Free Black Art Week: “Black Gold” Tours + Performances (Fort Point)
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Fort Point National Historic Site | Marine Dr., San Francisco, CA
Event Details
Submitted by the Event Organizer
Join us to experience the exhibition during a tour and Untold Stories performances throughout the exhibition spaces.
From 12 to 1 pm: Docent Tour
Discover the artworks, learn more about the artists and the historical figures that inspired their creations. This comprehensive tour of the exhibition invites you to reflect on Fort Point, the African American experience from the Gold Rush to the restoration-era post Civil War and how the artists make it resonate with our present times. Reserve your guided tour through the link below.
From 1 to 2:30 pm: Untold Stories Performances
Actors will impersonate historic figures highlighted in Black Gold: Stories Untold, performing monologues within the exhibition spaces. The cast will feature Sam Ademola as George Washington Dennis, Rotimi Agbabiaka as Frederick Douglass, and Edris Cooper as Mary Ellen Pleasant. Untold Stories are written and directed by Rotimi Agbabiaka. Two performances at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
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
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