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Tuesday 9am - 5pm Wednesday 12pm - 6pm Friday 12pm - 6pm

Asé Arts

Asé Arts—where creativity meets impact! Asé Arts is building community engagement through the process of making art.

More than an arts organization, we are a mission-driven enterprise blending education, consulting, and artistry to deliver transformative, community-rooted experiences through our services and products. By creating spaces that fosters self expression, skill building, and access to working artists and their practices.

04/06/2026

We’re honored to be invited by the of The Links, Incorporated to facilitate a 5-week course supporting their annual national poster competition.
‘UNITY THROUGH ART’

Working with a group of 5th graders from MLK Elementary in West Oakland, we’re guided young artists through foundational skills that strengthen both observation and confidence.

One of our favorite exercises focuses on breaking down complex forms into simple shapes—helping students learn how to see. By observing where the body naturally bends and shifts, they begin to understand proportion, movement, and structure in a more accessible way.

It’s always powerful to witness that moment when something that once felt complicated becomes clear—piece by piece.

03/18/2026

Three upcoming dates for our Exploring Gelli Prints workshop.

03/05/2026

It is always so wonderful to receive a glowing review from participants who have taken a workshop with us.

This was a fun group of ladies who had been friends for over 40 years and were still making time to connect through play dates. We all need more of this in our lives.

02/26/2026

The arts belong to all of us, at every stage of life.

This quote reminds us that the arts are not a luxury—they are a lifelong necessity. The arts gives us universal visual language to express our experiences, space for reflection, and tools for connection across generations. Art is where we process, imagine, heal, and grow. It strengthens communities and it envisions pathways for change.

02/13/2026

Congratulations to our founder, Nichole Talbott, on being selected as the Contra Costa County representative for the Bay Area Artist Census (BAAC)!

This is the first-of-its-kind, artist-led initiative that has been two years in the making. Designed to gather critical data on the lived experiences of local artists. The findings will help inform policy decisions and advocate for the resources needed to build a thriving arts ecosystem in the Bay Area.

Learn more about the project and all the important work ground breaking that is doing. Meet the other fellows representing the Bay Area counties—Alameda, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Solano. They will work collectively for 18 months to shape the Bay Area Artist Census.

01/28/2026

A significant moment for the arts at the Bay Area Arts & Culture Collaboration Summit affirmed the power of artists and culture workers, planting seeds for collaboration. Visionaries from across the sector shared their models, bright spots, challenges, and aspirations—weaving together a collective story. It was a beautiful reminder of the power of walking together at this moment, within a movement..

A wonderful snap shot presented by the speakers of the innovative work being done throughout the Bay. Speakers Kristen Jacobson, Anne Huang, Olivia Malabuyo Tablante, Rebecca Fitton, Gabrielle Christian, David Blazevich, Shafer Mazow, Kevin Nelson, Sarah Williams, Charlotte Wheeler, Meghan Crosby-Jolliffe, Margot Melcon, Anna Shneiderman, Zakiya Harris, Cristine Kelly, Esailama Artry-Diouf, BK Williams, Rashida Chase, Liz O’Malley, Lori Fogarty, JK Fowler, and Julie Baker.

And thank you to for hosting us and holding space for connection and possibility.

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01/24/2026

Join us at the library as we celebrate the culture of the diaspora.

Throughout the month, we’re hosting free, hands-on programs for the community that center storytelling, symbolism, and creative expression rooted in the black experience. These gatherings invite our communities to learn, create, and connect together.

hosted at library branches across the Bay Area.

12/01/2025

Adults need play, experimentation, and creative exploration just as much as young people do. When we draw, paint, stitch, sculpt, dance, or simply make something with our hands, we activate parts of ourselves that the world often asks us to shut down.

Art gives us room to question, to reimagine, to process what words can’t hold, and to reconnect to joy.
It teaches resilience through trial and error, confidence through making choices, and emotional literacy through expression.

If we want whole, healthy communities, we must make space for creativity—for everyone. 🎨🖤

Pulled from a book by: Elliot Eisner, ‘The arts and the Creation of Mind’, Chapter 4, What The Arts Teach and How it Shows. (pp 70 - 92) Yale University Press.

09/03/2025

Originals and prints are available in our online shop. Click the link in the BIO.

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Oakland, CA

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	12pm - 6pm
Friday	12pm - 6pm

Website

http://asearts.org/

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