rachel Altman\, Cricket\, Anne Wong \nGallery Hours: Saturday\, 1 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, September 19th\, 5 – 7pm \nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, September 4th and October 2nd\, 5:30 – 9:30 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/under-the-thumb-2/
LOCATION:Werkshack\, 481 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Walk
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SUMMARY:Open First Friday: Big\, Small\, and Everything In Between
DESCRIPTION:Join Manna Gallery for Oakland Art Murmur First Friday and experience Big\, Small\, and Everything In Between\, featuring Bay Area Muralists: Julie Engelmann\, Amos Goldbaum\, Liv Losee-Unger\, Fernanda Martínez\, and Deirdre Weinberg whose work moves between public space and the gallery. Meet the artists\, explore the exhibition\, and celebrate Oakland’s vibrant arts community. \nSeptember 26 – October 31\, 2026\nOakland Art Murmur First Friday: October 2\, 5-8 pm\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, October 3\, 2-4 pm\nOakland Style Week Art Tour: Saturday\, October 10\, 11-2 pm\nGallery Hours: Saturdays\, 12-5 pm & First Fridays\, 5-8 pm\nAll events and entrance to the gallery are free of charge
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/open-first-friday-big-small-and-everything-in-between/
LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live at inStudio
DESCRIPTION:The Distance Between: Traveling Beyond Count Time \nProgram & Event Overview\nCurrently on view at Empowerment Avenue’s inStudio in Oakland\, The Distance Between: Traveling Beyond Count Time brings together stories told through the work of Black currently and formerly incarcerated artists. Their work traces histories of enslavement and confinement alongside the realities of incarceration today\, while carrying memory\, endurance\, and imagination toward something beyond them. Together\, these works invite us to explore the space between captivity and liberation\, to see differently\, and to imagine a world beyond systems of punishment. \nFriday\, October 2 | 1:00–9:00 PM \n1:00 PM | Gallery Opens\nEmpowerment Avenue’s inStudio will open its doors at 1:00 PM\, inviting visitors to experience The Distance Between: Traveling Beyond Count Time and spend time with the work throughout the afternoon. \nLive at inStudio\n6:00 PM | Panel Discussion: Black Yearning for Freedom \nAt 6:00 PM\, we will gather for a conversation exploring a continuing Black yearning for freedom and the ways artists carry memory\, history\, our bodies\, and our imaginations onto canvas and paper. \nMoving between histories of enslavement and confinement and the realities of incarceration today\, the conversation will consider art as a place to hold these experiences while also imagining beyond them. What does it mean to create from within systems of confinement without allowing confinement to define the limits of the imagination? What can Black creative practice teach us about freedom\, possibility\, and the worlds we have yet to make?\nThe conversation will feature exhibition artists Ray Williams Jr. and Alvin Smith\, alongside exhibition co-curator De’jon Joy.\nThe discussion will be moderated by Milan Drake\, Community Design Lead at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University (the d.school). \n7:00 PM | Live Performance by Inertia the Artist \nFollowing the conversation\, Inertia the Artist will offer a live performance in the gallery.\nInertia the Artist is an Oakland-based vocalist\, loop artist\, facilitator\, and somatic psychotherapist whose soulful music and sound work center healing\, transformation\, and social change.\nThe performance extends the evening’s exploration beyond the visual\, bringing voice\, sound\, body\, and collective experience into the exhibition space.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/live-at-instudio/
LOCATION:inStudio with Empowerment Avenue\, 473 25th St.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artists Talk
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SUMMARY:Night Watch // Gregory Rick
DESCRIPTION:Johansson Projects presents Night Watch\, a striking exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Gregory Rick that boldly reimagines history painting through the fractured lens of contemporary life. \nApocryphal yet deeply referential and incisive\, Rick’s compositions collapse past events with biblical and mythological imagery\, art-historical allusions\, and capitalist spectacle into hypersaturated scenes that are at once facetious and unsettling. A burning cross\, a feline maw\, a tree of serpents\, and tigers charging toward machine-gun fire populate a world where violence–and communal acts of resistance–appear both ancient and immediate. \nFigures clad in Fila jackets\, yellow Hokas\, and other recognizable markers of contemporary consumer culture anchor these frenetic compositions in the present. As a veteran\, citizen\, and subject\, Rick draws upon collective memory to confront the cognitive dissonance of navigating everyday life amid recurring cycles of violence\, surveillance\, and oppression. In works such as Night Watch (We Got Us)\, Rembrandt’s civic militia meets Picasso’s Guernica\, transforming the historical tableau into a contemporary cry for help and vision of mutual aid. \nA few of the works are painted and collaged on silk mesh\, their transparencies exposing the layers of their construction and underscoring history itself as an unstable\, assembled narrative. In Night Watch\, Rick contends with what it means to stay woke and on watch in the 2020s. \nNight Watch runs from September 30 to October 31\, 2026 with an opening reception Friday\, October 2 from 5-8pm.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/night-watch-gregory-rick/
LOCATION:Johansson Projects\, 2300 Telegraph Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception - Ellen Bepp: The Ghosts We Carry
DESCRIPTION:Ellen Bepp: The Ghosts We Carry\nSeptember 24 – November 7\, 2026 \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, September 26th from 1-4 pm \nAll are welcome! Please join us for the Artist’s Reception for Ellen Bepp: The Ghosts We Carry\, in conjunction with the reception for concurrent exhibition\, William Rhodes: Fear Not. Greet the artists\, check out the exhibitions and enjoy the light refreshments and lively conversations.  \n770 West Grand Ave is a great place to check out art on September 26th with receptions on deck at two galleries in the building. Look for the “ART” Building and come upstairs to Transmission Gallery for this event.  \n Free street parking on West Grand Ave and in the neighborhood south of West Grand.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-ellen-bepp-the-ghosts-we-carry/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Artist’s Reception – William Rhodes: Fear Not
DESCRIPTION:William Rhodes: Fear Not\nSeptember 17 – October 31\, 2026 \nArtist’s Reception: Saturday\, September 26th from 1-4 pm \nAll are welcome! Please join us for the Artist’s Reception for William Rhodes’ solo exhibition\, Fear Not\, in conjunction with the reception for concurrent exhibition\, Ellen Bepp: The Ghosts We Carry. Greet the artists\, check out the exhibitions and enjoy the light refreshments and lively conversations.  \nLook for the “ART” Building at 770 West Grand Ave and come upstairs to Transmission Gallery for this event.  \n Free street parking on West Grand Ave and in the neighborhood south of West Grand. \nMore about Fear Not: \nWilliam Rhodes’s sculptures on view incorporate objects that have been used\, inherited\, discarded\, or found with elements he has carved himself. Trained early on as a furniture maker\, he combines hand carved figures\, flames and snakes with objects collected from a family home\, photographs\, hardware\, tools\, and other remnants of everyday life. Neon words signal from some pieces. \nThe resulting works resemble shrines or memorials\, but they remain grounded in the ordinary. Religious symbols appear alongside household objects. A photograph might be surrounded by carved waves\, tools\, hardware\, animals\, or religious symbols. A suitcase can become an architectural space. A toilet becomes the base of an unexpected monument. Things with little apparent value are carefully incorporated into elaborate constructions\, their histories becoming part of the work.\n​\nRhodes is equally interested in people; family\, mentors\, and leaders\, as well as those who have been overlooked or treated as disposable\, recognizing and elevating their presence in his work. By giving attention to these lives\, enshrining and revering them\, he considers how value is assigned and who gets remembered. \nThe title Fear Not appears in the work as both a phrase and a kind of instruction. It can be read in relation to the religious imagery that runs throughout the sculptures\, but it also takes on a morepersonal meaning. To look closely at lives and objects that are easily dismissed is\, in its own way\, an act of resistance to that dismissal.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-reception-william-rhodes-fear-not/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Big\, Small\, and Everything In Between — Bay Area Muralists
DESCRIPTION:Manna Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition featuring Bay Area artists known for their work in public spaces. Drawing on the region’s rich tradition of mural-making\, the exhibition brings the work of Julie Engelmann\, Amos Goldbaum\, Liv Losee-Unger\, Fernanda Martínez\, and Deirdre Weinberg into the gallery for a more intimate encounter. Working across painting\, drawing\, illustration\, street art\, and large-scale public works\, these artists bring distinct approaches to color\, storytelling\, nature\, place\, and community. Together\, their work reveals the range and vitality of Bay Area mural painting today\, as well as the ongoing conversation among the street\, the studio\, and the city. \nSeptember 26 – October 31\, 2026\nOakland Art Murmur First Friday: October 2\, 5-8 pm\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, October 3\, 2-4 pm\nOakland Style Week Event: Saturday\, October 10\, 11-2 pm\nGallery Hours: Saturdays\, 12-5 pm & First Fridays\, 5-8 pm\nAll events and entrance to the gallery are free of charge
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/big-small-and-everything-in-between-bay-area-muralists/
LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Ellen Bepp: The Ghosts We Carry
DESCRIPTION:Ellen Bepp: The Ghosts We Carry\nThursdays\, Fridays and Saturdays\, 12-5 pm or by appointment. \nArtist’s Talk: Saturday October 31st\, starting at 2 pm \nAddressing ideas of identity\, cultural preservation and social justice\, Ellen Bepp’s mixed media work in The Ghosts We Carry reflects on the experience and legacy of a difficult period in our American history\, WWII incarceration camps and their aftermath\, with a keen awareness of current events. \nMore than 120\,000 people of Japanese descent were remanded to these camps in a wave of fear that swept America in response to attacks on Pearl Harbor\, including Heart Mountain in Wyoming\, where Bepp’s family was incarcerated.​ \nIncorporating fragments of familial writing\, traditional textiles\, imbedded text and Japanese imagery\, Bepp’s work reflects on the xenophobia\, racial slurs and casual taunts aimed at Asian Americans as well as the pain and despair of the camps. Beyond the fear and loss\, emerges the powerful story of resilience and perseverance that sustained detainees through their experience and in resuming their place as autonomous citizens. A thoughtful examination of the work\, standing with the elemental history of the objects and absorbing the words\, honors that journey. \nAll are welcome to join us for Ellen Bepp’s Artist’s Talk\, Saturday\, October 31st starting at 2 pm. \nWhile you’re in the gallery check out the concurrent solo exhibition with more art to see in our the gallery showroom.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/ellen-bepp-the-ghosts-we-carry/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Under The Thumb – Artist’s Reception
DESCRIPTION:Artist’s Reception for the group exhibition at Werkshack Studios that brings together four artists to explore themes of oppressive systems\, power\, and control through glass and mixed media. \nWorking across diverse techniques including fusing\, painting\, stained glass\, cast glass and more\, each artist brings a distinct perspective to the ways power shapes our lives and communities. Glass becomes both medium and metaphor: beautiful yet fragile\, transparent yet obstructive\, resilient yet vulnerable. Together\, the works examine how systems of power are experienced differently across individuals and groups\, inviting us to consider who holds power\, who is affected by it\, and what it means to resist\, endure\, or transform it. \nArtists: Elin Christopherson\, Lynne-Rachel Altman\, Cricket\, Anne Wong \nGallery Hours: Saturday\, 1 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, September 19th\, 5 – 7pm \nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, September 4th and October 2nd\, 5:30 – 9:30 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/under-the-thumb-artists-reception/
LOCATION:Werkshack\, 481 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:MOMENTUM Juror’s Talk with Demetri Broxton
DESCRIPTION:GearBox Gallery’s 12th Annual Juried show MOMENTUM\, closes with a juror’s talk with Demetri Broxton on Saturday\, September 19th at 2pm. Join in on the conversation.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/momentum-jurors-talk-with-demetri-broxton/
LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artists Talk
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SUMMARY:Willam Rhodes: FEAR NOT
DESCRIPTION:​William Rhodes: Fear Not\nSeptember 17 – October 31\, 2026\nGallery Hours: Thursdays\, Fridays and Saturdays\, 12-5 pm \nArtist’s Reception: Saturday\, September 26th from 1-4 pm \nArtist’s Talk and Gospel Choir Performance: Saturday\, Oct 3rd starting at 2 pm\n(William Rhodes’ talk with gospel choir performance by the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center Choir\, music conductor and leader Kenneth Little)\nThis is part of a series of NEXUS SFBay events including the Caleb Dowdell performance with his piece\, Our Prism of Dreams\, starting at 1:30 pm just downstairs  at Gearbox Gallery. See one or both at that galleries at 770 West Grand Ave in Oakland \nTransmission Gallery is pleased to present Fear Not\, recent work by William Rhodes. \nWilliam Rhodes’s sculptures on view incorporate objects that have been used\, inherited\, discarded\, or found with elements he has carved himself. Trained early on as a furniture maker\, he combines hand carved figures\, flames and snakes with objects collected from a family home\, photographs\, hardware\, tools\, and other remnants of everyday life. Neon words signal from some pieces. \nThe resulting works resemble shrines or memorials\, but they remain grounded in the ordinary. Religious symbols appear alongside household objects. A photograph might be surrounded by carved waves\, tools\, hardware\, animals\, or religious symbols. A suitcase can become an architectural space. A toilet becomes the base of an unexpected monument. Things with little apparent value are carefully incorporated into elaborate constructions\, their histories becoming part of the work.\n​\nRhodes is equally interested in people; family\, mentors\, and leaders\, as well as those who have been overlooked or treated as disposable\, recognizing and elevating their presence in his work. By giving attention to these lives\, enshrining and revering them\, he considers how value is assigned and who gets remembered. \nThe title Fear Not appears in the work as both a phrase and a kind of instruction. It can be read in relation to the religious imagery that runs throughout the sculptures\, but it also takes on a more personal meaning. To look closely at lives and objects that are easily dismissed is\, in its own way\, an act of resistance to that dismissal. \nAll are welcome to join us for the Artist’s Reception\, September 26th. Stop by any time 1-4 pm to greet the artist and enjoy the light refreshments. \nPlease also join us for the Artist’s Talk with accompanying gospel choir performance by the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center Choir\, led by music conductor Kenneth Little\, starting at 2 pm\, Saturday\, October 3rd. Arrive early to see a 15 minute musical performance by Caleb Dowdell starting at 1:30 pm at Gearbox Gallery just downstairs from Transmission Gallery. William’s talk to start afterward at 2 pm with the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center Choir. closing out the event with their performance.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/willam-rhodes-fear-not/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artist’s Talk – Donald (Aldo) Farnsworth: Hands of the Maker
DESCRIPTION:Donald (Aldo) Farnsworth Artist’s Talk\nHands of the Maker: A Show of Hands\n​\nSaturday\, September 12th\, starting at 2 pm \nPlease join us for the free event with Aldo’s Talk starting at 2 pm on Saturday\, September 12th.\nAldo will discuss his explorations in paper making and his twelve drawings on view at Transmission Gallery. \nHands of the Maker: A Show of Hands presents twelve drawings by Aldo Farnsworth\, made with graphite\, quarried chalk\, and colored pigments on linen and hemp paper.  \nThe works focus on the hands of makers captured with close attention to intimate details: the nuance of gesture\, the particular way they hold a pencil or object\, often with glasses at hand. These quiet arrangements suggest drawing\, seeing\, measuring\, and making—the physical evidence of each subject’s creative work and daily life.  \nThe handmade paper\, with its deckle edges and distinctive felt-hair texture associated with Renaissance papers\, layers another history into these contemporary portraits. Farnsworth makes the paper himself\, raising worms to compost the linen\, beating the hemp fibers\, and forming each unique sheet\, connecting the hands depicted in the drawings to his own hand through the material. The paper carries the physical presence of the artist who made it\, just as the drawings carry the physical presence of the people they portray. \nArtists and makers represented in the drawings include Timothy Berry\, David Best\, Squeak Carnwath\, Guy Diehl\, Guillermo Galindo\, Mildred Howard\, Peter Koch\, Jerry Lin-Hsien Kung\, Kiki Smith\, Michael Wild\, Andrew Williams\, and Xiaoze Xie. The show is\, in a literal sense\, a show of hands—but also a portrait of these makers through the things their hands reveal.  \nThese works were made possible by Magnolia Editions and the Magnolia Paper Lab with the assistance of Max Thill\, Tallulah Terryll\, Nicholas Price\, Alyssa Minadeo\, and Era Farnsworth.\n​
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-talk-donald-aldo-farnsworth-hands-of-the-maker/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artists Talk
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception – Patricia Guthrie: Get Up Stand Up
DESCRIPTION:One purpose of art is to support and communicate political messages. Using color\, letters\, and shapes\, Patricia Guthrie’s abstract quilts deliver political messages relating to the government\, international relationships\, and global warming. She creates artwork using cotton fabric\, wool batting\, dyes\, and machine stitching. \nBio:\nAfter retiring as a professor and department chair of Human Development and Women’s Studies at California State University East Bay\, Patricia Guthrie decided to actively engage in the visual arts. She began taking community-based art classes: drawing\, photography\, quilt making\, and printing on fabric. Quilt making and all its aspects has become her passion. Guthrie hopes her quilts encourage viewers to move beyond art that is merely pleasing to the eye to seek a deeper meaning.\nHer work has been shown nationally and internationally including Schweinfurth Memorial\, Art Center\, Auburn\, New York; International Quilt Museum\, Lincoln\, Nebraska; Philadelphia Museum of Art\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania; and Tuch + Technik Museum\, Neumunster\, Germany. This is Guthrie’s second solo show at Mercury 20 Gallery. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtist Talks: Saturday\, October 10\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: October 2\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-patricia-guthrie-get-up-stand-up/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Patricia Guthrie: Get Up Stand Up
DESCRIPTION:Patricia Guthrie\, Flood\, 2021\, Hand Painted\, Machine Pieced\, Machine Quilted\, 72” wide x 69” high\, Photo Beverly Tucker \nOne purpose of art is to support and communicate political messages. Using color\, letters\, and shapes\, Patricia Guthrie’s abstract quilts deliver political messages relating to the government\, international relationships\, and global warming. She creates artwork using cotton fabric\, wool batting\, dyes\, and machine stitching. \nBio:\nAfter retiring as a professor and department chair of Human Development and Women’s Studies at California State University East Bay\, Patricia Guthrie decided to actively engage in the visual arts. She began taking community-based art classes: drawing\, photography\, quilt making\, and printing on fabric. Quilt making and all its aspects has become her passion. Guthrie hopes her quilts encourage viewers to move beyond art that is merely pleasing to the eye to seek a deeper meaning.\nHer work has been shown nationally and internationally including Schweinfurth Memorial\, Art Center\, Auburn\, New York; International Quilt Museum\, Lincoln\, Nebraska; Philadelphia Museum of Art\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania; and Tuch + Technik Museum\, Neumunster\, Germany. This is Guthrie’s second solo show at Mercury 20 Gallery. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nOpening Reception: Saturday\, September 12\, 3 – 5 pm\nArtist Talks: Saturday\, October 10\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: October 2\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/patricia-guthrie-get-up-stand-up/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tara Esperanza: Close to Home
DESCRIPTION:Tara Esperanza\, Protected Radiance\, 2026\, acrylic on panel\, 12″ x 12″\, Photo courtesy of the artist \nWhether painted in California or Oaxaca\, the works in Close to Home begin with the same impulse: to slow down and look closely. Working on a more intimate scale than in her previous work\, Tara Esperanza found herself drawn to quiet moments of observation\, where familiar plants reveal unexpected beauty through color\, form\, and light.\nCreated between two places that have become part of her life\, these paintings are less about geography than about attention. Though rooted in different landscapes\, each painting is shaped by the same curiosity and sense of wonder inspired by the resilience and sculptural elegance of plants.\nFor many years\, succulents have been Esperanza’s way of exploring themes of adaptation\, diversity\, and endurance. Through this body of work\, the smaller scale invites viewers to slow down\, look closely\, and discover that what is closest to us often has the most to reveal. \nBio:\nTara Esperanza resides in Oakland\, California\, where succulents thrive year-round. When she is not painting\, she enjoys running and capturing images that later inspire her work. Esperanza earned a BFA in Painting\, graduating cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth\, and studied plein air painting in Brittany\, France. A representational painter inspired by nature\, she has dedicated years to portraying the remarkable beauty and diversity of succulents. She has been a member of Mercury 20 Gallery in Oakland\, CA\, since 2020. Her work has been shown at the Women’s United Art Movement Virtual Gallery\, as well as numerous group exhibitions. In 2025\, Esperanza received Best of Show at the Annual National Juried Painting Exhibition at Emerald Springs Art Center in Oregon. Her paintings have been featured in Create! Magazine\, New Visionary Magazine\, and other publications\, and are held in private collections throughout the United States. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nOpening Reception: Saturday\, September 12\, 3 – 5 pm\nArtist Talks: Saturday\, October 10\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: October 2\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/tara-esperanza-close-to-home/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:September-October\, 2026 -- Multi-Artist Show
DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month\, and a look at the California landscape\, we welcome the talents of five amazing artists with five very differing styles. \nEnjoy!
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/september-october-2026-multi-artist-show/
LOCATION:Art@Archer\, 431 13th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260904T173000
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SUMMARY:Under The Thumb
DESCRIPTION:This group exhibition at Werkshack Studios brings together four artists to explore themes of oppressive systems\, power\, and control through glass and mixed media. \nWorking across diverse techniques including fusing\, painting\, stained glass\, cast glass and more\, each artist brings a distinct perspective to the ways power shapes our lives and communities. Glass becomes both medium and metaphor: beautiful yet fragile\, transparent yet obstructive\, resilient yet vulnerable. Together\, the works examine how systems of power are experienced differently across individuals and groups\, inviting us to consider who holds power\, who is affected by it\, and what it means to resist\, endure\, or transform it. \nArtists: Elin Christopherson\, Lynne-Rachel Altman\, Cricket\, Anne Wong \nGallery Hours: Saturday\, 1 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, September 19th\, 5 – 7pm \nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, September 4th and October 2nd\, 5:30 – 9:30 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/under-the-thumb/
LOCATION:Werkshack\, 481 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Walk
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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
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions,Opening Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260901T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261031T170000
DTSTAMP:20260831T052205Z
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SUMMARY:Under The Thumb – A Glass & Mixed Media Group Show
DESCRIPTION:This group exhibition at Werkshack Studios brings together four artists to explore themes of oppressive systems\, power\, and control through glass and mixed media. \nWorking across diverse techniques including fusing\, painting\, stained glass\, cast glass and more\, each artist brings a distinct perspective to the ways power shapes our lives and communities. Glass becomes both medium and metaphor: beautiful yet fragile\, transparent yet obstructive\, resilient yet vulnerable. Together\, the works examine how systems of power are experienced differently across individuals and groups\, inviting us to consider who holds power\, who is affected by it\, and what it means to resist\, endure\, or transform it. \nArtists: Elin Christopherson\, Lynne-Rachel Altman\, Cricket\, Anne Wong \nGallery Hours: Saturday\, 1 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, September 19th\, 5 – 7pm \nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, September 4th and October 2nd\, 5:30 – 9:30 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/under-the-thumb-a-glass-mixed-media-group-show/
LOCATION:Werkshack\, 481 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Werkshack":MAILTO:werkshack@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260830T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260830T210000
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SUMMARY:SPECIMENS - New works by May M. Low - CLOSING SHOW
DESCRIPTION:oin us at Dear John for the closing celebration of May M. Lo’s SPECIMENS—a final opportunity to experience this evocative exhibition before it comes down. \nBringing together works that invite us to look closely at the fragments\, forms\, and details that surround us\, SPECIMENS asks us to consider what we notice\, what we preserve\, and what we leave behind. Come spend one last evening with the work\, connect with the artist and community\, and celebrate the closing.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/specimens-new-works-by-may-m-low-closing-show/
LOCATION:Dear John\, 3807 Macarthur Blvd\, Oakland\, CA\, 94619\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T170000
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SUMMARY:Artist's Reception - Daniel McClain: Lost and Found
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us for the Artist’s Reception for Daniel McClain: Lost and Found.\n​Saturday\, August 15th\, from 2-5 pm \nStop in any time between 2 and 5pm to greet the artist\, enjoy the light refreshments and conversations while checking out the art. Don’t miss concurrent exhibition Donald (Aldo) Farnsworth: Hands of the Maker\, A Show of Hands\, also on view with the artist in attendance. \nTransmission Gallery is pleased to present Lost and Found\, a solo exhibition comprised of recent paintings and framed drawings by Daniel McClain on view through September 12th.  \nThe exquisite technical process at play in McClain’s paintings is elusive at first. With their striking imagery\, bold planes and graphic color\, they initially suggest collages assembled from found images\, fragments\, and printed material.  Only after spending time with them does it become clear that every element has been re-created by hand. What appears to be a collage is\, in fact\, a meticulous replication of one. A strip of masking tape turns out to be paint. A penciled note is drawn in graphite. A battered corner is painted. Printed text is hand-drawn graphite as well.  \nAt this point the scope of the work begins to become apparent. Every element has been carefully considered. Creases\, worn edges\, and the faint shadows separating one sheet of paper from another receive the same attention as an ocean\, an illustration\, or a section of chalkboard. By granting each part equal attention\, McClain transforms copies into objects with their own independent presence. \nThis transformation is ultimately the point. Replication is not the subject of these paintings but their method\, bringing images from different histories\, disciplines\, and moments into direct conversation. Each element alters the meaning of the others\, creating relationships that could not exist without this painstaking act of reconstruction. \n​An example is the recurring figure of Pinocchio. More than a literary reference\, Pinocchio becomes real not by perfectly imitating a human being\, but by accumulating experience\, making mistakes\, and developing judgment. In this sense\, he serves as a metaphor for the paintings themselves. They begin as copies\, but they do not remain copies. Through the process of their making and the experience of looking\, they become something else. \nFamiliarity with art history\, literature\, and broader questions of reality and mystery enriches the experience\, revealing subtle connections within each painting. Yet no specialized knowledge is required; simply following the rhythms of color\, shape\, and line offers rewards of its own. \nFour framed graphite drawings on found paper accompany the paintings referencing the work of artists Marcel du Champ\, Werner Herzog\, and William de Kooning as well as Patti Smith. Beautifully executed\, they extend the exhibition’s exploration of perception\, felt experience and the transformation of familiar objects.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-reception-daniel-mcclain-lost-and-found/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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