Mapping the Landscape of Learning
Center for Art and Public Life exhibition
Oliver Art Center, Oakland campus
Opening reception and Art Is Education kickoff event: Wed., March 2, 5–7 PM
Family day: Sat., March 19, 1–4 PM
Gallery hours: Mon.–Fri., 9 AM–4 PM
Info: 510.594.3754

In conjunction with Alameda County's Art Is Education month, this exhibition presents artwork by Bay Area youth and CCA students in the Center's Teaching Artist Program, with an interactive installation by performance and multimedia artist Jennifer Wofford and a photomontage of programs from 18 Bay Area public school districts.

Art Is Education is an annual month-long showcase of arts learning in Alameda County school districts.

of past and present, Taraneh Hemami and Persis Karim
Center for Art and Public Life Visiting Artist and Scholar Program
7 pm

The Center for Art and Public Life invites you to celebrate the launch of CrossConnections, a yearlong project focusing on issues in the Bay Area Iranian-American community. "of past and present" on view at Intersection for the Arts, is led by the center's visiting artist, Taraneh Hemami, and visiting scholar, Persis Karim.

CrossConnections will engage Iranian and Iranian-American artists and writers in an intergenerational, creative dialogue about issues of cultural identity, preservation, and representation in a transcultural and transnational context. Of Past and Present will be the first public presentation in a series of experimental collaborations exploring personal, political, and social concerns of the Bay Area Iranian-American community.

For more information please read CrossConnections.

rePresent
CrossConnections exhibition
Oliver Art Center, Oakland campus
Opening reception: June 4, 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Closing reception: June 19, 4:00–7:00 p.m.

The Center for Art and Public Life invites you to the second public presentation of CrossConnections with visiting artist Taraneh Hemami and visiting scholar Persis Karim. Participating Iranian and Iranian-American artists offer a portrait of the Iranian-American experience in the United States.

rePresent is a work-in-progress exhibition, which delves into ideas developed through the CrossConnections project. The participants expand on their personal reflections from Of Past and Present held at Intersection for the Arts, and create collaborative and interactive pieces that focus on dialogue between and across artists and disciplines.

For more information please read CrossConnections.

East Oakland Families Exhibition
100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change
555 City Center Gallery
Oakland
Opening reception: June 16, 5:00–7:00 PM Community celebration: June 19, 3:00–5:00 PM

Artist, organizer, and creative director F. Noel Perry and the Center for Art and Public Life invite you to the first 100 Families Oakland exhibition. Led by professional artists, 25 families representing East Oakland participated in 10 weeks of workshops at the East Oakland Youth Development Center. This exhibition of their work represents the first 25 of 100 Oakland families to create individual, family, and community artwork. This summer the 100 Families project will continue in Chinatown.

rePresent
Closing reception
4–7 pm
Oliver Art Center, Oakland campus

Join us for readings and performances at the close of the exhibition rePresent.

Center for Art and Public Life Open House
11 am–1 pm
Oakland campus
Info: 510.594.3763

Visit the Center for Art and Public Life on the CCA Oakland campus. Enjoy refreshments, view displays of projects and programs, meet the staff, and learn about the Center's work in community arts.

100 Families Oakland: Fruitvale
Dia de Los Muertos exhibition

One hundred families from four Oakland neighborhoods (East Oakland, Chinatown, Fruitvale, and West Oakland) are participating in a yearlong project in which they partake in a 10-week art workshop to create paintings, drawings, and sculptures centered around themes and issues of importance to each family.

For more information, see the 100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change.

Reception: Youth Mentorship Studio
Center for Art and Public Life
4–6 pm
Matilda Brown Home, 360 42nd Street, Oakland
Info: 510.594.3763

The Center for Art and Public Life at California College of the Arts sponsors this reception for Athena's Guise, a Youth Mentorship Studio course. The reception celebrates work created by CCA students in collaboration with middle and high school students in after-school programs in public schools throughout the Bay Area.

Applications due for Community Student Fellows

Contact Minette Mangahas at mmangahas@cca.edu to apply.

See Community Student Fellows for more information.