BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-// - ECPv6.6.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250924T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260426T160000 DTSTAMP:20260420T082722 CREATED:20250923T223524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T223524Z UID:10003620-1758711600-1777219200@oaklandartmurmur.org SUMMARY:100 Years of Creative Visions DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the Mills College Art Museum’s centennial\, 100 Years of Creative Visions features an intergenerational and cross-cultural selection of major works from the permanent collection that emphasizes creative communities and the importance of artist friendships. Thematic sections throughout the exhibition highlight the strengths of the collection\, such as\, ceramics\, Modernist Photography\, California Impressionism\, Mexican Modernism\, Printmaking from Dürer to the Expressionists\, Asian and Asian American art\, and more. URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/100-years-of-creative-visions/ LOCATION:Mills College Art Museum\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94613\, United States CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/090125_RW_NUOAK_FallOrientation_747.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MIlls College Art Museum":MAILTO:MILLSARTMUSEUM@NORTHEASTERN.EDU GEO:37.7829;-122.1819 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mills College Art Museum 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland CA 94613 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5000 MacArthur Blvd.:geo:-122.1819,37.7829 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T180000 DTSTAMP:20260420T082722 CREATED:20260213T014005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T014008Z UID:10004198-1772791200-1777140000@oaklandartmurmur.org SUMMARY:Multi-Artist Exhibition -- March-April\, 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming these wonderful Bay Area artists to our first show of 2026. Varied styles. Varied mediums. Enjoy their artistry!\n Arie Dallas\n Ken Knudsen\n Nina Krebs\n MacArthur Nelson\n Shu\n Diane Wang URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/multi-artist-exhibition-march-april-2026/ LOCATION:Art@Archer\, 431 13th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Mar-Apr-Exhibition-Card-front-3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Art@Archer":MAILTO:greg@archerbike.com GEO:37.804829;-122.272476 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Art@Archer 431 13th Street Oakland CA 94607 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=431 13th Street:geo:-122.272476,37.804829 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T082722 CREATED:20260311T045200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T045308Z UID:10004230-1773316800-1777136400@oaklandartmurmur.org SUMMARY:Frank D. Cole: The House Inside DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours: Thursdays\, Fridays and Saturdays\, 12 – 5 pm\, and by appointment\nOpening Reception: Saturday March 14th\, 1-4 pm\nArtist’s Talk: April 18\, starting at 2 pm \nTransmission Gallery is pleased to present The House Inside\, recent paintings by East Bay painter\, Frank D. Cole. \nWorking from his West Oakland studio\, Frank Cole paints from a distance\, both geographic and temporal. His large-scale works emerge from reflections on his childhood in Mississippi\, with landscape\, weather\, and architecture forming an enduring visual vocabulary. In this work\, Mississippi becomes less a fixed geography than a felt condition\, a stand-in for memory and connection\, suspended between clarity and dream. \nFramed by porches\, window casings\, and thresholds\, Cole’s paintings position the viewer in an interior space\, looking outward. Beams\, panes\, and floorboards divide and measure the picture plane acting as armatures for recollection\, holding in place fleeting impressions of light on water\, wind through tall grass\, or rain dissolving a stand of trees. The result is both architectural and narrative\, emerging as quiet meditations on place and time\, imbued with reverie and longing. \nThe paintings carry a subtle tension between shelter and exposure\, presence and absence. No figures occupy these interiors; instead\, the viewer becomes the inhabitant. The threshold functions as a metaphor for memory–a point where the past remains visible yet inaccessible. \nAccompanying the larger canvases\, small preparatory studies reveal the evolution of each composition. In these pieces\, Cole tests structure\, color temperature\, and atmosphere. The studies function as concentrated meditations—intimate works where gesture and light are first explored before expanding into the larger paintings. \nWhile rooted in a specific place\, these recollections resonate beyond their origin\, becoming a point of departure for a broader exploration of early embodied experience – how light filled a certain room\, the rhythm of rain on a roof\, the view framed by a familiar window. Through carefully constructed interiors and expansive vistas\, Frank Cole transforms personal memory into a contemplative space others can inhabit. URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/frank-d-cole-the-house-inside/ LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Cole_PondHouse_web-1.jpg GEO:37.804829;-122.272476 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Transmission Gallery 770 West Grand Ave. Suite A Oakland CA 94612 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A:geo:-122.272476,37.804829 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T082722 CREATED:20260409T041239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T041239Z UID:10004770-1773493200-1778346000@oaklandartmurmur.org SUMMARY:Orange Crush DESCRIPTION:ORANGE CRUSH\n8th annual juried color-themed photography exhibit \nShow dates: Saturday\, March 14 – May 9\, 2026\nOpening Reception: Saturday\, March 14\, 4:00 – 7:00 pm\nTessier Wine Tasting: Saturday\, April 18\, 3:00 – 5:00 pm\nClosing Reception: Saturday\, May 9\, 4:00 – 7:00 pm\nGallery address: 2889 Ford Street\, #32\, Oakland (Jingletown)\nWebsite: www.grayloftgallery.com \nGray Loft Gallery is delighted to present Orange Crush – our 8th annual color-themed juried photography exhibition. This dynamic showcase explores the expressive range and emotional resonance of the color orange through an impressive selection of contemporary photographic works.\nThe exhibition features elegant and vibrant interpretations of orange across mixed media\, alternative processes\, traditional color imagery\, and hand-colored photographs. Eclectic and thought-provoking\, the collection captures the many facets of orange – its warmth and intensity\, its symbolism and ambiguity. \nPresented in conjunction with PhotoCarmel! Juried by Ann Jastrab\, Executive Director\, Center for Photographic Art; and Jan Watten\, founder\, Gray Loft Gallery. This year’s exhibit highlights the work of 80 talented Bay Area photographers who bring fresh\, distinctive perspectives to the color orange. \nFeatured Artists:\nDebra Achen\, Stephen Albair\, Laurel Anderson\, Francis Baker\, Janet Beaty\, Tony Victor Bellaver\, Bonnie Blake-Drucker\, Rose Borden\, Barbara Brundage\, Maria Budner\, Kimberley Campisano\, Mima Cataldo\, Ginnie Chabre\, Jessica Chen\, Susan Chainey\, Mark Citret\, Marna Clarke\, Crystal\, Lynn Collins \, Jeff Cullen\, Fairlight de Michele\, Tony DeVarco\, Allyson Ely\, Susan Felter\, Diane Fenster\, Ginger Fierstein\, Laurie Gabriel\, David Gardner\, J. M. Golding\, Cheryl L. Guerrero\, Najib Joe Hakim\, Arvian Heidir\, Edie Hoffman\, Irene Imfeld\, Judi Iranyi\, Josie Iselin\, Becky Jaffee\, Patrick Jagger\, Sherry Karver\, Ellen Konar / Steve Goldband\, Patricia Leeds\, Scott Leon \, Lisa Levine\, Nadine Levin\, Laurel Malinovksy\, Max Malcolms\, Jeanne Marino\, Lou McCorkle\, Melina M Meza\, Don Melandry\, Sonia Melnikova-Raich\, Carolyn Moore\, Charles Moulton\, Clay Myers-Bowman\, Steve Napoli\, Charlotte Niel\, Fletcher Oakes\, Deborah O’Grady\, Eben Ostby\, Mark Overgaard\, Karen Palamos\, Anne Morrison Rabe\, Mark Reynolds\, Malcolm Ryder\, Dennis Segers\, Neo Serafimidis\, Nancy Sevier\, Chris Stevens-Yu\, Douglas Stinson\, Kelly Sullivan\, Michael Teresko\, Vince Thomas\, Cole Thorpe\, Pavan Trikutam\, Jacqui Turner\, Jim Van Slyke\, Jennifer Waicukauski\, Sally Weber\, Susan West\, Jeff Weston\, Stephanie Williamson\, Nick Winkworth\, Yelena Zhavoronkova URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/orange-crush/ LOCATION:Gray Loft Gallery\, 2889 Ford Street\, 3rd floor\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EKonar_tracks-Steve-Goldband.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Gray Loft Gallery":MAILTO:grayloftgallery@gmail.com GEO:37.804829;-122.272476 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Gray Loft Gallery 2889 Ford Street 3rd floor Oakland CA 94601 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2889 Ford Street\, 3rd floor:geo:-122.272476,37.804829 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260327T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260502T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T082722 CREATED:20260318T224134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T224134Z UID:10004240-1774612800-1777741200@oaklandartmurmur.org SUMMARY:Andrea Guskin: Signals Beneath The Surface DESCRIPTION:The networks beneath our forest floors—where tree roots and mycorrhizal fungi share sustenance and signals through intertwined subterranean paths—served as a source of inspiration for Andrea Guskin’s exhibition\, Signals Beneath the Surface. This new work continues her exploration of scientific discovery as a metaphor\, using metal paintings and photographic processes to investigate themes of ancestry\, memory\, and interconnection.\nThread\, found objects\, and imprints of Guskin’s body on the metal paintings translate concealed activity into form\, mapping the connections that sustain life below ground and above it.\nWithin this exhibition\, she presents work from her recent project Local Roots\, a photo-based community arts project centered on ancestral relationships to herbs and spices\, and a new site-specific collaborative installation created with local artists Courtney Griffith and Yaminah Abdur-Rahim. \nBio:\nAndrea Guskin is a San Francisco Bay Area based artist working across the disciplines of photography\, sculpture\, and painting. She began drawing by pillaging her father’s office supplies for fine-tipped pens and yellow legal pads\, filling them with figures while lounging on a 1970s shag carpet in Kenosha\, Wisconsin. After studying painting at Antioch College in Ohio\, Guskin moved to New York City and became a part of the arts community on the Lower East Side. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2003\, she has exhibited her work throughout the state\, including at the Richmond Art Center\, BerkeleyArt Center\, and Red Poppy Art House.She graduated with an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Mills College at Northeastern University in April of 2023. Guskin lives in San Leandro with her husband and two sons. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, April 11\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, April 3\, May 1\, 5 – 9 pm\nJoin Andrea Guskin in a participatory activity centered around ancestry on First Friday\, April 3\, 6:30-7:30 pm \nImage: Andrea Guskin\, “Radial Expansion\,” Acrylic paint on Cinefoil\, 2026\, photo courtesy of the artist URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/andrea-guskin-signals-beneath-the-surface/ LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Guskin_Radial-expansion_1-Andrea-Guskin-scaled.jpg GEO:37.804829;-122.272476 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mercury 20 Gallery 475 25th Street Oakland CA 94612 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=475 25th Street:geo:-122.272476,37.804829 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260327T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260502T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T082722 CREATED:20260318T230028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T221617Z UID:10004241-1774612800-1777741200@oaklandartmurmur.org SUMMARY:Alec Marin: All That You Change/Changes You DESCRIPTION:All That You Change/Changes You is a collection of work centered around Alec Marin’s life: painter\, scientist\, and Chicano from the South Texas border. Each piece is an exploration of some dimension of his varied interests and lived experience\, from the perceptual distortions that occur during the phases of intoxication to the hidden reality of racial and economic segregation along the Mexican American border. Recent work focuses on his read of the foundational principles of Mexica (Aztec) philosophy\, their symbols and spiritual practices within a contemporary framework. His two latest paintings build upon this by framing the images as the prophetic dreams of an ancestor whose life and works would catalyze the culture and religion of the Mexica people.\n\nBio:\nAlec Marin is an artist and neuroscientist based in Oakland\, California. His work has been published at knowingneurons.com and “The Beat\,” an art and literature journal published by The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His work has been exhibited at the Fremont Art Association’s Annual Art Show; “Beyond Boundaries\,” a juried exhibition at the Mercury 20 Gallery; and “Ripples” group exhibition at the UCSF School of Law. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, April 11\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, April 3\, May 1\, 5 – 9 pm \nImage: Alec Marin\, “Momentary Condensations of Teotl\,” Oil on Canvas\, 28″x22″\, 2024\, photo courtesy of the artist URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/alec-martin-all-that-you-change-changes-you/ LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Momentary-condensations-of-Teotl-Alec-Marin-scaled.jpg GEO:37.804829;-122.272476 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mercury 20 Gallery 475 25th Street Oakland CA 94612 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=475 25th Street:geo:-122.272476,37.804829 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260327T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260502T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T082722 CREATED:20260319T214626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T214626Z UID:10004245-1774612800-1777741200@oaklandartmurmur.org SUMMARY:Leigh Barbier\, Jessika Cadkin\, Laura Malone\, Christine Meuris: Material Differences DESCRIPTION:The four artists featured in Material Differences work in painting\, sculpture\, and weaving. Considered together\, their works draw attention to the ways texture\, material choice\, and scale shape the dynamics of the exhibition.\nLeigh Barbier’s series Under the Influence features ceramic heads informed by her intuitive drawing process: pieces created during moments of inspiration\, anxiety\, or relief. They capture glimpses of an idea\, feeling\, or dream; fragments of her imagination.\nJessica Cadkin’s sculpture\, Cavity\, depicts a large‑scale molar\, reflecting a lifelong fascination with her teeth and her aversion to dentist visits. Her work explores the tension between attraction and repulsion\, presenting the tooth as something both familiar and unsettling.\nExamining human subjectivity\, Laura Malone’s paintings traverse a range of emotional landscapes. From jubilant bursts of vermilion in one piece to gentle splashes of gray in another\, Malone invites viewers to gambol here\, only to rest in stillness there.\nChristine Meuris’s pieces are examples of overshot weaving\, in which a contrasting pattern thread is interwoven with the structural plain weave threads; and the process of inlay\, in which areas of pattern are placed only where the weaver wants them. For Meuris\, making them was an experiment in layering structures of form and pattern. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, April 11\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, April 3\, May 1\, 5 – 9 pm \nImage: Left to right\, Laura Malone\, Fire Season\, Oil on Linen\, 40″x40″\, 2026; Christine Meuris\, Balance\, Woven Cotton\, 2 panels at 48″x19″ each\, 2024; Leigh Barbier\, Under the Influence (WIP)\, Ceramics\, 5″x5″x3″\, 2026; all photos courtesy of the artists URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/leigh-barbier-jessika-cadkin-laura-malone-christine-meuris-material-differences/ LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Chrissy_Jess_Laura_Composite-scaled.jpg GEO:37.804829;-122.272476 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mercury 20 Gallery 475 25th Street Oakland CA 94612 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=475 25th Street:geo:-122.272476,37.804829 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260416T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260523T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T082722 CREATED:20260407T151744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T152800Z UID:10004767-1776340800-1779555600@oaklandartmurmur.org SUMMARY:Edges of Attention DESCRIPTION:GearBox Gallery presents paintings by the 2025 Juried Show winner Javier Arizmendi-Kalb\, and ceramic sculptures from guest artist Susana Arias\, in Edges of Attention\, April 16th through May 23rd. Artists’ Reception is Saturday\, April 25\, 1 – 4pm. \n“Edges of Attention” brings together the work of Javier Arizmendi-Kalb and Susana Arias in a shared exploration of structure\, gesture\, and the threshold between control and intuition. Across painting and sculpture\, the exhibition engages in a spatial dialogue where perception shifts—where what is seen directly is only part of what is felt. \nArizmendi-Kalb’s large-scale paintings\, each rising to six feet in height\, operate as immersive environments rather than images\, occupying space with both physical authority and emotional immediacy. Suggesting refracted light and architectural spaces\, planes of color\, linear scaffolding\, and gestural marks collide and cohere\, hovering between construction and improvisation. \nIn conversation with these expansive canvases\, ceramic sculptures from Susana Arias’ Tree Series rise from four to over six feet tall. These works do not depict trees; they extract their presence. Minimal yet grounded\, they quietly shape and divide the surrounding space while rings\, joints\, and variations in surface suggest time embedded within the material\, evoking cycles of growth without literal narrative. \nGearBox Gallery: 770 West Grand Ave\, Oakland.\nGallery hours: Noon to 5pm Thursdays\, Fridays and Saturdays URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/edges-of-attention/ LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_2508-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Gearbox Gallery":MAILTO:info@gearboxgallery.com GEO:37.804829;-122.272476 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Gearbox Gallery 770 West Grand Avenue Oakland CA 94612 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=770 West Grand Avenue:geo:-122.272476,37.804829 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR