EastSide Arts Alliance uses arts and culture as a way to build community power and self-determination. We have been serving our neighborhood for over 20 years.
We are dedicated to building deep connections between and among working class & low-income communities of color, communities whose histories, stories and cultures are actively erased from mainstream narratives.
Through year-round programming at our cultural center and other public spaces in East Oakland, EastSide provides an example of how progressive artwork and the growing traditions of cultural offerings offers a creative framework for community solidarity and inclusivity.
"We believe that art can be healing and transformative when the intention is clear."
"We believe that art can be healing and transformative when the intention is clear."
The EastSide Arts Alliance & Cultural Center presents free youth art classes, cultural programming, public art projects, ongoing gallery exhibitions, community town halls, and the annual Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival. We work with numerous organizations and community
Regenerating Resistance:
The Alliance Building Legacy of Greg Morozumi Zine
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In Celebration of the Commitment and Legacy of Greg Morozumi.
As an activist, cultural organizer, artist, teacher and mentor, Greg has been a pillar to cultural movements and grassroots community organizing in the Bay Area for decades. Staying true to the belief that culture is a weapon in the struggle for liberation, Greg has led and organized Third World cultural movements laying the foundation for institutions like EastSide Arts Alliance. Through archival material pulled from Community Archival Resource Project (CARP), an archive of third world history founded by Greg, this zine - inspired by the exhibition that took place August 20 to September 16th, 2023 - showcases artwork, essays, photographs, newspapers, political buttons, and postcards that speak to Greg's legacy of building alliances amongst third world communities and leading with heart, power, and culture.