3rd Annual Jingletown Holiday Art Walk

12/5 Reception: 6-8pm. Gallery 4:20. Peterson Street, Oakland

12/6-7 Art Walk: 11am-5:30pm. http://www.jingletown.org

Head down and support your local Oakland artists this weekend and get a little holiday shopping done. My folks went down there last night and said they had a great time. So take a stroll, see a bit of The Town you probably don't frequent, appreciate some fresh art and meet some koo peoples.

Via the Jingletown website:

This holiday open studio will highlight the work of over 25 artists who live and/or work in the area known as Jingletown, which is situated between the Park and Fruitvale Street bridges bordered by the estuary separating Oakland from the island of Alameda.

Photo by Jingletown's Hamish Reid. See his postcards here

And if you don't know your Oakland history, here is a brief break down of Jingletown's roots:

Jingletown got its name from Portuguese cannery workers whose earnings would “jingle” in their pockets at the end of the day as they walked home from the factories in the area. As time went on the neighborhood went into disuse, but in the early 1980’s artists realized the potential and converted many of the neglected warehouses into functioning live/work spaces. It is now a thriving artist community and one of the fastest growing arts districts in the Bay Area.