Creating Our Future
$ FREE. RSVP for Zoom Link.
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Public Installation and Online Exhibit: Saturday, November 14, 2020 – Friday, April 30, 2021 | Visit the online gallery.

Virtual Reception: Saturday, November 14, 2020, 4:30-6:00pm. View the virtual gallery reception.

Public Art Installation and Virtual Reception

Rhythmix Cultural Works and the City of Alameda present Creating Our Future, a public art installation and virtual reception celebrating the renaming of Alameda’s park formerly known as Jackson Park.

Bringing the artist’s voice to the renaming of Alameda’s first park formerly known as Jackson Park, Rhythmix Cultural Works invited artist Stephen Bruce to curate a temporary art installation to replace the park’s signage during the renaming process. In this important moment of change, the installation will bring together the work of six different African American artists, Stephen Bruce, Abi Mustapha, Andrea McCoy Harvey, Ashlei Reign, Tiffany Conway and Zoë Boston, to create a vision of our future.

During the free Virtual Reception held on Saturday, November 14th at 4:30pm on Zoom, participating artists will share their inspirations and significance of their work. Local historian, Rasheed Shabazz will provide a brief history of the park and context regarding the renaming effort. Also joining the conversation will be Alameda’s Vice Mayor, John Knox White, to share his perspective on the city’s hopes for the future of Alameda.

The installation will be on display November 14, 2020 – April 30, 2021 (at the corner of Park Ave & Encinal Avenue: 2430 Encinal Avenue) and is made possible with funding from the City of Alameda and a California Arts Council Creative California Communities grant.

Rhythmix Cultural Works is presenting Creating Our Future as a modification to its originally planned Island City Waterways Art Walk at the same site, which due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has restricted public gatherings. The objective of Island City Waterways is to utilize the arts as a vehicle to celebrate and share Alameda’s unique community history by connecting people to each other and the place they live.

The park renaming effort is being led by a community renaming committee with significant input from the broader Alameda community. The Recreation and Parks Commission will review their name recommendations with a final decision by the Alameda City Council.Park name ideas can be submitted to: ARPD@alamedaca.gov.

Speaker Bio

Rasheed Shabazz is a historian, journalist, and educator. He is a member of Rename Jackson Park, an anti-racist collective focused on education and the removal of white supremacist symbols from public spaces. Rasheed is currently studying for a Masters in City Planning at UC Berkeley. He is writing a book about race and housing and the experiences of African Americans in Alameda.

Artist Bios






Banner image: Empty sign posts at the park formerly known as Jackson Park, Alameda.