Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)

06/24/2026

In celebration of Juneteenth, we hosted The Freedom Function — a night of soul food, spades, dominoes, UNO, Black trivia, and community. The People's Mic was open, the room was full, and the energy was exactly what it was supposed to be!

Thank you to everyone who came through and brought your people. And a big thank you to DJ Kream for keeping the vibes right all night, Tayleur Crenshaw and Tessie McCoy for holding the mic with so much heart, and Gold Beams for co-creating this moment with us.

Hope you all had a great and reflective Juneteenth. See y'all at the next one.

06/23/2026

Every Thursday in July, join Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) for LIMITLESS, a month-long film series featuring award-winning cinema from across the African Diaspora.

Spanning narrative, documentary, and experimental works, the series explores speculative futures, ancestral memory, Afrofuturism, and the legacies of visionary figures such as Octavia Butler and George Clinton. Films come from the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, the Caribbean, Nigeria, Zambia, and beyond.

Several screenings will include conversations with filmmakers and guest speakers.

📅 July 2–30 | Every Thursday
📍 MoAD (685 Mission St) + SFMOMA (151 Third St)
🎟️ Free with museum admission. RSVP today: https://www.moadsf.org/limitless-a-film-series

The Limitless film series brings together award-winning films from across the African Diaspora, including the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, the Caribbean, French Guiana, Nigeria, and Zambia. Spanning narrative, documentary, and experimental work, these films explore speculative futures, anc...

06/15/2026

SAVE THE DATE: On August 15th, our Annual Diaspora Dinner returns!

This year, we're bringing you Diaspora Dinner: Sips & Soul — a night of food, wine, and storytelling across the African Diaspora, hosted at the St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco.

Join us for an intimate evening featuring:

—Chef Amethyst Ganaway, celebrating the deep roots of Southern, African American, and Gullah Geechee foodways.

—Sommelier Cha McCoy, leading global wine pairings that honor African and diasporic wine culture, in partnership with the Association of African American Vintners.

—Gabrielle Davenport of BEM | Books & More, moderating an intimate conversation on food, memory, and culture.

More than a dinner, this is a gathering. Expect curated flavors, unexpected moments, and the kind of stories best shared around a table.

Space is limited. Tickets on sale soon — stay tuned. For table reservations, contact: [email protected]

August 15, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco

Pull up a chair. Raise a glass. Pass the plate.

Learn more today: https://www.moadsf.org/event/diaspora-dinner-2026

06/10/2026

Slow down and look intently.

Unbound: Art, Blackness & the Universe at , seen through the waist-level finder of a 501CM. A world of expansive, cosmic Blackness, shot on film. Featuring works by and .

On view through August 16.

06/09/2026

Last month, we wrapped ENGAGE!: Art, Blackness & the Universe — a three-day symposium co-presented with California College of the Arts and in collaboration with UC Berkeley Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies.

Rooted in UNBOUND, curated by Key Jo Lee, the convening brought together artists, scholars, healers, and community across MoAD and CCA. We opened with a book launch celebrating When Home is a Photograph by Leigh Raiford, in conversation with artist Sadie Barnette and Key Jo Lee.

Day Two brought immersive workshops led by Cornelia Stokes, healing activations, harp performances by Maya Nixon, Nia Healing Dance with Stephanie Parker, and an intimate engagement with UNBOUND artists — Michi Meko, Oasa DuVerney, and Rodney Ewing.

We closed Day Three with Writing Toward Infinitude — a graduate student panel moderated by Dr. Jacqueline Francis, featuring emerging scholars and artists, Tyah-Amoy Roberts, Jasmine Narkita Wiley, Sophia Sanzo-Davis, Chloe King, and Irene Ross, followed by an UNBOUND artist panel, and a closing keynote by physicist and author Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.

06/02/2026

The Freedom Function is here.

MoAD Mix: Juneteenth Edition Thursday, June 18 | 6–9 PM | Free with Museum Admission

Come ready to jump into spades, UNO, and dominoes, test your knowledge with Black trivia, and move through a night shaped by music, conversation, and collective energy.

DJ Kream on the sounds. Tayleur Crenshaw of Gold Beams on the People’s Mic — a space to share poems, passages, thoughts, or whatever’s on your heart, centered around the prompt: “What does it take to get free?”

Soul food, wine, and the signature red drink will be served. Wear red if you’re feeling it. Come through, bring your people, and take part in an evening of culture, connection, and play.

🎟️ Register at the link in bio.

06/02/2026

This Thursday, come through to MoAD for Downtown First Thursdays — free admission from 4 to 8pm! Walk through UNBOUND: Art, Blackness & the Universe and soak in the energy of one of SF's most dynamic arts neighborhoods.

And don't miss the street party on Second Street between Market & Howard.

RSVP today: https://www.moadsf.org/event/downtown-first-thursdays-june-4

05/21/2026

COMING SOON to MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA—Demetri Broxton: Ancestral Echoes — Crops of Empire, the second exhibition in the museum’s 2026–2027 Emerging Artist Program.

Demetri Broxton is a mixed media artist of Louisiana Creole and Filipino heritage whose work explores ancestral memory, cultural identity, and spiritual resistance within the African Diaspora. His layered textile-based pieces combine archival photographs, screen-printed fabrics, and sacred materials like cowrie shells, beads, coral, and mirrors; drawing from African diasporic spirituality, New Orleans culture, and global Black histories. Trained in painting at UC Berkeley (BFA) and Museum Studies at San Francisco State University (MA), Broxton merges studio art with research-driven storytelling.

His current series, Ancestral Echoes, reimagines historical portraits into spiritual icons that honor the labor and lives of African Americans who cultivated crops like cotton, to***co, sugar, and rice. Through hand-embellishment and ritual process, he transforms painful histories into sites of reverence and healing.

Ancestral Echoes — Crops of Empire opens at Museum of the African Diaspora on June 10, 2026 and is on view through August 16, 2026.

To learn more about Demetri Broxton: Ancestral Echoes — Crops of Empire and MoAD’s Emerging Artist Program, click the link in bio.

05/20/2026

On Day Three of ENGAGE!, join us for Writing Toward Infinitude: Reflections on Blackness, Art and UNBOUND — a graduate student panel moderated by Dr. Jacqueline Francis.

Taking place Saturday, May 30 from 11:00am–12:30pm at California College of the Arts, this conversation brings together emerging voices engaging the themes of Blackness, contemporary art, and the expansive ideas explored throughout UNBOUND.

Featuring Tyah-Amoy Roberts (), Jasmine Narkita Wiley (), Irene Ross, Sophia Sanzo-Davis (), Chloe King (), moderated by Dr. Jacqueline Francis ().

Co-presented with California College of the Arts () and in collaboration with UC Berkeley Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies ().

05/19/2026

MoAD Mix: Juneteenth Edition — The Freedom Function With Gold Beams featuring Tayleur Crenshaw and DJ Kream.

"What does it take to get free?"

The Freedom Function draws inspiration from historic rent parties and the enduring power of gathering. Come ready to jump into spades, UNO, and dominoes, test your knowledge with Black trivia, and move through a night shaped by music, conversation, and collective energy — or jump on the People's Mic and share something with the community.

Enjoy soul food, wine, and a signature cocktail in the Juneteenth tradition of the red drink. Whether you're here to play, vibe, or simply be in community — joy is the practice and freedom is something we create together.

Guests are encouraged (but not required) to wear red. Come through and bring your people.

Thursday, June 18 | 6–9 PM | Free with Museum Admission Suggested $5 donation at the door goes directly to cash prizes for game winners.

RSVP today: https://www.moadsf.org/event/moad-mix-juneteenth-2026