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3rd Annual California Native Homeland Festival at Exploratorium (SF)

Saturday, April 26, 2025 - 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Event on plaza and does not include admission
Exploratorium | Pier 15, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco

Event Details

Photo Credit: Ida Høyrup; Courtesy of the Exploratorium

Join us for a celebration of art, culture, and connection to the land and water on April 26, 2025.

Science, art, and culture are linked together, and shape the ways we understand ourselves and the world around us. California Native culture bearers and artists have connected to the land and waters through artistic practice and scientific inquiry since time immemorial. In partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone and American Indian Cultural District, the Exploratorium welcomes you to the third annual California Native Homeland Festival.

The celebration will be a sharing of Indigenous artistic and cultural practices that come from deep traditions knowing and living with the California landscape. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet renowned Native artists and cultural bearers, and discover your own relationship with the landscape around us.

Curated in partnership with Gregg Castro (Ramaytush Ohlone, T’rowt’raahl Salinan, Rumsen), cultural director for the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone, and Jennifer Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk), cultural festival curator and basket weaver.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE*
*Event on plaza and does not include admission
Categories: **Annual Event**, *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, Earth Day, Fairs & Festivals, In Person, Nature, Other
Address: Pier 15, San Francisco, CA

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