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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1

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Wed. Oct 1 | 6PM – 8PM

Opening Reception and Artist Talk (artist TBD) in Conversation with MoAD Chief of Curatorial & Public Programs, Key Jo Lee

Artist Talk

Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco

UNBOUND: Art, Blackness, and the Universe is a groundbreaking exhibition curated by MoAD’s Chief of Curatorial Affairs, Key Jo Lee. Drawing from her essay “Gesturing Towards Infinitude,” Lee explores the conceptual parallels between astrophysical blackness and racial, social, and philosophical Blackness. The exhibition features a diverse group of contemporary African Diasporic artists, including Lorna Simpson and Kerry James Marshall, examining Blackness as a liberatory force.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 2

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Thu. Oct 2 | 6PM – 8PM

Artist Talk with Auudi Dorsey, MoAD Chief of Curatorial & Public Programs, Key Jo Lee & Moderated by Mattie Loyce

Artist Talk

Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery 966 Market Street, San Francisco

Join us on Wednesday, October 2 from 6–8 PM for an evening of art, dialogue, and community with New Orleans–based artist Auudi Dorsey, in conversation with Key Jo Lee, Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Public Programs at Museum of the African Diaspora. The conversation will be moderated by interdisciplinary artist, curator, and community advocate Mattie Loyce. Presented in partnership with San Francisco–based gallery Jonathan Carver Moore and timed to coincide with Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, this panel explores the intersection of place, memory, and cultural inheritance in Dorsey’s work.Fresh off a new body of work created as part of Moore’s artist-in-residence program, Dorsey reflects on the influence of New Orleans, ancestral memory, and the celebration of everyday Black life. His paintings honor the past while imagining expansive futures—centering joy, ritual, and the beauty of Black Southern life.

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Friday, OCT. 3

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5 PM to 9:30 PM

Oakland Art Murmur: First Fridays

Open Studio

Telegraph Avenue between 27th & 22nd Streets

Oakland First Fridays is a free, monthly street festival that celebrates the vibrant art, culture, and community of Oakland. space to experience the soul of The Town. Featured Nexus artist talks and events to be announced.

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MoAD & Nexus present GLOBAL GROOVE REMIX

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

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SATURDAY, OCT. 4

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A MARCH THROUGH TIME featuring George McCalman

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Sat. Oct 4th | 6PM – 11:30PM

Afropolitan Ball: Celebrating MoAD's 20th Anniversary

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San Francisco Ferry Building

An unforgettable evening celebrating the Museum of the African Diaspora’s 20th Anniversary at this signature gala—the Afropolitan Ball! This year’s celebration will be held at the illustrious San Francisco Ferry Building, where MoAD marks two decades of impact on art, culture, and community.

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Sat. Oct. 4th | 1pm to 5pm

Ramekon O’Arwisters

Open Studio

2830 20th Street, San Francisco

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Sat. Oct. 4th | 11am - 5pm

Artist in Residence Najee Tobin

Open Studio

2055 Bryant Street, San Francisco

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SUNDAY, OCT. 5

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Sun. Oct. 5th | 2pm

The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall, Directed by ShawnJ West

Performance

‍New Conservatory Theatre Center 25 Van Ness Avenue at Market Street, San Francisco

It’s springtime in Memphis, and that means wing season! Cordell Crutchfield and his band of culinary friends, The New Wing Order are lighting the flames to serve up the savory, ready to capture the tantalizing title of Hot Wing King. But victory is not guaranteed when the sauce hits the fan, and family adds spice to the pot. In this Regional Premier, Katori Hall’s Pulitzer-winning sumptuous tale fills the heart as well as our stomachs with love. ‍ Special matinee viewing & post-show talk for Nexus attendees ‍Discount Tickets: Use code word “Nexus” at check out

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On View Oct 1 - 5

Black Gold: Stories Untold

Thurs – Mon | 10am to 5pm | Closes on November 2, 2025

FOR-SITE, Fort Point National Historic Site, 201 Marine Dr., San Francisco

FOR-SITE’s highly anticipated exhibition Black Gold: Stories Untold invites 17 contemporary artists and collectives to reflect on the resilience, struggles, and triumphs of African Americans who lived in California from the Gold Rush to the Reconstruction period following the Civil War (c. 1849–1877). ‍ Artists: Akea Brionne, Demetri Broxton, Adrian L. Burrell, the artists of Creativity Explored, Adam Davis, Cheryl Derricotte, Carla Edwards, Mildred Howard, Isaac Julien, Tiff Massey, Umar Rashid, Trina Michelle Robinson, Alison Saar, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Bryan Keith Thomas, Cosmo Whyte, and Hank Willis Thomas.

UNBOUND: Art, Blackness, and the Universe

Museum Hours: Tues – Sun, 10am to 5pm – Closes on August 3rd, 2026

Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission St. San Francisco

UNBOUND: Art, Blackness, and the Universe is a groundbreaking exhibition curated by MoAD’s Chief of Curatorial Affairs, Key Jo Lee. Drawing from her essay “Gesturing Towards Infinitude,” Lee explores the conceptual parallels between astrophysical blackness and racial, social, and philosophical Blackness. The exhibition features a diverse group of contemporary African Diasporic artists, including Lorna Simpson and Kerry James Marshall, examining Blackness as a liberatory force. (Artists TBA)

Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California

Hours: Wed – Sun | 11am to 7pm | Closes on November 30, 2025

BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley

Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California traces the flow and flourishing of quilts in the context of the Second Great Migration. It is the first group exhibition of artworks drawn from the African American quilt collection at BAMPFA consisting of one hundred artworks representing nearly eighty individuals—many of them women with ties to the Bay Area. The exhibition invites audiences into a conversation around the quilts’ joyful power as objects of African American cultural heritage and artworks within expansive histories of art in the United States.

Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain

Wed-Sun 11AM-5PM / Late Fridays (October) 5PM - 9PM

Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) 1000 Oak Street at 10th Street Oakland, CA

On View 1 - 5

The Black Panther Party Legacy

‍Hours: Weds – Sat, 10am to 3pm

Black Panther Party Museum 1427 Broadway, Downtown Oakland

The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation is a tax-deductible 501(c)3 founded in 1995 by David Hilliard, former Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, and Fredrika Newton, Panther and widow of Huey P. Newton. They founded the organization to protect the Black Panther Party legacy and assure it lives on despite COINTELPRO, the FBI’s program to discredit, disrupt, and destroy, Black leaders. In a period when activists, professionals, and scholars alike seek to connect prior and current movements, we created the Black Panther Party Museum for people around the globe to learn, engage with, and be inspired by the teachings of Huey P. Newton and the collective Black Panther Party. ‍

The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall, Directed by ShawnJ West

Sep 19 – Oct 19, 2025 (times vary)

New Conservatory Theatre Center 25 Van Ness Avenue at Market Street, San Francisco

It’s springtime in Memphis, and that means wing season! Cordell Crutchfield and his band of culinary friends, The New Wing Order are lighting the flames to serve up the savory, ready to capture the tantalizing title of Hot Wing King. But victory is not guaranteed when the sauce hits the fan, and family adds spice to the pot. In this Regional Premier, Katori Hall’s Pulitzer-winning sumptuous tale fills the heart as well as our stomachs with love. ‍ Discount Tickets: Use code word “Nexus” at check out ‍

Women of Afrofuturism

SFO Hours

San Francisco International Airport – Harvey Milk Terminal 1 – Departures Level 2, Gallery 1D

Afrofuturism, an artistic and sociopolitical liberation movement, examines the past, questions the present, and reimagines the futures of Black people. The term was first coined in the 1993 essay “Black to the Future” by writer Mark Dery. Afrofuturism explores the Black experience through a combination of science fiction, magical realism, mythology, history, and technology in genres ranging from literature and music to fashion, film, and visual arts. Afrofuturism may incorporate a range of components—from outer space to the natural world and popular culture. This exhibition celebrates the women of Afrofuturism who continually imagine inclusive, joyful, and luminous futures for Black people while simultaneously addressing present issues and past injustices. Artwork by Oakland-based filmmaker and artist Celia C. Peters, Boston-based digital artist Nettrice Gaskins, and interdisciplinary artist Alisha B. Wormsley, who created the THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE billboards, are on view alongside futuristic fashion designs by San Francisco native Afatasi the Artist and artist and professor D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem.

We Were There: Views of San Francisco’s Urban Renewal

10AM to 4PM

SF Historical Society Museum of San Francisco 608 Commercial Street, San Francisco 94111

This is the Museum of San Francisco’s first community-based exhibit, spotlighting the devastating impact of government-led urban renewal in the 1950s–1970s. It documents the displacement of thousands—primarily African American and Japanese American residents in the Western Addition—through powerful, rarely seen photographs from the Burden Archive.

Public Art On View

Dr. Huey P. Newton Memorial Statue - Black Panther Party Bronze Bust Created by Oakland Artist Dana King Commissioned by Huey P. Newton Foundation and Fredrika Newton

Public Art On View

West Oakland, at the intersection of Mandela Parkway and Huey P. Newton Way

A bronze bust of Huey P. Newton was installed in West Oakland in 2021, marking the first permanent public art display honoring the Black Panther Partyco-founder. The bust was created by local artist Dana King and unveiled in October 2021 to coincide with the 55th anniversary of the Black Panther Party.

Dr. Maya Angelou Monument “Portrait of a Phenomenal Woman” by Lava Thomas

Public Art On View

San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street

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