BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscover y.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fro m CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/oakland-ca/src-3439.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALDESC:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscove ry.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fr om CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - oakland-ca BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bosko’s World DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260808 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260906 DTSTAMP:20260803T001938Z UID:10005644-1786147200-1788652799@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Nestled in the Rockridge area of Oakland is a quaint picture f raming shop. John Bosko and his sister are the proud owners of Bosko’s P icture Framing—a family business started by their father. \nJohn has bee n a collector of photographic negatives. Bosko has been acquiring/purchasi ng negatives for decades. This exhibition is a mere fraction of Bosko’s extensive collection. This body of work consists of prints and glass negat ives. John’s photo collection highlights the beauty and growth of the Ea st Bay landscape through a historical lens. Bosko’s World is a portal sh owcasing a forever-changing land\, culture\, and people. \nOn view: Aug 7 – Sept 4th LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T001938Z LOCATION:East Bay Creative Lab\, 558 Bellevue Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 9461 0\, United States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/boskos-world/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Are you with me NOW? - Jeanne Lorenz DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260815 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260730T033314Z UID:10005630-1786752000-1789862399@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Manna Gallery is pleased to present Are you with me NOW?\, a s olo exhibition by Jeanne Lorenz\, featuring new abstract paintings that em erge from an expansive daily drawing practice. Guided by the belief that a rt can metabolize the emotional and ecological turbulence of our time\, Lo renz transforms accumulated gestures into luminous vertical paintings that balance vulnerability with resilience. She embraces painting as an act of participation rather than escape\, one that holds grief\, humor\, light\, and hope in dynamic tension. Lorenz invites viewers into a contemplative space where attention itself becomes a form of repair\, and where abstract ion offers a language for imagining what might grow from uncertainty. \nAu gust 15 – September 19\, 2026\nArtist’s reception: Saturday\, August 2 2\, 2-4 pm\nOakland Art Murmur First Friday: September 4\, 5-8 pm\nArtist talk/Closing reception: Saturday\, September 19\, 3-5 pm\nGallery Hours: S aturdays\, 12-5 pm & First Fridays\, 5-8 pm\nAll events and entrance to th e gallery are free of charge LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T033314Z LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United Stat es URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/are-you-with-me-now-jeanne-lorenz/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hannah Franco: Poiesis DTSTART:20260904T180000Z DTEND:20261004T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T001721Z UID:10005845-1788519600-1791046800@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:SLATE is pleased to present Hannah Franco: Poiesis\, a solo ex hibition of new paintings by abstract artist Hannah Franco. Featuring ten new paintings\, Hannah Franco brings her once-hidden washes of color forwa rd as the true subject of the work\, revealing a self that had long lived quietly beneath the surface. Honoring the power of softness and vulnerabil ity\, Franco pays tribute to the often invisible and systemically underval ued domestic labor and love women have long contributed to their communiti es. \nFranco earned a BFA from Pratt Institute in New York City and studie d fresco painting in Florence\, Italy\, now currently living and working i n Oakland\, California. She has shown with Oxide Collective in San Francis co 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 T uesday through Saturday from 11am-5pm. LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T001721Z LOCATION:Slate Contemporary Gallery\, 5510 College Ave\, Oakland\, 94618\, United States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/hannah-franco-poiesis/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Exploring the Art of Collage: A Workshop Series with Raha DTSTART:20260905T170000Z DTEND:20260905T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T061345Z UID:10005218-1788602400-1788613200@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION: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 desi gned to help you explore new stylistic constraints and stretch your imagin ation. \nDate & Time: Saturday\, September 5 \nMorning Session\n10:00 AM – 1:00 PM \nAfternoon Session\n2:00 PM – 5:00 PM LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T061345Z LOCATION:Dictée Art & Exhibitions\, 2117 11th Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 946 06\, United States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/exploring-the-art-of-collage-a-work shop-series-with-raha/2026-09-05/1/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:False Gods ~ Opening Reception with El Gallo DTSTART:20260905T200000Z DTEND:20260906T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T181807Z UID:10005842-1788613200-1788627600@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:False Gods\nA new show by surrealist painter\, muralist Bill W eber\, aka El Galllo at The Grand Gallery\, in Oakland. \nArtist Receptio n\nSeptember 5\nNoon – 5pm \nArtist Talk\nSeptember 12\n1pm – 2pm \nBi ll Weber’s work takes a hard look at the corruption of government and a decaying civilization. With a dystopian thread\, his meticulous technique involving layering color upon color reveals what life can look like given our current trajectory. The details are rich\, often depicting corporate\, industrial giants as ungainly four legged creatures roaming a desolate ea rth\, or a nightmarish transport machine with hellish backgrounds\, and Im agine Hieronymus Bosch meeting Dali. There you will find El Gallo. LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T181807Z LOCATION:The Grand Gallery\, 560 2nd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, Unite d States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/false-gods-opening-reception-with-e l-gallo/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Exploring the Art of Collage: A Workshop Series with Raha DTSTART:20260905T210000Z DTEND:20260906T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T061345Z UID:10005219-1788616800-1788627600@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION: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 desi gned to help you explore new stylistic constraints and stretch your imagin ation. \nDate & Time: Saturday\, September 5 \nMorning Session\n10:00 AM – 1:00 PM \nAfternoon Session\n2:00 PM – 5:00 PM LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T061345Z LOCATION:Dictée Art & Exhibitions\, 2117 11th Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 946 06\, United States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/exploring-the-art-of-collage-a-work shop-series-with-raha/2026-09-05/2/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where the Shadow Falls - New works by Faye Wheeler DTSTART:20260906T010000Z DTEND:20260906T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T000206Z UID:10005848-1788631200-1788642000@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Where the Shadow Falls by Faye Wheeler explores the California wilderness as both inspiration and refuge. Drawing from her experiences h iking through Bay Area redwood forests and golden-grass hillsides\, Wheele r creates brightly saturated landscapes that blur the line between memory and imagination. Slightly surreal in color and form\, these paintings and drawings become meditations on love\, connection\, loss\, and the places —and people—we carry with us. Through her work\, Wheeler invites us to see the lands LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T000206Z LOCATION:Dear John\, 3807 Macarthur Blvd\, Oakland\, CA\, 94619\, United S tates URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/where-the-shadow-falls-new-works-by -faye-wheeler/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tara Esperanza: Close to Home DTSTART:20260911T190000Z DTEND:20260912T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T060856Z UID:10005832-1789128000-1792256400@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Tara Esperanza\, Protected Radiance\, 2026\, acrylic on panel\ , 12″ x 12″\, Photo courtesy of the artist \nWhether painted in Califo rnia or Oaxaca\, the works in Close to Home begin with the same impulse: t o 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 ob servation\, where familiar plants reveal unexpected beauty through color\, form\, and light.\nCreated between two places that have become part of he r life\, these paintings are less about geography than about attention. Th ough rooted in different landscapes\, each painting is shaped by the same curiosity and sense of wonder inspired by the resilience and sculptural el egance of plants.\nFor many years\, succulents have been Esperanza’s way of exploring themes of adaptation\, diversity\, and endurance. Through th is body of work\, the smaller scale invites viewers to slow down\, look cl osely\, and discover that what is closest to us often has the most to reve al. \nBio:\nTara Esperanza resides in Oakland\, California\, where succule nts thrive year-round. When she is not painting\, she enjoys running and c apturing images that later inspire her work. Esperanza earned a BFA in Pai nting\, graduating cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Dartmout h\, and studied plein air painting in Brittany\, France. A representationa l painter inspired by nature\, she has dedicated years to portraying the r emarkable beauty and diversity of succulents. She has been a member of Mer cury 20 Gallery in Oakland\, CA\, since 2020. Her work has been shown at t he Women’s United Art Movement Virtual Gallery\, as well as numerous gro up exhibitions. In 2025\, Esperanza received Best of Show at the Annual Na tional Juried Painting Exhibition at Emerald Springs Art Center in Oregon. Her paintings have been featured in Create! Magazine\, New Visionary Maga zine\, and other publications\, and are held in private collections throug hout 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 Mur mur / First Friday: October 2\, 5 – 9 pm LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T060856Z LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, Uni ted States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/tara-esperanza-close-to-home/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Patricia Guthrie: Get Up Stand Up DTSTART:20260911T190000Z DTEND:20260912T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T060856Z UID:10005833-1789128000-1792256400@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Patricia Guthrie\, Flood\, 2021\, Hand Painted\, Machine Piece d\, Machine Quilted\, 72” wide x 69” high\, Photo Beverly Tucker \nOne purpose of art is to support and communicate political messages. Using co lor\, letters\, and shapes\, Patricia Guthrie’s abstract quilts deliver political messages relating to the government\, international relationship s\, and global warming. She creates artwork using cotton fabric\, wool bat ting\, dyes\, and machine stitching. \nBio:\nAfter retiring as a professor and department chair of Human Development and Women’s Studies at Califo rnia State University East Bay\, Patricia Guthrie decided to actively enga ge in the visual arts. She began taking community-based art classes: drawi ng\, photography\, quilt making\, and printing on fabric. Quilt making and all its aspects has become her passion. Guthrie hopes her quilts encourag e 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 in cluding Schweinfurth Memorial\, Art Center\, Auburn\, New York\; Internati onal Quilt Museum\, Lincoln\, Nebraska\; Philadelphia Museum of Art\, Phil adelphia\, Pennsylvania\; and Tuch + Technik Museum\, Neumunster\, Germany . This is Guthrie’s second solo show at Mercury 20 Gallery. \nGallery Ho urs: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nOpening Recep tion: Saturday\, September 12\, 3 – 5 pm\nArtist Talks: Saturday\, Octob er 10\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: October 2\, 5 – 9 pm LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T060856Z LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, Uni ted States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/patricia-guthrie-get-up-stand-up/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Present Figures – Curated by Laura Malone DTSTART:20260911T190000Z DTEND:20260912T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T060856Z UID:10005834-1789128000-1792256400@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Clockwise from left: Nina Katz\, Heidi Brueckner\, Cindy Craig \, Shannon Rae Fincke\, Laura Malone \nPresent Figures brings together fiv e California painters whose works exist within the figurative language of portraiture\, simultaneously expanding and disrupting it. Centered around themes of intimacy\, boundaries\, and embodied emotion\, each artist takes an individual approach to media\, scale\, and the capacity of the human f orm to be both a site of identity and a vessel of metaphor. Engaging in pr ofound considerations of what it is to be human—our physicality\, sense of self\, relationships\, consciousness\, and creativity\, these artists i nvite us to engage with these shifting\, eternal questions and reflect on our own experiences—be they practical\, peaceful\, disturbing\, humorous \, fragmented\, spiritual\, or otherworldly. As individuals\, choices that begin with who and what to portray later manifest in stylistic and materi al communiquès that boldly and poetically reveal themselves to the world. Collectively\, the psychologically charged spectrum of the group reminds us of the myriad ways our sentience can be narrated. Like Anais Nin said\, “We don’t see things as they are\, we see them as we are.” \nBio:\n With Present Figures\, Laura Malone expands her practice to curation. Malo ne invited four artists to show alongside her\, chosen for their unique an d diverse approaches to representing the figure: two Southern California a rtists — Cindy Craig and Shannon Rae Fincke — and two from the Bay Are a — Nina Katz and Heidi Brueckner. Collectively their work has been show n across the globe in Europe\, Asia\, and the United States. Malone’s ar twork was featured in The Crocker Kingsley National Art Competition and in cluded in “Disrupted Realism\,” juried by John Seed\, who wrote the bo ok of the same name. Malone currently resides in Oakland\, CA and has been a member of Mercury 20 since 2023. \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\nOak land Art Murmur / First Friday: October 2\, 5 – 9 pm LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T060856Z LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, Uni ted States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/present-figures-curated-by-laura-ma lone/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CHARLIE MILGRIM | In The Backroom DTSTART:20260911T190000Z DTEND:20260912T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T060123Z UID:10005839-1789128000-1792256400@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Charlie Milgrim\, Fission Vision\, 2026\, acrylic on wood pane l\, 10″ x 32″ x 1.5″\, Photo courtesy of the artist \nThe spiral gro oves cut into vinyl records appear similar to the contour lines used in ma ps depicting radiating seismic patterns. These patterns inspired Milgrim ’s Rotations series. In these works\, she cut radiating grooves into acr ylic paint\, creating a labyrinth of circular terrains. \nGallery Hours: F riday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nOpening Reception: Saturday\, September 12\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday : October 2\, 5 – 9 pm LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T060123Z LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, Uni ted States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/charlie-milgrim-in-the-backroom/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mary Curtis Ratcliff | In The Backroom DTSTART:20260911T190000Z DTEND:20260912T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T000035Z UID:10005840-1789128000-1792256400@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Mary Curtis Ratcliff\, Drama Queen\, 2026\, mixed media\, 42 3 /4 ” x 35 1/2 x 2 1/4 ” Photo courtesy of the artist \nInspired by tra ditional costumes of Greek village women\, Mary Curtis Ratcliff has constr ucted three large figurative fabric collages which draw together her famil y’s history and life as a sculptor. Many of the elements included in the se works are antique objects inherited from Ratcliff’s mother\, from who m she learned sewing and three-dimensional design. \nGallery Hours: Frida y and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nOpening Reception: Satu rday\, September 12\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Oc tober 2\, 5 – 9 pm LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T000035Z LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, Uni ted States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/mary-curtis-ratcliff-in-the-backroo m/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:In Focus Closing Reception DTSTART:20260912T010000Z DTEND:20260912T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T001953Z UID:10005857-1789149600-1789153200@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, September 11th for a closing reception cel ebrating the artists of In Focus\; a Survey of Bay Area photography!\nOakl and Photo Workshop will be open late with refreshments and good vibes! \n In Focus was curated by Ann Jastrab\, Director of Center for Photography i n Carmel\, CA LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T001953Z URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/in-focus-closing-reception/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Opening Reception – Patricia Guthrie: Get Up Stand Up DTSTART:20260912T100000Z DTEND:20260913T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T000035Z UID:10005837-1789182000-1789232400@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:One purpose of art is to support and communicate political mes sages. Using color\, letters\, and shapes\, Patricia Guthrie’s abstract quilts deliver political messages relating to the government\, internation al relationships\, and global warming. She creates artwork using cotton fa bric\, wool batting\, dyes\, and machine stitching. \nBio:\nAfter retiring as a professor and department chair of Human Development and Women’s St udies at California State University East Bay\, Patricia Guthrie decided t o actively engage in the visual arts. She began taking community-based art classes: drawing\, photography\, quilt making\, and printing on fabric. Q uilt 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 int ernationally including Schweinfurth Memorial\, Art Center\, Auburn\, New Y ork\; International Quilt Museum\, Lincoln\, Nebraska\; Philadelphia Museu m of Art\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\; and Tuch + Technik Museum\, Neumu nster\, Germany. This is Guthrie’s second solo show at Mercury 20 Galler y. \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 LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T000035Z LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, Uni ted States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-patricia-guthrie- get-up-stand-up/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Artist Talk ~ False Gods DTSTART:20260912T200000Z DTEND:20260912T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T000035Z UID:10005843-1789218000-1789221600@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:False Gods\nA new show by surrealist painter\, muralist Bill W eber\, aka El Galllo at The Grand Gallery\, in Oakland. \nArtist Receptio n\nSeptember 5\nNoon – 5pm \nArtist Talk\nSeptember 12\n1pm – 2pm \nBi ll Weber’s work takes a hard look at the corruption of government and a decaying civilization. With a dystopian thread\, his meticulous technique involving layering color upon color reveals what life can look like given our current trajectory. The details are rich\, often depicting corporate\, industrial giants as ungainly four legged creatures roaming a desolate ea rth\, or a nightmarish transport machine with hellish backgrounds\, and Im agine Heironymous Bach meeting Dali. There you will find El Gallo. LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T000035Z LOCATION:The Grand Gallery\, 560 2nd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, Unite d States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artist-talk-false-gods/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Artist’s Talk – Donald (Aldo) Farnsworth: Hands of the Maker DTSTART:20260912T210000Z DTEND:20260912T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T002302Z UID:10005859-1789221600-1789225200@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Donald (Aldo) Farnsworth Artist’s Talk\nHands of the Maker: A Show of Hands\n​\nSaturday\, September 12th\, starting at 2 pm \nPleas e join us for the free event with Aldo’s Talk starting at 2 pm on Saturd ay\, September 12th.\nAldo will discuss his explorations in paper making a nd his twelve drawings on view at Transmission Gallery. \nHands of the Mak er: A Show of Hands presents twelve drawings by Aldo Farnsworth\, made wit h 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 Re naissance papers\, layers another history into these contemporary portrait s. Farnsworth makes the paper himself\, raising worms to compost the linen \, beating the hemp fibers\, and forming each unique sheet\, connecting th e 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 t he drawings carry the physical presence of the people they portray. \nArti sts and makers represented in the drawings include Timothy Berry\, David B est\, Squeak Carnwath\, Guy Diehl\, Guillermo Galindo\, Mildred Howard\, P eter Koch\, Jerry Lin-Hsien Kung\, Kiki Smith\, Michael Wild\, Andrew Will iams\, 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 reve al. \nThese works were made possible by Magnolia Editions and the Magnoli a Paper Lab with the assistance of Max Thill\, Tallulah Terryll\, Nicholas Price\, Alyssa Minadeo\, and Era Farnsworth.\n​ LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T002302Z LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-talk-donald-aldo-farnsworth -hands-of-the-maker/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Opening Reception – Tara Esperanza: Close to Home DTSTART:20260912T220000Z DTEND:20260913T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061959Z UID:10005835-1789225200-1789232400@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Tara Esperanza\, Mango-Sunset\, 10”x10” on wood-panel\, Ph oto 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\, Tar a Esperanza found herself drawn to quiet moments of observation\, where fa miliar plants reveal unexpected beauty through color\, form\, and light. C reated between two places that have become part of her life\, these painti ngs are less about geography than about attention. Though rooted in differ ent landscapes\, each painting is shaped by the same curiosity and sense o f wonder inspired by the resilience and sculptural elegance of plants.\nFo r 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 Espe ranza 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 cu m 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 Oa kland\, CA\, since 2020. Her work has been shown at the Women’s United A rt Movement Virtual Gallery\, as well as numerous group exhibitions. In 20 25\, Esperanza received Best of Show at the Annual National Juried Paintin g Exhibition at Emerald Springs Art Center in Oregon. Her paintings have b een featured in Create! Magazine\, New Visionary Magazine\, and other publ ications\, and are held in private collections throughout the United State s. \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 LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061959Z LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, Uni ted States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-tara-esperanza-cl ose-to-home/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Present Figures – Curated by Laura Malone DTSTART:20260912T220000Z DTEND:20260913T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061959Z UID:10005841-1789225200-1789232400@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Nina Kath\, Enigma in Shadow\, Oil on Canvas\, 56” x 40”\, Photo courtesy of the artist \nPresent Figures brings together five Calif ornia painters whose works exist within the figurative language of portrai ture\, simultaneously expanding and disrupting it. Centered around themes of intimacy\, boundaries\, and embodied emotion\, each artist takes an ind ividual approach to media\, scale\, and the capacity of the human form to be both a site of identity and a vessel of metaphor. Engaging in profound considerations of what it is to be human—our physicality\, sense of self \, relationships\, consciousness\, and creativity\, these artists invite u s to engage with these shifting\, eternal questions and reflect on our own experiences—be they practical\, peaceful\, disturbing\, humorous\, frag mented\, spiritual\, or otherworldly. As individuals\, choices that begin with who and what to portray later manifest in stylistic and material comm uniquès that boldly and poetically reveal themselves to the world. Collec tively\, the psychologically charged spectrum of the group reminds us of t he myriad ways our sentience can be narrated. Like Anais Nin said\, “We don’t see things as they are\, we see them as we are.” \nBio:\nWith Pr esent Figures\, Laura Malone expands her practice to curation. Malone invi ted four artists to show alongside her\, chosen for their unique and diver se approaches to representing the figure: two Southern California artists — Cindy Craig and Shannon Rae Fincke — and two from the Bay Area — N ina Katz and Heidi Brueckner. Collectively their work has been shown acros s the globe in Europe\, Asia\, and the United States. Malone’s artwork w as featured in The Crocker Kingsley National Art Competition and included in “Disrupted Realism\,” juried by John Seed\, who wrote the book of t he same name. Malone currently resides in Oakland\, CA and has been a memb er of Mercury 20 since 2023. \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 LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061959Z LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, Uni ted States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-present-figures-c urated-by-laura-malone/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Willam Rhodes: FEAR NOT DTSTART:20260917T190000Z DTEND:20260918T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061959Z UID:10005860-1789646400-1793466000@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:​William Rhodes: Fear Not\nSeptember 17 – October 31\, 202 6\nGallery Hours: Thursdays\, Fridays and Saturdays\, 12-5 pm \nArtist’s Reception: Saturday\, September 26th from 1-4 pm \nArtist’s Talk and Go spel Choir Performance: Saturday\, Oct 3rd starting at 2 pm\n(William Rhod es’ talk with gospel choir performance by the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center Choir\, music conductor and leader Kenneth Little)\nThis is part o f a series of NEXUS SFBay events including the Caleb Dowdell performance w ith 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 A ve in Oakland \nTransmission Gallery is pleased to present Fear Not\, rece nt work by William Rhodes. \nWilliam Rhodes’s sculptures on view incorpo rate objects that have been used\, inherited\, discarded\, or found with e lements he has carved himself. Trained early on as a furniture maker\, he combines hand carved figures\, flames and snakes with objects collected fr om a family home\, photographs\, hardware\, tools\, and other remnants of everyday life. Neon words signal from some pieces. \nThe resulting works r esemble shrines or memorials\, but they remain grounded in the ordinary. R eligious symbols appear alongside household objects. A photograph might be surrounded by carved waves\, tools\, hardware\, animals\, or religious sy mbols. A suitcase can become an architectural space. A toilet becomes the base of an unexpected monument. Things with little apparent value are care fully 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 trea ted as disposable\, recognizing and elevating their presence in his work. By giving attention to these lives\, enshrining and revering them\, he con siders 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 sculpt ures\, but it also takes on a more personal meaning. To look closely at li ves 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 arti st 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\, starti ng at 2 pm\, Saturday\, October 3rd. Arrive early to see a 15 minute music al performance by Caleb Dowdell starting at 1:30 pm at Gearbox Gallery jus t downstairs from Transmission Gallery. William’s talk to start afterwar d at 2 pm with the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center Choir. closing out th e event with their performance. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061959Z LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/willam-rhodes-fear-not/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MOMENTUM Juror’s Talk with Demetri Broxton DTSTART:20260919T210000Z DTEND:20260919T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061959Z UID:10005852-1789826400-1789831800@oaklandartmurmur.org CATEGORIES:arts 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. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061959Z LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/momentum-jurors-talk-with-demetri-b roxton/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Art Murmur X-SOURCE-URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR