AFRO INDO SHOP+GALLERY 🇮🇳🇵🇷🇬🇭

💛 afro indo is the future 🐆 & couchdate is forever ☕️ open thurs-sun 10am-7pm 📍5032 telegraph ave 🌳OAKLAND 🏴‍☠️

@indevstrongarm has been putting so much love and hard work into this art show. but why? because Dev and @couchdate want to bring you a heartfelt, immersive photography show that conveys the complex stories behind and in front of the camera 🎞️ DEVIN ARMSTRONG ART OPENING - “LANDSCAPES” 📷 OPENING MAY 16 6PM-10PM This show has been years in the making. Months of digging thru Devin’s archive, for the film to be painstakingly archival-drum-scanned, allowing us to print the photos at a size of 4’ Saturday May 16 6pm-10pm 5032 Telegraph Ave Oakland On display thru June 28 The work of @indevstrongarm examines place, and the subjects that define that place. From a tranquil body of water to a gathering of people, landscapes contain a conversation between static and transient objects. Shot entirely on C41 analog film, at 35mm and 120mm. @couchdate is an Afro Indo Gallery in Temescal, Oakland. Founder Emmanuel Singh works with 5 artists within the Afro Indo diaspora every year, curating and showing their work - “People throw this word around, but I really mean it. The talent in the Bay Area is UNBELIEVABLE. It’s not about the money. None of us are in it for the money - it’s about showing the world how dope we are.” On display thru June 28 Available to be seen by appt or during couchdate hours of operation: Thurs - Sun 10am-7pm, 5032 Telegraph Ave Oakland

May is booked. June is almost full. July is getting booked up fast. Come by, listen to some vinyls, grab a chai 🫖 couchdate temescal is open Thurs-Sunday 10am-7pm

one-of-one handbags made from vintage carpets and premium leather stocked up at the shop 💛

❤️SOLD💛Vintage Haitian Painting 〰️ $200 Incredible colors, really nice form, and lovingly framed. Perfect on that empty wall in your Oakland apartment 26” tall 20” wide $200, DM to purchase or come by the shop. Free delivery

🌞SALSA VINYL LISENING PARTY🌛SUNDAY MAY 17 4PM-7PM I’ll be spinning Salsa, Afro Cuban Jazz, Cha Cha Cha, and many other Latinx, African, and Island rhythms. Featuring artists such as Eddie Palmieri, Mongo Santamaria, & Larry Harlow (slide 2) - staying away from classic names already in the mainstream eye. This is not a strict adherence to form but a nebulous, far reaching exploration Oh yeah we gonna have a crate of records for sale all $5-$20 (slide 3) Sunday May 17 4pm-7pm 5032 Telegraph Ave Oakland 🏴‍☠️ As always no cover

a small, beautiful scene from the shop shot by @klcyabnybrwn open thurs-sun 10am-7pm 5032 telegraph ave oakland

DEVIN ARMSTRONG ART OPENING - “LANDSCAPES” 🎞️ OPENING MAY 16 6PM-10PM This show has been years in the making. Months of digging thru Devin’s archive, for the film to be painstakingly archival-drum-scanned, allowing us to print the photos at a size of 4’x4’ Saturday May 16 6pm-10pm 5032 Telegraph Ave Oakland On display thru June 28 The work of @indevstrongarm examines place, and the subjects that define that place. From a tranquil body of water to a gathering of people, landscapes contain a conversation between static and transient objects. Shot entirely on C41 analog film, at 35mm and 120mm. @couchdate is an Afro Indo Gallery in Temescal, Oakland. Founder Emmanuel Singh works with 5 artists within the Afro Indo diaspora every year, curating and showing their work - “People throw this word around, but I really mean it. The talent in the Bay Area is UNBELIEVABLE. It’s not about the money. None of us are in it for the money - it’s about showing the world how dope we are.” On display thru June 28 Available to be seen by appt or during couchdate hours of operation: Thurs - Sun 10am-7pm, 5032 Telegraph Ave Oakland

Lars Krutak - “Indigenous Tattoo Traditions: Humanity Through Skin and Ink” (2025) 〰️ $40 free shipping (link in bio) @couchdate is an Afro Indo Market in Oakland, CA. Founder Emanuel Singh believes in showcasing contemporary works alongside antiquity - the new contextualized and rooted in the old. “Indigenous Tattoo Traditions” by @larskrutak embodies such beliefs - and provides a necessary perspective from voices not often covered in academia. Come by and grab a copy 🎥 @klcyabnybrwn

I 🖤 busy nights (and days!!) when our beloved mid-century modern couch goes outside…as the weather gets better here’s to many many more of those. a little bit of life and color for Temescal -Emmanuel

lots of records headed to the shop next week. I have been hard at work digging to bring ya’ll the goodies Come by the shop and say hi if you haven’t yet we’re open Thursday - Sunday 10am-7pm 5032 Telegraph Ave Oakland

🚨 THURSDAY DROP 🌍 vintage & contemporary records from Africa - available in the shop so stoked to have a curated selection of musics tha represent not jus where we’ve been, but where we’re going 🖤