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Cristine Blanco and Yétúndé Olagbaju, Converging Flora, 2020, Digital print on vinyl, Mills Public Art Initiative

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MILLS PUBLIC ART INITIATIVE CONVERGING FLORA
CRISTINE BLANCO AND Yétúndé OLAGBAJU Converging Flora is the shared creative work of 2020 MFA graduates Cristine Blanco and Yétúndé Olagbaju. The mural serves as a commemoration for Black lives lost that invites reflection on the ways in which national conversations about racial justice find roots in the Oakland landscape. More
Betty Kano, Red, White and Blue, 1988, Watercolor on paper, Gift of Michael S. Bell and Thomasin Grim in honor of George W. Neubert, 1988.15.5

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SEP 14-NOV 24, 2024 RESHAPING THE NARRATIVE: CALIFORNIA PERSPECTIVES Reshaping the Narrative: California Perspectives surveys the myriad ways artists represent and reflect our local communities. The featured artists offer unique and local perspectives on themes that resonate during this presidential election year, such as immigration, civil rights, labor activism, feminism, and cultural identity. More
Kija Lucas, Untitled (Magnolia), 2021, Archival pigment print

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JAN 11-APR 27, 2025 KIJA LUCAS: HIDDEN HISTORIES Kija Lucas uses photography to explore home, heritage, and memory. Through the seemingly neutral lens of scientific photography, Lucas emphasizes the beauty of her botanical subjects to speak to the embedded layers of history and meaning that impact our understanding of society.
John Gutmann, The Tear, mid 20th Century, Gelatin silver print, 8 3/8 in. x 6 3/4 in., Museum Purchase, Susan L. Mills Fund, 1941.4

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JAN 11-MAR 23, 2025 PHOTOGRAPHY & THE SPECIMEN Inspired by Kija Lucas’s use of botanical specimens to reveal hidden histories, this selection of photographs from the Mills College Art Museum’s collection explores various modes of the photographic specimen and their operations as forms of knowledge.