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Junior Center Of Art & Science

558 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA 94610, USA
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Junior Center of Art & Science sits on the Lake Merritt side of Oakland and feels more like a neighborhood youth hub than a formal museum. The space is set up for kids and teens first, with an art studio, maker-style rooms for building and tinkering, and an animal room that shows up a lot in their Saturday programs. Regular hours are mostly daytime and early evening, and weekend drop-in activities are common, so it is usually pretty lively when events are happening.

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For public events, the main gallery and adjacent rooms are used for rotating shows and receptions. Recent programming has included youth portrait exhibitions like “Wandering Stars,” community-focused receptions such as “Bosko’s World,” and smaller fairs like the “Wham! Bam! Zine Fair” that bring in local artists and zinesters. Expect simple, functional layouts, tables or stations for hands-on activities, and a crowd that skews toward families, students, and teachers, with some neighborhood folks from around Lake Merritt mixed in. Staff and teaching artists are present and easy to spot, since many of them are already running classes or workshops on site.

The organization operates as a nonprofit with a long history in Oakland’s arts and education scene. It runs after-school classes, field trips, summer camps, and weekend programs for East Bay youth, with much of it offered on a sliding scale. Founded in 1954, the center has been around long enough that many visitors show up as part of school partnerships or because someone in the family has taken a class there before. For a visitor coming to a one-off event, it will feel like dropping into an active youth art and science center that also happens to host exhibitions and community gatherings.

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