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“Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth, & NIAD” at the Oakland Museum of California

Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak Street, Oakland CA 94607, Oakland, CA, United States

In collaboration with three profound Bay Area institutions, Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD celebrates myriad works from contemporary artists with developmental disabilities. From painting to sculpture to multimedia, these world-renowned artists are producing work of incredible power, exuberance, humor, complexity, and joy.

“Don’t mind if I do” with work by Felicia Griffin at moCa Cleveland

moCa Cleveland 11400 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, United States

"Don’t mind if I do" destabilizes rigid ableist and exclusionary museum “best practices” like sparse seating, untouchable objects, dense wall labels, and guards who protect rather than invite engagement. It is a project built upon a framework of flexibility. By welcoming glitches, inviting informality and messiness, and unsettling the hierarchy of objects, "Don’t mind if I do" prioritizes people over artwork and makes more room for us to show up as our full selves.

“Into the Brightness” Lunchtime Gallery Activation Hour at OMCA

Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak Street, Oakland CA 94607, Oakland, CA, United States

Due to popular demand, OMCA is expanding their Gallery Activation Hour! During this Special Edition Gallery Activation Hour NIAD artists featured in Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD will be in the gallery discussing their art and process. About Gallery Activation Hour Enjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? Join us for Gallery Activation Hour, an informal drop-in experience, every Saturday from 1 to 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall. In addition to weekly Saturday Gallery Activation Hour and during the run of Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth Read More ...

Autumn Artdrop

NIAD Art Center 551 23rd Street, Richmond, CA, United States

Join us at NIAD Art Center this Saturday, September 9th for the opening reception of our "Autumn Artdrop." The event coincides with the closing ceremony of the GGLA curated exhibition, "Object Inside Object Outside Inside Object Outside Object." Saturday, September 9th 1 to 4pm NIAD Art Center 551 23rd St. Richmond, CA 94804 There are no stairs to enter the NIAD Art Center building. The building is one level. The sidewalk has multiple curb cut-outs and is wide enough for a wheelchair. The building does not have automatic doors. Our restrooms are accessible to people using mobility devices. We have gender Read More ...

Opening Reception for “An incomplete collection of all the Earth’s living creatures vol. 1” at Et al. etc.

Et al. 2831 Mission Street, San Francisco, United States

An incomplete collection of all the Earth’s living creatures vol. 1 OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, September 9th 5-8pm Hacer Acma Saul Alegria Deatra Colbert Julio Del Rio Luis Estrada Raven Harper James Heartsill Samantha Kershnar Jean McElvane Ann Meade Maria Radilla Dorian Reid Shawn Sanders The world is vibrating with the growth and motion and birth and death of living beings. Given a pen and paper or lump of clay, our hands seem drawn to depicting this menagerie, taking liberties with verisimilitude in a drive to capture quickly the gist of the creature whether human or turtle. This is quite separate Read More ...

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