Oakland Museum of California

Gift your loved ones an OMCA Membership this holiday season. It's the perfect gift for those who crave experiences over stuff.?????????? OMCA Members receive FREE general admission, and discounts at the shop, cafe, and garage, not to mention the warm fuzzies for supporting your local community Museum. ??? ??: Kamiko Fujii #OMCAMember ?#GivingSeason #MuseumLover

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“I feel that these veterans deserve all the respect we can give them.”- Dugan Aguilar Dugan Aguilar used the word “Hudessi” - Maidu for “brave man” or “special man” - to describe Native war veterans. His father and uncles served in the military during World War II, and Dugan himself served as a marine in the Vietnam War. Dugan attended the Susanville Indian Veterans Reunion for many years, where he crafted portraits of generations of Native veterans. This reunion was one of the few all-Native veteran reunions in the country, where Dugan was the only photographer invited to create images of Hudessi. Veterans get special discounted tickets at OMCA! Come see our newest exhibition, Born of The Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California now on view in our Great Hall. https://lnkd.in/gb-FD6Pm #OMCA #DuganAguilar #NativeCalifornia #VeteransDay ??: Dugan Aguilar, Untitled (Self Portrait with Fellow Hudessi, Veterans Memorial Building, Susanville) Circa 1990s, Reproduction of gelatin silver print, Collection of the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of the family of Dugan Aguilar.

Calling all Laney College staff and students! Come get FREE coffee and donuts at OMCA on Friday, November 15, 11am–1pm (while supplies last). ???? After enjoying refreshments, come explore the museum's Special Exhibitions, Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples and Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California, plus the Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences - all for free! Laney students always receive free admission to OMCA with their Laney Student ID. Please enter the museum at 1000 Oak Street. #OMCA #LaneyCollege #Oakland

Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California, our newest exhibition, is NOW OPEN to the public!! ?? ??? ?? Photographer, Dugan Aguilar's powerful images document a rich array of Indigenous experiences, from the breathtaking California landscapes to gatherings, ceremonies, and the artistry of basket weaving.?? ?? Come get a first look at this moving collection highlighting Indigenous endurance, weaving together the stories of resilience and unyielding vitality that define contemporary Native life. #OMCA #NativeCalifornia #DuganAguilar #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth ??: Christine Cueto

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Our Senior Director of Learning, Experience, and Programming, Mary Ann Bonet Guardia,?was recently interviewed on?Kron4?with anchor Stephanie Lin about OMCA’s Día de los Muertos 30th Annual Community Celebration?this past Sunday! In 1994, a small group of visionary artists and community members in Oakland approached OMCA to organize the museum’s first community-based Día de los Muertos celebration. The first celebration planted a seed and linked a living tradition that uplifts a deep indigenous way of recognizing those who came before us to connect and reconnect our communities with our ancestors and ancestral ways of being. If you're having #FOMO about?missing our 30th Annual Dia de los Muertos community celebration, don't worry we still have an offering for you.?With Día de los Angelitos traditions in mind, the Día de los Muertos Committee of the Oakland Museum of California created a public ofrenda to express the feelings of anguish and compassion for the loss of countless young lives. Please check out the ofrenda in the Lower Level while it’s on view through December 1 and add the name of a loved one to the butterfly interactive! #DíadelosAngelitos?#DiadelosMuertos #Ofrenda #OMCA #Oakland https://lnkd.in/g4W5sKh9

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Districts 1, 3, and 7! Find out what candidates have to say about their commitment to cultural life in Oakland and its role in the Town’s recovery and future. Save the date: Wednesday, October 16: 4:30 - 6:00 pm Moderator: Azucena Rasilla, Cultural Reporter, The Oaklandside Hosted by a coalition of arts leaders & organizations and Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Commission Attendance limited. Please register using the following link: https://lnkd.in/gNbp2VF7

Celebrate Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month by visiting OMCA! Don’t miss out on our special exhibition, Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples now on view in our Great Hall. Tag your friends and family and make plans to visit ASAP! https://lnkd.in/gzcCEeFZ #OMCA #Calli #TheChicanoMovement #XicanxArt ???: Kamiko Fujii