Free “Black Gold” Bus Tour of SF Art + Workshop

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Join us for a tour of For-Site’s Black Gold: Stories Untold exhibition led by artist Anna Lisa Escobedo. A free charter bus will leave 500 Capp Street at 11 am and will return at the conclusion of the tour, limited seating available. After the tour join multi-media artist Malik Seneferu for an exclusive workshop at 500 Capp Street starting at 1:00 pm.

In response to Mildred Howard’s new installation at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, artist and cultural educator Malik Seneferu leads a timely and transformative workshop: “Reclaiming Memory: Mobile Shrines & the Reversal of Harm.” This intergenerational, hands-on experience invites participants to construct Mobile Shrines that symbolically reverse the harm caused by Winnipecera (Junípero Serra) and the California mission system. These portable shrines serve as spiritual monuments, standing in contrast to the rigid, state-sanctioned statues that have long erased Indigenous and African-descended peoples from California’s historical narrative.

As part of the workshop, participants will engage with a photographic slideshow of historic places throughout San Francisco—a curated visual archive honoring sites of cultural significance in Black, Indigenous, and immigrant communities. This slideshow will serve as a memory map, connecting past to present and grounding the shrine-making process in a collective understanding of place, struggle, and resilience.

Participants will also collaborate with Seneferu to produce five 8”x 8” wall-mounted assemblage hangings, constructed from salvaged furniture and symbolic objects. Each piece represents the soul’s enduring urge to be free, to rise from what has been discarded, silenced, or displaced.

Saturday, July 20
Bus departs 500 Capp Street at 10:30am
Tour: 11 am to 1 pm at Fort Point
Workshop: 1 to 3 pm at 500 Capp Street
Price: Free

About the Artists

Anna Lisa Escobedo is a visual artist, artivist, event producer, and community engagement director of the New Monuments Taskforce. She has worked across the Bay Area with numerous arts nonprofits and community organizations to create inclusive, intersectional spaces for cultural production, resistance, and celebration. Her practice spans murals, poetry, public programs, and monument reimaginings.

Malik Seneferu is a self-taught African American artist from San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood. His work has been exhibited globally and includes vibrant paintings, murals, and mask-making workshops that engage youth and communities in processes of cultural reflection and creativity.

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