June 30, 2008 through August 23, 2009
TOLD FROM A TOTEM
Redwood Burl Gallery
Presented by the Education Department

Sixty students (grades 9-12) from Oakland High School’s Visual Arts Academy created contemporary totem poles, using recycled materials,

Daisy Velasco (grade 11), “The Real Me,” 2007. Mixed media.

during sessions led by Oakland High teachers and Oakland Museum of California staff. The students personalized their work with symbols, plaster, paint, and ornaments. The totems differ wildly one from another.

The Oakland High School Partnership Program is in its eighth year. The 2007 collaboration between the museum and Oakland High’s Visual Arts Academy was led by Christine Lashaw, artist and museum preparator, and Carol Squicci, assistant project coordinator. Student participants came from Keith (K-Dub) Williams’s and Jack Begrin’s art classes. Ongoing.

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