Oakland Art Murmur on June 1st

Since today is the first Friday of the month, Oakland will be having their Oakland Art Murmur from 6pm-9pm where a group of nearly 30 galleries in Oakland have coordinated openings on the first Friday of every month for the public. Wander from gallery to gallery, sample free nibbles, drink some free wine, see occasional outdoor movies and fine some new artists to love at venues like 21 Grand, Blank Space, Luka’s Taproom, Rowan Morrison, Rock Paper Scissors Collective and more.
 
Broadway/Telegraph Cooridor + Grand and Broadway | Oakland

Note 23rd Street between Telegraph and Valley is closed to car traffic, and craft, art, and food vendors are set up along this corridor.

Here's a list of the galleries

• Betti Ono Gallery
• Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
• Creative Growth Art Center
• FM
• The Hive Gallery
• Johansson Projects
• Krowswork
• Manna Gallery
• Mercury 20
• Oakopolis
• PHOTO
• Pro Arts
• Res Ipsa
• Roscoe Ceramic Gallery
• Shadravan's Art Gallery
• SLATE Contemporary
• Studio Quercus
• Swarm Gallery
• Vessel Gallery
• The Wall Gallery
• Warehouse 416

Oakland Art Murmur began as an acknowledgment by eight arts spaces located in the Northgate and Temescal neighborhoods that a cooperative effort to promote the arts in the region would garner more attention for their individual visual art programs. This led to the first First Friday Art Walk in January 2006, when all participating spaces (which then included 21 Grand, 33 Grand, Auto 3321, Boontling Gallery, Buzz Gallery, Ego Park, Front Gallery, and Rock Paper Scissors Collective) held concurrent receptions. Art Murmur now includes ten galleries and seven mixed-use art spaces. The popular First Friday event has grown to include not only gallery receptions but also street performances, one-night art installations, and social and political activities. Attracting gangs of bicyclists, BART riders, and car-poolers, from across the Bay Bridge and beyond the Caldecott tunnel, t he Oakland Art Murmur continues to blossom and be supported by the community of Oakland

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