Join us in “Loving The Laurel” and enter-to-win gift certificate bundles to local businesses! Bring friends and family to discover public art in one of Oakland’s most culturally-rich neighborhoods!
HOW TO PLAY: Join the #LaurelArtHunt via Instagram.
Find clues—The Laurel has so much art to offer! Get out and enjoy it between 8/21-8/29, 2021.
Capture the art—1) Post a photo when you find art described in the clues, 2) tag us on Instagram @laureloakland, and 3) include the clue number in the post description.
Win—Each correct post will be an automatic entry into 3 raffles. Prizes are gift certificate bundles to Laurel restaurants, retailers, and services. The more clues you find, the better your chances!
HERE ARE YOUR CLUES:
All art can be found from outside buildings unless told to look inside.
Boundary is MacArthur Boulevard from 35th to High Street.
Find an owl next to some DNA double helixes.
Find someone with a halo.
Find a sprouting seed.
Which mural is from the year 2000?
There’s a painting with heterochromia (two different eye colors). Let’s see those irises!
Find the couple with tattoos.
Find a collection of masks.
Find where it’s always daytime, twilight, and dusk.
California quails have distinctive head feathers. Find one in The Laurel.
You’ll have to go inside to find a woman wearing an eyemask on a bike. There are 720 DEGREES in the two bike tires.
Dragons and tigers aren’t native to California, but they live in The Laurel. Find them!
Find a caravan.
Find Calvin & Hobbes.
If you get hit with this 15 foot battle axe, you might become a GHOST. You’ll have to go inside to get a glimpse.
Love the Laurel!
Where would you expect to cut house keys? Head in and find a key that’s Hagrid-sized.
Find the family of bears that are out of this world.
Can you find a school of 3D jellyfish?
Find a sculpture on a pedestal.
Find the plywood art of marchers linking arms.
Where’s the hummingbird?
The king of P-Funk is only in his coworking space on weekdays from 10am – 1pm. Head inside to find him.
Find a monarch butterfly!
Find Fred Korematsu.
Happy art hunting, and see you on Instagram!