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Pro Arts
Bay Area artists and art lovers have good reason to cherish Pro Arts, the 35-year-old Oakland–based nonprofit that relocated from Jack London Square to the Oakland Art Gallery space at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.
“Our mission is to support the arts by servicing the changing needs of artists,” says exhibitions and programs coordinator David Huff. So, for example, in response to city budget cuts, “We stepped up our advocacy work with city government.” Meaning? “When the city wanted to cut 100 percent of arts funding last October [2009], Pro Arts became the gathering place for organized resistance.” This saw 400 artists attend the city council meeting where the cuts were on the table, “which saved the arts funding,” says Huff.
“We’re best known for our annual East Bay Open Studios, which takes place in June. More than 400 artists from around the Bay Area participate, and the event draws more than 50,000 people.”
Pro Arts schedules many community shows. “We’re only dark when putting up new exhibitions,” says Huff. And during these times, one can visit the Pro Arts gallery store, which stocks jewelry, prints, bags and other arts and crafts items made by Bay Area artists.
Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery, 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, (510) 763-4361, proartsgallery.org.
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