Arts

Fine Arts

  1. Museums:

    1. BAMPFA – Free with Cal ID

    2. Oakland Museum of California – The garden is free and overlook Lake Merritt. Usually cool exhibits (recent selections include The Eames [yes, the chairs, amongst other creations] and Queer History in California).

    3. MoMA in SF

  2. Galleries:

    1. PRO Arts

    2. Oakland East Asian Cultural Center

    3. Johansson Projects

    4. Sanchez Contemporary

    5. Vessel

    6. SLATE

    7. Aggregate Space

    8. Transmission

    9. Joyce Gordon

    10. Burnt Oak

    11. GearBox

    12. Classic Cars West

  3. Art fairs/festivals:

    1. Renegade Craft Fair - occurs twice a year (once in Winter, once in Spring/Summer), many booths with hand-made art, jewelry, clothing, food, etc. Located in SF.

4. Berkeley Art Studio: You can get student discount for a semester. They tend to fill up pretty quickly, so you need to sign up ahead of time. It is an open studio so that you can use it outside of class hours.

5. Play with Clay: You can get a group on and go with your friends.

Art Performances

1) Cal shakes: https://calshakes.org/. It an outdoor theatre with a picnic area where you can enjoy your wine before the show. Check out their flex pass options.

2) Cal Performances: You can also get a flex pass for $60 for 4 plays.

3) SF Symphony: If you are a Berkeley student, you can enroll with your student ID and you will get weekly discounted concerts on Monday.

4) Greek Theatre:

5) Today Tix: https://www.todaytix.com/x/sf-bay-area/shows: provides affordable tickets.

6) So Far Sound: It is a music series in secret places. People sign up their houses as concert venues to support local artists and if you are able to get a ticket, you will learn the location. It is a really nice cozy environment for all sorts of music types.7) Symphony in the park

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