Your last chance to shop the 66th Annual White Elephant Sale (WES) is quickly approaching! ❤️🐘❤️ Following its Open Warehouse days throughout the month of February, Northern California’s largest rummage sale is coming to a close with its Clearance Weekend March 1 & 2. This beloved event features 19 departments of quality used goods in a massive 96,000 square foot warehouse. 🔍️ Organized by the Oakland Museum Women’s Board, the White Elephant Sale is OMCA’s biggest annual fundraiser, raising over $32 million to support the Museum’s exhibitions, programs, and mission. 💰️ For more information and to purchase tickets: https://lnkd.in/geTA73NC #OMCA #WhiteElephantSale #Oakland 📸: Christine Cueto
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The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) tells the many stories that comprise California, creating the space and context for greater connection, trust, and understanding between people. Through its inclusive exhibitions, public programs, educational initiatives, and cultural events, OMCA brings Californians together and inspires greater understanding about what our state’s art, history, and natural surroundings teach us about ourselves and each other. With more than 1.9 million objects, OMCA brings together its multi-disciplinary collections of art, history, and natural science with the first-person accounts and often untold narratives of California, all within its 110,000 square feet of gallery space and seven-acre campus. OMCA is a leading cultural institution of the Bay Area and a resource for the research and understanding of California's dynamic cultural and environmental heritage for visitors from the region, the state, and around the world.
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🌟 Join us during our 24th annual Lunar New Year with a special Gallery Chat led by artist Chelsea Ryoko Wong and Senior Curator Carin Adams in our Gallery of California Art. As OMCA’s 2024 Artist-in-Residence, Wong will share the inspiration behind her new installation Ancestral Visions, which explores Chinese American women’s histories through colorful paintings and immersive displays. This event will start at 1 pm. Don’t miss this unique, thought-provoking experience! 🎨🧵 Ancestral Visions is on view until Feb 1, 2026. #OMCA #LunarNewYear #YearoftheSnake #Oakland #ChelseaRyokoWong
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Happy Year of the Snake! ✨️🏮🐍🏮✨️ The Snake is the sixth animal in the Chinese zodiac, and it is associated with wisdom, mystery, and elegance. In Chinese culture, the snake is a symbol of good luck and prosperity. It is also believed to be a guardian of wealth and health. 🩺 The Year of the Snake is a special time in the Chinese zodiac. People born in the Year of the Snake are often seen as intelligent, charming, and intuitive. They are known for their calm and collected nature, as well as their strong intuition and problem-solving skills. The Year of the Snake is a great time to celebrate family, friends, and good fortune. Celebrate the #YearofTheSnake at OMCA on Febraury 8! https://lnkd.in/geejcFtB #OMCA #LunarNewYear
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Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples is in its final days—don't miss this opportunity to experience a powerful exploration of identity, heritage, and liberation. Through photography, sculpture, painting, installation, poetry, and more, this exhibition weaves together intergenerational, feminist, queer, and Xicanx-Indigenous stories that celebrate ancestral forms of healing and self-expression. The major exhibition closes Sunday, January 26. Don’t miss it! https://lnkd.in/gb-FD6Pm #OMCA #Calli #XicanxArt
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Gather with us at OMCA for our 24th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration, Saturday, February 8, 2025!✨️🏮🐍🏮✨️ Celebrate and honor the year of the snake through family-friendly storytelling, performances, activities, and more. Join us on OMCA’s campus to slither into the Year of the Snake, uplift AAPI communities, and explore the shared connections between Asian cultures of the Bay Area. Festival access starts at 11 am; activities and performances start at 12 pm. https://lnkd.in/gNZ8ypYZ 📸: Christine Cueto #OMCA #YearofTheSnake #LunarNewYear
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“It's like the Indians of California don’t exist in the minds of most people, and I want to set the record straight.” –Dugan Aguilar Come check out our newest exhibition, Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California offers guests a first look at a significant collection that highlights Indigenous endurance and explores the vivid tapestry of contemporary Indigenous California life. https://lnkd.in/gb-FD6Pm 🖼️:Dugan Aguilar, Untitled (Portrait of Dugan Aguilar) Circa 1980s Gift of the family of Dugan Aguilar 2021.7.319.1 #OMCA #DuganAguilar #NativeCalifornia
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Looking for a gift for the entire family? Give the gift of Membership!🎁 OMCA Members visit for free, see exhibitions before they open to the public, and enjoy discounts at the OMCA Shop and Town Fare! Feel good by giving back. 🖼️ 🎟️ Visit our website for more info. https://lnkd.in/g9n6SwF8 #GiveTheGiftofMembership #MuseumLovers #OMCA 📸: Leopoldo Macaya
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