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Join us for our annual San Francisco/ Bay Area Black Art week from Wednesday September 30th - Sunday October 4th, 2026!

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1:30pm PDT

Caleb Dowdell's 'Our Prism of Dreams' - Performance

Saturday October 3, 2026 1:30pm - 1:50pm PDT

GearBox Gallery @ 770 W Grand Ave B, Oakland, CA 94612, USA

Future Vision: Caleb Dowdell performance with his piece Our Prism of Dreams, Saturday October 3rd, starting at 1:30 pm.

Please join us for this special performance at GearBox Gallery, just downstairs from Transmission Gallery at 770 West Grand Ave in Oakland. Start your experience with Caleb Dowdell at GearBox Gallery. Head directly upstairs afterward for William Rhodes' Artist's Talk at 2 pm with accompanying gospel choir performance by the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center Choir, music conductor and leader Kenneth Little.

Caleb Dowdell's multi-dimensional piece Our Prism of Dreams will be on view during NEXUS in "Future Vision" with work by artist TaVee McAllister Lee at GearBox Gallery, open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 12-5pm.

Future Vision brings together the work of two artists looking at the forces that shape the world we imagine and the world we create.

Dowdell’s Our Prism of Dreams is a kinetic, five-sided plexiglass prism featuring hand-painted portraits of people whose lives have expanded what others might believe possible. Scientists, athletes, artists, activists, astronauts, and educators appear together as examples of persistence, courage, and possibility. Painted with layers of translucent acrylic, the portraits shift and overlap as the prism moves. The figures emerge and disappear as the viewer moves around the work, while the sculpture itself turns freely with the air. Dowdell extends this sense of movement through live musical performances, adding another layer of response to the people and stories represented.

In conjunction with work by TaVee McAllister Lee, "Future Vision" asks us to consider what we carry forward. Future Vision does not offer a single picture of what lies ahead. Instead, it places hope, aspiration, responsibility, and uncertainty alongside one another—and leaves room for us to consider what kind of future we are helping to make.

Artists

Caleb Dowdell

Artist

Caleb Dowdell is a painter, singer, actor, and instructor who produces traditional paintings, mural art, graphic designs, sculptures, and theatrical and song performances. In addition to creating original paintings and prints to show and sell at local art walks, online shops, and... Read More →

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Saturday October 3, 2026 1:30pm - 1:50pm PDT
GearBox Gallery

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Website https://www.gearboxgallery.com/

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