100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change

The West Oakland Experience Creating Connections: Art is Change, Collaboration is Power

May 3–24, 2008

Reception: Saturday May 3, 2- 5pm

The 100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change project enlivens the creative spirit and celebrates the power of families and neighborhoods in Oakland, through the transformative process of creating art that promotes hope, action, and beauty.

The West Oakland segment of 100 Families ran Wednesday, January, 30th – April 9th at M. Robinson Baker YMCA, 3265 Market Street at Brockhurst, Oakland, CA. Twenty-eight families participated in the this segment of the 100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change, a community art project for 100 Families from Oakland neighborhoods (East Oakland, Fruitvale, Chinatown and West Oakland). The title of this year’s 100 Families segment in West Oakland is The West Oakland Experience with a focus on Creating Connections: Art is Change, Collaboration is Power.

Amana Harris, MAT, Associate Director of AHC and a California College of the Arts (CCA) alumnus, acted as the Site Coordinator for West Oakland 100 Families. Local Artist included: Kele Nitoto, Abnet Asnake, Nzinga Pace, Anthony Hall, Kim Turner, Aracely Sifuents-Ordaz, Daniel Panko, Jasmyne Richmond, Winn Taylor, Diana Alonzo, Maacah McCraw, Mike Brown and Tyrese Johnson, artists from CCA and other noted local artists assisted in art-making as community building.

For more information about the exhibition please contact Randolph Belle, 100 Families coordinator at 510.333.9175
or visit us online at:
100 Families
and
Attitudinal Healing Connection

The 100 Families – West Oakland project is made possible with the generous support of F. Noel Perry, National Endowment for the Arts, Columbia Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, and the Open Circle Foundation.