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DESCRIPTION:Community Celebration and Unveiling of the Oakland Palestine Solidarity 
 Mural #Artists4Palestine \n\n1pm-4pm\nSunday, August 10th\n401 26th Street 
 @ Telegraph\nOakland, CA\n\nMusic, Performances, Speakers, and Art 
 Auction.\n\nwww.estria.org\nwww.artforces.org \nwww.fosna.org\n\nThe 
 Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural is a monumental work of public art 
 located in Uptown Oakland on 26th Street between Telegraph and Broadway. 
 The mural pays homage to the history of Bay Area public art and expresses 
 solidarity with Palestinians as bombs continue to fall on Gaza.\n\nThe 
 Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural adopts the image of the tree as a 
 central motif and global visual signifier to link seemingly disparate 
 issues and distant locations. Spanning 157 feet and reaching 22 feet high, 
 the mural is comprised of nine separate panels, where each artist or team 
 of artists has painted his or her own interpretation of a tree to address 
 social and political issues.\n\nThese issues include the shared histories 
 of colonization, environmental exploitation, internal exile of indigenous 
 peoples, resilience and resistance to these injustices. The mural 
 dedication will be held on August 10, 2014 from 1-4 pm and is free and open 
 to the public. The dedication will include poetry, music, traditional 
 Palestinian dance, local stiltwalkers from LocoBloco and an art exhibit 
 From Gaza to Oakland.\n\nThis exhibition includes artwork from Gaza artists 
 and photo journalists responding to the recent assault; historical photos 
 of the expulsion of Palestinians from what is now called Israel; print 
 portfolios from Middle East Children's Alliance and work by muralists and 
 friends of Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural.\n\nThis exhibition will open 
 in conjunction with the mural unveiling on August 10th and will run through 
 September 30, 2014.\n\nThe twelve participating artists come from a wide 
 array of backgrounds, ethnicities and cultures. They include Dina Matar, 
 who is participating virtually (Gaza); IROT (Native American); VYAL 
 (Chicano-Native American); Deadeyes (African American); Erin Yoshi 
 (Japanese American); Susan Greene (Jewish American); Emory Douglas (African 
 American); Nidal El Khairy (Palestinian); Chris Gazaleh (Palestinian 
 American); SPIE (Asian American); Fred Alvarado (Latino American); Miguel 
 Bounce Perez (Chicano-Pacific Islander American).\n\nEach artist was given 
 a broad design parameter to use within the tree motif, which is a common 
 metaphor for life and a symbol of global commonality. From this simple 
 directive, the artists have created imagery true to each one's individual 
 aesthetic. The result is a public tribute to the human spirit and its 
 unassailable right to thrive in spite of political oppression and 
 injustice--wherever it is taking place in the world.\n\nThe seeds for the 
 idea behind The Oakland Palestine Solidarity Muralwere planted in July 2011 
 when Art Forces and the Estria Foundation's #WaterWrites worked together 
 with the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) on the MAIA Mural Brigade 
 in Palestine. A group of American youths, artists, trauma therapists and 
 activists traveled to the Gaza strip and the West Bank to paint murals 
 about compromised water quality at different schools, and youth centers to 
 raise awareness for the basic human right to clean water.\n\nThe murals 
 were painted at the sites of water purification systems that were installed 
 by MECA and provided clean water to more than 54,000 children and their 
 families. Over the course of this process and in the proceeding years, the 
 idea to bring artists from Palestine to the United States took hold and the 
 Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural became a reality.\n\nIn describing the 
 goals of this public art project, Art Forces states:\n\nThe Oakland 
 Palestine Solidarity Mural is a monument to joint struggle across movements 
 and distances. In this era of globalization, all of our struggles for 
 justice are intimately linked. Art Forces aims to contribute to social 
 transformation by using art and media to build and strengthen 
 relationships, activate public spaces and engage and move people to work 
 for a better world.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/08/05/18759607.php
SUMMARY:Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural Unveiling
LOCATION:401 26th Street \nBetween Telegraph and Broadway\nOakland, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/08/05/18759607.php
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