Visual Art

Your Guide to May Oakland First Fridays

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A. The Hive: Small Voids How many artists does it take to create a one-night pop-up gallery? According to Todd Jannausch of Seattle, it takes 100. His installation, “Small Voids,” is making the last stop of its tour at The Hive in Oakland on Friday after Portland, Ore., and Seattle. Read More…

Visual Art

Talking Circle (Self) No. 2 (2012)

Collage collection is a recollection

Swarm Gallery presents artist Jessalyn Aaland’s ‘accumulations,’ a series of whimsical collages

The title of Jessalyn Aaland’s show, “Thank You for Your Waiting,” now at Swarm Gallery in Oakland sounds like an awkwardly translated phrase. But instead of the name sticking in your head immediately, the tiny yet surprising details of her collages do. But these assemblages of miniscule cutout vintage ads, Read More…