New West Oakland Mural Celebrates Black Joy and Women of Black Panther Party
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Tag Archives: Art
Third Annual Drunken Film Festival in Oakland gets a update
The festival takes place at Oakland Tribune Tower through Sunday, October 18, 2020.
Crafting a Mask to Match my Coronavirus Crown
Oakland Voices Alumna Kat Ferreira makes her own artistic mask to match a hand-crafted crown during COVID-19.
Oakland answers the call for art amidst protests
Artists turn downtown Oakland into an art museum.
Need a COVID-19 Mask? Oakland Activists and Artists Can Help
Oakland artists and activists are creating masks to keep communities safer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Empowering Youth and Disrupting Cycles of Violence
“I give them all the advice that I didn’t get.” -Michael Muscadine The weather, like the multicultural crowd, was beautiful. The music was danceable, the live artwork was politically conscious, and the tacos and aguas[Read more]
BECOME AN EAST OAKLAND STORYTELLER
By Brenda Payton OAKLAND VOICES COORDINATOR EAST OAKLAND – Oakland Voices correspondents have written about volunteers who are feeding poor people in their neighborhoods, resilient family members, organizations devoted to improving their communities as well[Read more]
Body Art for Cars
By Debora Gordon Say you have a black Honda. Or a white Chevy van. Drive around all day and see dozens of cars indistinguishable from yours. But it does not have to be that way.[Read more]
Oakland Art Teacher Thi Bui Urges Students to Draw, Think Outside the Box
By Debora Gordon Thi Bui, an art and digital media teacher at Oakland International High School, described herself as “a little reckless. I break a lot of rules. I’m very comfortable letting go of the[Read more]
Oakland, How Deep is Your Love?
As Sergio and I continue to talk about how the tide has turned in The Town, he asks, “Am I a part of this new Oakland? I don’t know. This ain’t Oakland.” I tend to[Read more]
