Activist Fair & DJ Night: “Godfather of Bathhouse Disco” | Friday Nights at the de Young
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de Young Museum | 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA
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Friday Nights at the de Young | Fall 2018
One of San Francisco’s most celebrated after-hours museum events returns for a fall season of 2018.
These nine Friday Nights feature free admission to the main-level galleries highlighted by a reinterpretation of contemporary art in their permanent collection and new acquisitions called Specters of Disruption. In addition, Friday Nights will offer reduced-price tickets of $14 to the exhibition Contemporary Muslim Fashions from 6–8:30 pm.
Through social-media moments and in-person dialogue, visitors can engage and commune with the art and with one another in a warm and welcoming setting. Enjoy specialty drinks and mocktails, coffees, teas, and snacks. Bring your friends. Strike a pose at the selfie wall. Listen to music. Make art. Activities take place from 6–8:30 pm.
This evening features presentations by AIDS Housing Alliance, Kiss My Black Arts, LYRIC, and others, along with in-gallery talks and performances, and more. The museums thank the Keith Haring Advisory Committee for co-organizing Friday Nights at the de Young programs celebrating Keith Haring: The Political Line.
Buchanan Court6:00 pmEvery week, Friday Nights at the de Young offers art-making activities to encourage everyone, of all ages, to tap into their creativity.
Kimball Education Gallery6:00 pmLeonard Tebegetu creates a body of sculptural and architectural work influenced by sustainable construction techniques. Working with locally sourced natural materials as well as recycled manmade materials wherever possible, Tebegetu shares an economically feasible process for the average person with no specialized construction skills to create functional and beautiful structures.
Wilsey Court6:00 pmCJ Grossman shares community responses about suicide by teens who have been bullied. Through visual aids and conversation, she educates visitors about ways to help prevent bullying.
Piazzoni Murals Room6:00 pmVisit Bay Area activist tables and get involved! Participating organizations include AIDS Housing Alliance, Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, Taking a Stand SF, and the Guardian in Exile Issues Fair calls out: Earthjustice, #NOART, Kiss My Black Arts, LYRIC, Coalition for Women Prisoners, and SNAG.
Wilsey Court6:30 pmPerhaps the most important DJ in the San Francisco gay scene in the past decade, Bus Station John has been the musical conduit for a huge cultural reawakening. Called “the godfather of bathhouse disco,” he’s revered throughout the dance music world for his fastidious attention to party detail and his inimitable blend of rare 1970s and early 80s soul, boogie, garage, funk, Italo disco, Hi-NRG, and NYC no-wave.
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Cost: FREE*
