Omi Gallery presents“CONJURE CIRCLE”
Opening Night Ceremony & Procession for
“Who Taught You How To Love Yourself? Black Womyn!”

Opening Ceremony & Procession Curated by ChE

Thursday, August 6 2015
A live music/ dance-based direct action in downtown Oakland featuring Afro-Brazilian dance and musical troupe SambaFunk! & The Funkquarians, Black Lives Matter organizers, and participating marchers. The #SayHerName exhibition opening included an evening of food, libation, multi-generational storytelling, performance art, and discussion aimed to amplify the voices of women, call-out the intersectional nature of state violence to mobilize local grassroots organizing, and utilize creative arts practice as healing and educational modalities.

+ Multi-media by April Martin and prints by Oree Originol in “Who Taught you How to Love Yourself: Black Womyn,” inspired by a powerful action by Black Womyn Bay Area organizers of #SayHerName who reclaimed the African women’s tradition of bare-chested protest (Art Exhibition 8/1/15-8/26/15).