“Oakland is a city in flux. As people from San Francisco and elsewhere migrate to Oakland in hordes, the physical and social architecture seems to be reconfiguring in real time. Amid such a transformation, divisive questions of ownership, authenticity, and belonging are at the fore of community conversation.”

“Artist Favianna Rodriguez, who is known for her colorful paintings that use butterflies as a symbol for migration, contributed a found object installation called Food Migration that’s an exciting elaboration on her usual work. To create it, she gathered multicultural budget shopping items from Asian and Latino markets and placed them like sculptures on a wall, forming an homage to the importance of food as a symbol of cultural identity.”

This article was taken from the East Bay Express