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December 31, 2024

Tribal truths exhibited at Oakland Museum

Most of the East Bay is considered Ohlone land that was stolen from the tribe by Spanish and American forces. That may be a hard truth for many of us to face and accept. Feelings of guilt and shame can cause us to freeze and deny that bloody past....
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September 26, 2024

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Stephen Bruce makes funky art in Richmond
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August 29, 2024

Stephen Bruce makes funky art in Richmond

We’ve all seen oil on canvas and pastel on paper, but few have seen acid on copper. That’s the signature medium of choice for local East Bay artist Stephen Bruce. Originally from Sacramento, Bruce now resides in...
Mother-Daughter Art Magic
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October 24, 2023

Mother-Daughter Art Magic

People entering the Laurel Burch Studio flagship store in West Berkeley will not only see and be surrounded by immeasurable beauty; they will be seen. Amid the elongated cats; lavish and layered flowers; bold butterflies; iconic swirl,...
Oh, the Places They'll Go
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August 23, 2023

Oh, the Places They’ll Go

The house on the corner of a quiet street in East Richmond doesn’t shout, “Artists within!” But during the pandemic, there was an event that may have given the game away.  Married artists Daniel “Atta Boy” Seifert and...
Gianna Davy's panorama of wonder
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February 27, 2023

Panorama of Wonder

Gianna Davy's debut picture book, "No One Owns the Colors" (The Collective Book Studio), follows an unnamed lead character on a spirited, nature-filled romp through a panoply of colors and sentient beings. 
Buddhist Art Exhibit
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November 23, 2022

Buddhist Art Exhibit

On Dec. 14, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) will open a new curated selection of Buddhist art, from antiquity to the present, “Endless Knot: Struggle and Healing in the Buddhist World."
'Hella Feminist'
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September 1, 2022

‘Hella Feminist’

“‘Hella Feminist’ [highlights] the lesser-known elements of feminist histories—particularly the experiences of people of color—but also demonstrate[s] how mainstream feminism at times made harmful compromises that were exclusionary.”
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January 1, 2022

Imagination on Fire

The Bay Area’s preeminent industrial arts organization A lifetime ago, when I was young and living in downtown Berkeley, I became aware of an interesting new metal-arts school in the warehouse district on the west end of town....
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