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Subject: OMCA Member News: The Fences Are Up but the Fun Doesn't Stop!


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Member Newsletter July 2008
Oakland Museum of California

Message to Our Members: The Fences Are Up, but the Fun Doesn't Stop!
First Fridays After Five: East Bay Express Best of the East Bay
Music: Pacific Coast Jazz on the Green Fun for the Whole Family:
Family Explorations!
Sample This!
Tours and Workshops
Exhibitions: Birth of the Cool, Cool Remixed, In Our Own Backyard, and
The Art and History of Early California

The fences are up, but the fun doesn't stop!

It's official - the transformation has hit the street at the Oakland
Museum of California. Green fences have closed off the Oak Street
museum entrance, and the 12th Street garage entrance-but the museum
(and garage) are still open, and there's plenty to see and do. Just
for you, contractors have scheduled the most noisy, dusty activities
for Mondays and Tuesdays when the museum is closed. So come on by!
Keep scrolling to read about upcoming exhibitions and programs.

Behind the green fence, changes are taking place everywhere. On the
Oak Street terrace, plantings have been taken away to make way for a
new canopy.
Meanwhile, in the Art and History Galleries, crews have stripped the
galleries bare.

The Natural Sciences department has also been hard at work, gathering
the best and brightest in the California science community for a
colloquium to discuss current issues in the Golden State's wildlife
and wild lands. When the Natural Sciences Gallery is transformed, the
new exhibits will inspire visitors to embrace and protect California's
wildlife.

For more details on these stories, please visit:

http://www.museumca-campaign.org/project/construction-updates.html



First Fridays After Five/East Bay Express Best of the East Bay Friday,
July 11th
5 p.m. - midnight

First Friday's after Five stays open late this month! Congratulate
East Bay Express Best of the East Bay winners and enjoy live music and
performances throughout the museum until midnight.
The amazing lineup of the East Bay's best talent includes The Uptones,
Flipper, Destroyer-KISS cover band, Dyloot of DeepVoices, HOTTUB, Kev
Choice Ensemble, DJ Malachi, Amoeba artist Brandi Shearer, The
Whoreshoes, Mike Glendinning, Monarchs, + more music from Amoeba
Music; performances by Splash Circus and Savage Jazz Dance Company;
screenings of the Express 24-Hour Digital Film Festival; your favorite
food and drink vendors; and a Kids Party Zone sponsored by Chabot
Space and Science Center.
And this year's party is going Green: come on a bike and get a free
tune-up and valet parking. Flash a public transportation pass for a
tote bag of goodies. Free to all.


OMCA and KBLX present Pacific Coast Jazz on the Green Friday, July 25
6-9 p.m.

Enjoy a casual evening of live jazz. Hang out in the museum gardens:
bring a picnic (no outside alcohol), a blanket, or a comfy lawn chair.
Bill the bartender will be on hand at the no-host bar. Eat, drink,
groove to the music, check out where "cool"
started in. During breaks, visit the exhibition Birth of the Cool , to
see where "cool" started-and check out where it's going in Cool
Remixed. $8 General admission, $6 for Members.

Fun for the Whole Family
FAMILY EXPLORATIONS! Sample This!
Sunday, July 20
1-4 p.m.

Enjoy a sampling of Bay Area urban art and culture now. Visit the
exhibition Cool Remixed and learn beat boxing basics at a "school of
remixin'" with DJ N.i.L. of Youth Radio. Make a mini skate ramp and
puppets inspired by the art in Birth of the Cool.
Free to Members.

Tours and Workshops

Workshop: Botanic Garden Illuminations with Andie Thrams Saturday,
July 12 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Celebrate an East Bay Regional Park at Tilden Botanic Garden while
learning about working outdoors to capture gesture, detail, pattern,
color, light, and shadow. Ages 12 and up. Some art experience is
helpful but not required. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition
In Our Own Backyard: A Celebration of the East Bay Regional Parks.
Class size is limited. Fee: $60/museum Members, $70/non-members.
Registration is required. For more information or to register, call
510/238-2365.
Workshop: Creative Outdoor Fun for Kids and Adults
with Andie Thrams
Sunday, July 13
12 - 4 p.m.

Celebrate the creative spirit in an East Bay Regional Park. Use found
objects as well as pen, brush and crayon, and learn easy ways to
create spontaneous drawings in response to what's all around you. Ages
7 and up. Kids must be accompanied by an adult. Fee: $35/adults,
$15/kids ages 7-12.
Includes supplies. Class size is limited.
Registration is required. Registration is required.
For more information or to register, call 510/238-2365. Presented in
conjunction with the exhibition In Our Own Backyard: A Celebration of
the East Bay Regional Parks.

Bike Tour of Oakland
Sunday, July 20
10 a.m

Explore Oakland and its environs with the museum's bike-tripping
docents the third Sunday of the month as we leisurely wend our way
through downtown, Fruitvale, the Port of Oakland, West Oakland,
Brooklyn, or the Lake Merritt area. Reservations are a good idea
(docentcenter@museumca.org or
510/238-3514) but if you forget, come anyway.
Participants must be over twelve-years-old. Bring your own bikes,
helmets, and repair kits. Meet at 10th Street entrance at 10 a.m.
Free.

Workshop: Drawing Reptiles & Amphibians wth Carolynne Griffin Sunday,
July 27
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Chameleons, tortoises and tropical frogs! Capture the vibrant colors
and rich textures of reptiles and amphibians using a combination of
colored pencil and pen and ink. With these fascinating animals as our
models, beginning and advanced students can develop skills in texture,
pattern and color. Cosponsored by the Northern California Chapter of
the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. Fee: $45/museum and Guild
members, $55/non-members. For more information go to www.museumca.org
or call 238-2365.

Exhibitions: Birth of the Cool, Cool Remixed, In Our Own Backyard, and
the Art and History of Early California Birth of the Cool Through
August 17, 2008

Experience "cool," the hip new attitude and urbane sophistication that
infused the visual, graphic, and decorative arts; furniture;
architecture; music; and films produced in Southern California in the
1950s and early 1960s. Organized by the Orange County Museum of Art,
the exhibition includes a jazz lounge; clips of film, animation, and
TV shows; hard-edge abstract paintings; art, architectural, and
documentary photography; and an interactive timeline that highlights
examples of California, national and international culture and history
in the 1950s. Birth of the Cool examines the dynamic community of
artists who overlapped and interacted in Southern California at
mid-century-Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Charles and Ray Eames, John
Lautner, Richard Neutra, Helen Lundeberg, and others who played a
germinal role in the development of this iconic style of high
modernism.

Cool Remixed
Through August 17, 2008

This exhibition continues the conversation about what's "cool,"
putting a contemporary spin to the Birth of the Cool exhibition with
graffiti, DJs, lounges, street fashion, scraper bikes, video, skate
culture, and artwork created on a range of media -from car hoods to
sneakers. Curators Evelyn Orantes and Christine Lashaw from the
museum's Education Department worked with Oakland High School's Visual
Arts Academy (VAAMP), East Bay Asian Youth Center (EBAYC), Visual
Element of East Arts Alliance, Town Park, Youth Radio, Youth UpRising,
and local artist
Estria- to sample and mix today's art, music, design, fashion, and
culture.
In Our Own Backyard: A Celebration of the East Bay Regional Parks
Through October 12, 2008

Take a virtual tour of the East Bay Regional Parks, following the flow
of creeks from snow-capped Mount Diablo through protected park land to
the many parks along the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. A selection
of photographs from the museum's Bob Walker Archive celebrate the
diversity and habitats of the largest urban park district in the
county.
Populist interest in the Park District continues today as dedicated
citizens work to preserve open space so we all can enjoy "our
backyard." Guest curated by Christopher Beaver, author of After the
Storm: Bob Walker and the East Bay Regional Park District. (Wilderness
Press, Berkeley. 2007).
The Art and History of Early California Ongoing

Natural Sciences Special Gallery Experience the rich history, diverse
beginnings, and artistic and cultural heritage of early California.
This exhibition of art and artifacts from the museum's collections
explores the story of California from the First Peoples through the
Gold Rush.

Do you have questions about your museum membership?
Contact the Member Services Department Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street Oakland, CA 94607
510/238-6614
www.museumca.org/member


Check our events calendar for all upcoming events:
www.museumca.org/cal-public/calendar.cgi

Find more information about the only museum dedicated to the art,
history, and natural sciences of California on our website:
www.museumca.org

Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak @10th Street
Oakland, CA 94607
510/238-2200
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