The 32nd Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition celebrates the work of Emeryville artists and includes paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, textiles, ceramics, glass works and poetry. The sheer number and array of artists living or working in Emeryville illustrates the city's cultural vibrancy and provides an impressive creative pool that continues to create new and exciting works. The 2018 exhibition features 165 works from 115 artists, representing the largest group show in its 32-year history.

Mad River Theater Works sets deep roots in their songwriting and storytelling while exploring the valiant and courageous personalities in American History. While focusing on culture and community, Mad River Theater Works strives to challenge racism and intolerance thorough their performances. Audiences take a glimpse into the past as Mad River Theater presents “Wings of Courage” an unbelieved story of Eugene Bullard, an African-American boxer, jazz musician and World War I flying Ace.
 

Arts For The Schools presents: Nation Beat
Borrowing, mixing and adapting musical traditions is at the heart of music. Nation Beat singularly conjures up this elemental musical charm, drawing on the source of rhythm that lit up jazz. From the Brazil drumming, propelled by sounds of New Orleans-flavored brass, this music makes you dance! Nation Beat’s mission is to unite the rural music of Brazil maracatu and NOLA roots to all audiences with their joyful Carnival-style rhythms.
 

Arts For The Schools presents: Okaidja Afroso

Join genARTS Silicon Valley for their annual Creative Conversation and participate in the national initiative started by Americans for the Arts to bring communities together in the month of October (National Arts and Humanities Month) to discuss issues of importance in the local arts and culture sector.

This year, our panel conversation will explore topics of advocacy FOR the arts and advocacy IN the arts. Learn and discuss how everyone can use their power to advocate for the arts in their local community, or how to use art as a catalyst for change.

Join genARTS Silicon Valley for their annual Creative Conversation and participate in the national initiative started by Americans for the Arts to bring communities together in the month of October (National Arts and Humanities Month) to discuss issues of importance in the local arts and culture sector.

This year, our panel conversation will explore topics of advocacy FOR the arts and advocacy IN the arts. Learn and discuss how everyone can use their power to advocate for the arts in their local community, or how to use art as a catalyst for change.

An internationally renowned powerhouse for dance, Ririe Woodbury Dance Company offers exquisite performances of contemporary repertory by diverse choreographers that allows an experience the audience can interpret as their own. A daring reconsideration of light, space, movement Ririe Woodbury Dance Company movements comment to dance while advocating the philosophy that “dance is for everybody”.
 

The first all-women full ensemble Mariachi Group Flor De Toloache is a diverse, bilingual band that fuses jazz, blues and other forms of Latin American music to illuminate world-renowned stages while preserving traditions of Mariachi. Taking Mariachi to old places and new, their limitless possibilities transcend the stereotypical as they as add intensity, color and exuberance to their music. 

Emi Sunshine, a 14-year-old prodigy from East Tennessee and a true vocal stylist, brings storytelling to her audience of all ages. While her music has been described as old timey, she adds her own unique blend with a sprinkle of vivid emotion. She plays the guitar, mandolin, and ukulele and combines her youthful, bubbly disposition with deep, meaningful song content.

Emi Sunshine, a 14-year-old prodigy from East Tennessee and a true vocal stylist, brings storytelling to her audience of all ages. While her music has been described as old timey, she adds her own unique blend with a sprinkle of vivid emotion. She plays the guitar, mandolin, and ukulele and combines her youthful, bubbly disposition with deep, meaningful song content.

Join us for a creative conversation between thought leaders about how to sustain the integrity of a cause when making art for public consumption. The panel will feature artist Karla Camacho, Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Visual Art Director Nara Hernandez, and filmmaker Sequoyah Tiger Moon.

Join us for an interactive workshop informed by holistic practices. Artists and educators Alli Simon (Instructor, Everybody Gym, and founder of OM Girl) and Sarita Dougherty (Artist in Residence, Women’s Center for Creative Work), will lead participants through exercises in movement, sound, meditation, and breath work to stimulate a connection with the self, facilitate an engaged community, and manifest creativity. This workshop is free and open to all.

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 Support Oakland's rich, creative legacy in order to mentor the next generation of artists and culture makers. 

The Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area, Oakland Unified School District's Visual and Performing Arts Department, and Oakland Museum of CA are partnering to showcase the amazing programs of Bay Area community arts organizations who work with Oakland's emerging creatives. 

Teachers, administrators, teaching artists, youth, families, and arts education advocates will learn about:

Join us as we start our “school year” with the classic story of Peter and the Wolf.
World-renowned mime artist Sharon Diskin and classical pianist Beth Sussman team up to bring classical music to life with their unique blend of mime and music.
Peter and the Wolf…A Classical Blast
Discover thrilling works by Mozart and Debussy as well as Prokofiev’s beloved Peter and the Wolf as you are treated to hysterical physical theater combined with brilliant piano playing.

// Exhibition on view August 4 - October 7, 2018
// Reception, Saturday, August 25, 2018 6PM to 9PM
 
FREE EVENT but RSVP is required via https://sparksgallery.com/events/gallery-selections-chapter-two-reception
 

Thursday, September 6th, 6-8pm
Free / Open to the Public / No RSVP Required
 
Join us for an evening with Richard Becker as he discusses his works on view in his solo show “Float”.  Visitors to the gallery will be able to talk with the artist and ask questions about his technique and style
 
Parking:
Parking is most available at the Park It On Market parking structure at 614 Market St (and 7th Ave) for $1 per hour before 6PM. After 6PM, $10 flat rate.
 

 
Thursday, August 9, 2018 6:00pm -  8pm
Free Event - No RSVP Required
 
Spend an informative evening with artists Monica Hui Hekman, Valerie Hebert, and Brennan Hubbell from our current "Craftwork" exhibition to learn about the techniques and materials that inform their craft.
 
Refreshments served at 6:00pm. Talk will begin promptly at 6:30pm.
 

6th annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Exposition & Special Exhibit of the works of John Hilton
Saturday & Sunday, September 15-16, 2018
Various Venues, Oasis of Mara, Twentynine Palms, California
The 6th annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Exposition is planned for venues around the historic Oasis of Mara in Twentynine Palms, for this September 15-16. The lively, fun, free weekend of art, music, and nature includes:
Joshua Tree National Park Art Expo Gallery Show

WAA SCULPTURE WALK 2018 is a Public Art Exhibition featuring over 40 internationally recognized artists, emergent sculptors, as well as participating local talents. WAA Sculpture Walk 2018 opens to the general public on July 1 and remains on view until November 1, 2018. Curated by WAA Trustees Mark Mennin and Barbara Talbot, the exhibition is organized by the Washington Art Association & Gallery in collaboration with community partners and the Town of Washington. 

The San Diego Pro Arte Voices will present the professional premiere of L.O.S.T. by Jason Rosenberg, Ph.D., UCSD.  Rosenberg composed L.O.S.T. in the contemporary style while completing his doctorate degree in San Diego.  The piece is paired Thomas Tallis’s Lamentations of Jeremiah, from the Renaissance era.  Each line of L.O.S.T. begins with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Women artists, historians and educators who focus on social justice issues will find a lot to love at Art Speaks: Lend Your Voice, the Annual Conference of the Women's Caucus for Art, Feb. 22-24, 2018 in downtown Los Angeles. The highlight is a free public celebration on Feb. 24, when internationally-known artists Lee Bontecou, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Gloria Orenstein and Renee Stout receive Lifetime Achievement Awards for decades of groundbreaking work.

The San Diego Pro Arte Voices will present their fourth annual An Evening of Readings & Carols on Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16, 2017. The format of the Readings & Carols concert is modeled after the famous Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service at King’s College, Cambridge, presented every Christmas Eve since 1918 and broadcast live via BBC Radio. The artists pair musical selections with readings by distinguished guest speakers.

The San Diego Pro Arte Voices will present their fourth annual An Evening of Readings & Carols on Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16, 2017. The format of the Readings & Carols concert is modeled after the famous Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service at King’s College, Cambridge, presented every Christmas Eve since 1918 and broadcast live via BBC Radio. The artists pair musical selections with readings by distinguished guest speakers.

Trans Pride 2017 honors retired United States Navy SEAL, Kristin Beck, who served to protect our country for over 20 years. During her service, she took part in 13 deployments, including seven combat missions. Beck was a member of the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group, a special counterterrorism unit popularly known as SEAL Team Six and received twenty-seven military awards and decorations including a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.

Music at Kohl Mansion opens its 35th Anniversary Season with the multiple-award-winning Calidore String Quartet, who made international headlines last year as the winner of the $100,000 Grand-Prize of the inaugural M-Prize International Chamber Music Competition, the largest prize for chamber music in the world.

A show like no other! Lightwire’s signature brand of electroluminescent artistry presents Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey, a cosmic adventure about celebrating differences. Bring the whole family.
 
Doors open at 6:30.

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