The Kenneth Rainin Foundation is excited to partner with the Oakland Museum of California to present the Exploring Public Art Practices symposium. This year’s theme, Healing Justice, offers a poignant and timely topic. After three years of a global pandemic, ongoing racial unrest, climate disasters and a divisive political landscape, artists are turning to practices that offer us opportunities to engage in communal healing. Details of the event are as follows:
Healing Justice: Exploring Public Art Practices Symposium
Saturday, April 29, 2023, 10 AM–4:30 PM
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), James Moore Theater, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland
Tickets are $20 for OMCA Members and $25 for General Admission
Includes a curated community building food experience hosted by La Cocina and Wahpepah’s Kitchen
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Participating Artists
Join us for a day of performances, presentations and conversations that will explore public art practices that are pushing the boundaries of what it means to heal in the midst of challenging times. Featured presenters include:
- Dohee Lee
- Keisha Turner of Deep Waters Dance
- Alex Bledsoe
- The Lowdown
- Angela Hennessy
- Cara Levine
- Hector Dionicio Mendoza
- Damien McDuffie
- Andreína Maldonado
- The Future IDs Project
Watch videos of previous symposia here.
About The Exploring Public Art Practices Symposium
Launched in 2016, the Exploring Public Art Practices Symposium is a biennial, one-day conference that brings together California artists from a range of practices to investigate the power of art in the public realm. The Symposium is curated and produced by OMCA and supported by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation’s Open Spaces Program. This grantmaking program has awarded over $2.8 million to enable artists to create temporary, place-based public art projects that are responsive to issues relevant to communities in San Francisco and Oakland.
