MoAD and FOR-SITE present a Free Community Day celebrating Black Gold: Stories Untold.

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Now on view at Fort Point, 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). Through newly commissioned and recent artworks, the exhibition highlights important but lesser-known figures and narratives from California’s history, exploring the presence of slavery and the struggle for legal rights within this “free” state, the successes of Black entrepreneurs, and the experiences of African American Army regiments known as the Buffalo Soldiers. More broadly, Black Gold illuminates the role that Black communities played in the state’s cultural, social, and political environs of the time.

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Exhibition Hours: 10 am - 5 pm (rooftop access closes at 4:30 pm)

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Schedule of Events

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Introduction to the exhibition and conversations with the artists

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12 pm - 2pm

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Meet the artists Demetri Broxton, Adam Davis, Cheryl Derricotte, Trina Michelle Robinson, and Bryan Keith Thomas during introductory tours of the exhibition led by docents.

Reserve your introductory tour.

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Beading Workshop with Demetri Broxton

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12pm - 2pm

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Local artist Demetri Broxton demonstrates his beading technique and design. You can take materials and instructions to make your own at home!

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Performances of Destiny Muhammad and her guests

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1pm - 4pm

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1-1:30 pm and 2-2:30 pm: Vignette monologues of ‘Classic Black: The Voices of African Americans in 19th Century San Francisco’ with guest poet and author, Devorah Major, and actor, Brian Maurice Freeman.

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3-3:30 pm: A duet with guest poet and author Tshaka Imhotep Menelik Campbell with a new work by Campbell, ‘Black Gold’, and Muhammad’s poem with music ‘Future Past Present NOW’, commissioned by the HUEMan Kind Festival.

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See the detailed program and reserve for one of three performances (limited seating)

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