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Downtown First Friday Events
Oakland Photo Workshop
The Night is Young 

The East Bay Photo Collective presents a group exhibition that captures the thrill of the night. Join them for an Opening Reception on First Friday. 

Opening Reception First Friday from 4 - 8 pm 
Oakland Museum of California
Friday Nights

Join Oakland Museum of California for First Friday with their Friday Night programming! Check out their show-stopping exhibition Hella Feminist that celebrates some of the lesser-known stories of feminism in Oakland and the Bay Area. 

Plus contribute to a collaborative quilt that honors the legacy of Feminist artist Faith Ringgold with the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland. More information on Friday Nights programming here

Open First Friday from 5 - 9 pm 

(Above image by Katherine Sherwood) 
Art @ Archer
What The Doormouse Said 

Art @ Archer presents a solo exhibition by Wally Fields 
whose paintings are inspired by psychedelic and mid-century modern ethos.

Open First Friday until 9 pm 
Joyce Gordon Gallery
Oakland Youth Art Explosion 

Joyce Gordon Gallery presents their 4th annual Oakland Youth Art Explosion. Join them for the opening reception of their Youth Art Exhibit on First Friday from 6 - 9 pm. Then, join them for the OYAE Festival on Satuday, August 6 from 11 - 6 pm for youth vendors, spoken word, youth bands, dance performances, mural painting and more! 

Opening Reception First Friday from 6 - 9 pm 
West Oakland First Friday Events
Aggregate Space Gallery
Antidote | A Group of Installations Inviting Reverie 

 

"We are sorcerers creating gateways to reimagine possibilities in what often seems to be an impossible world. Our works are windows into a spiritual realm, where the very fibers of existence can be restrung."

Aggregate Space Gallery is presents a group of works that act as invitations, portals, and pathways to spaces of rest and contemplation, both engaging this moment in the hopes of transforming and delivering us from it.

 

Open First Friday from 5 - 8 pm 
Transmission Gallery 
Transforming the Canon 


Lori Murphy continues her series of work based on the deconstruction and reconstruction of John Canaday's Metropolitan Seminars in Art, a classic series of instructive books about art and art making in her solo exhibition at Transmission Gallery. 


Open First Friday with an Opening Reception on Saturday, August 6 from 1 - 4 pm   

Gearbox Gallery
Days In Our Lives 


Gearbox Gallery presents Days In Our Lives featuring work by Myra Eastman and Sonia Gill.


Open First Friday from 5 - 8 pm   

Uptown First Friday Events
Mercury 20 Gallery
Jessica Cadkin: Plume
Chris Komater: 16:9
Leah Virsik: Common Thread 

Mercury 20 Gallery presents three solo exhibitions by Jessica Cadkin (pictured here), Chris Komater, and Leah Virsik. 


Open First Friday
Manna Gallery
The O. Smith Perspective 


Manna Gallery is proud to present a special showing of the illustrated narrative artwork of Orlando Smith, who is also incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. In the artist's words, "Let me make a strong statement here. The thought of being called a "prison artist" is a restrictive category. I'm an artist who happens to be incarcerated. My art speaks beyond just prisoner's rights." 


Open First Friday
SLATE Contemporary 
Summer Collection: 2022 Part II
 

SLATE Contemporary presents Part II to their Summer Collection. The group exhibition features new abstract paintings by Amy Donaldson, KL Folgner (pictured here), Joanne Fox, and Kate Zimmer. 
 

Open First Friday
Johansson Projects 
Community Garden

 

Johansson Projects presents their annual summer group exhibition titled Community Garden. This year features work by Maria Calandra, Andrew Catanese, Madeline Donahue, Howard Fonda, Cathy Lu, Humbert Ramirez and Sheena Rose. The panorama of styles and subject matter portray components of our cultural landscape, exploring motherhood and identity, our relationships to nature and our bodies, experiences of immigration, cultural hybridity, and assimilation.
 

Open First Friday from 5 - 8 pm 
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