UPDATED: MEDIA ALERT/CALENDAR LISTING
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Museum of the African Diaspora Kicks Off the Summer Season with New Exhibitions, Free
Admission and Family Events including Black Music Month and Juneteenth celebrations
WHO:
Museum of the African Diaspora
WHAT:
Summer Season Kickoff Weekend (Free Admission – note days/times)
• Exhibition Opening: Motown Madness, part of Third Thursdays in Yerba Buena. On
view: Gordon Parks: Photographs at his Centennial and J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Sartorial
Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday – Thursday, June 20, 2013, 4p – 8p (Free
Admission)
• I've Known Rivers (IKR): The MoAD Stories Project (Bay View Hunters Point) @ 3rd on
Third Arts Celebration – Thursday, June 20, 2013, 5:30p – 9:00p (Free Admission)
• Education Open House: Education Training – Saturday, June 22, 2013, 10a – 12p
(Free Admission)
• Family Free Day celebrating Black Music Month and Juneteenth sponsored by
ScholarShare; New Exhibitions – Sunday, June 23, 2013, 12p – 5p (Free Admission)
WHERE: Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
PRESS: Press Preview (Ojeikere/Parks Exhibitions) - Thursday, June 20, 2013, 10am – 1pm
DESCRIPTIONS:
Free Admission | Motown Madness, part of Third Thursdays in Yerba Buena
Thursday, June 20, 2013 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm
MoAD joins Third Thursdays in Yerba Buena along with the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts and UC Berkeley Extension Gallery. The third Thursday of each month in
downtown San Francisco’s Yerba Buena neighborhood will be a monthly outing full of arts, food, and
drink. Wander the blocks around Yerba Buena Gardens to soak in art and music. MoAD's 2nd Floor
Salon will be the scene for Motown beats and drinks surrounded by the iconic photographs of Gordon
Parks, Life magazine’s first African American staff photographer, and one of America’s finest
photojournalists. Check-in at MoAD to pick up a wristband for special Third Thursday happy hours at
participating bars and restaurants.
Free Admission | Exhibition Opening - Gordon Parks: Photographs at his Centennial
Thursday, June 20, 2013 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm
MoAD opens Gordon Parks: Photographs at his Centennial, an exhibition featuring Life magazine’s first
African American staff photographer, and one of America’s finest photojournalists. Photo-essays for the
magazine covered subjects ranging from Paris fashion shows, to the Black Panthers, to slum-dwellers
in Rio de Janeiro. A selection of his most popular iconic works, mounted in honor of Parks’s 100th
birthday is on view from Thursday, June 20 – September 29, 2103 www.moadsf.org
Free Admission | Exhibition Opening - J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Sartorial Moments and the
Nearness of Yesterday
Thursday, June 20, 2013 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Curated by Olabisi Silva, Director of the Contemporary Centre for Art, Lagos, this first showing of the
work of Nigerian national treasure J. D. Ojeikere on the West Coast, is about preserving cultural
traditions in the face of Nigeria’s change from colonial rule to independence. Ojeikere’s photographs,
which date from 1955 to 2008, document traditional dress and hairstyles along with the Western-style
adaptations that enabled the youth of Lagos to feel themselves part of the modern world. On view from
Thursday, June 20 – September 29, 2103 www.moadsf.org
UPDATE: Free | I’ve Known Rivers (IKR): The MoAD Stories Project (Bay View Hunters Point) @
3rd on Third Arts Celebration
Thursday, June 20, 2013 | 5:30pm – 9:00pm
Come to the 3rd on Third Arts Celebration to learn more about MoAD's I've Known Rivers (IKR): The
MoAD Stories Project. IKR is an unprecedented effort by an international museum to collect, publish,
and archive "first voice" narratives about people of African descent. The Bayview will come alive with
a community-wide arts celebration. Third Street will feature a myriad of activities for the whole family,
and MoAD will bring its newest volume in the I’ve Known Rivers (IKR) project, the Bayview Hunters
Point Oral History Project to Auntie April's at 4618 3rd Street. www.moadsf.org
UPDATE: Free Admission | Education Open House: Education Training
Saturday, June 22, 2013 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Be one of the first to view J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Sartorial Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday and
Gordon Parks: Photographs at his Centennial, receive interpretive materials, and connect with fellow
teachers at the Open House. Admission to the museum is free all day for Educators. This in-depth
training – led by Dr. Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie – is designed for members of MoAD’s guide
program and educators (self-defined). www.moadsf.org
Free Admission | Family Free Day – Celebrate Black Music Month and Juneteenth sponsored by
ScholarShare; New Exhibitions
Sunday, June 23, 2013 | 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Enjoy Free Admission on the opening weekend of MoAD’s new exhibitions, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere,
Nigerian Photographer: Sartorial Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday, and Gordon Parks:
Photographs at his Centennial. Activities include:
• All Day | Film: Juneteenth (documentary)
• 12:00pm – 4:00pm | Make your own musical instrument with teaching artist Zena Allen
• 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Interactive jazz workshop for families - Jazz as a Metaphor for
Democratic Participation with Dr. Wes Watkins
• 1:00pm – 3:00pm | Sidewalk Chalk Art with Jamie Treacy
• 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Performance: Rhonda Benin presents There Ain't No Jazz Without the
Blues
More information available at www.moadsf.org
--------------------------------------------------------------Calendar Editors Please List…
MoAD’s SUMMER SEASON KICKOFF WEEKEND
Event: Free Admission
Who:
Museum of the African Diaspora
What:
Motown Madness, part of Third Thursdays in Yerba Buena
When:
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Where:
Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco | www.moadsf.org
Cost:
$0
Visual Arts: New Exhibition
Who:
Museum of the African Diaspora
What:
Gordon Parks: Photographs at his Centennial
When:
June 20 – September 29, 2013
Where:
Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco | www.moadsf.org
Cost:
General Admission $10; Students and Seniors $5; Members and Children 12 and under
w/adult FREE
Hours
Wed–Sat: 11:00 am–6:00 pm / Sun 12:00–5:00 pm / Mon–Tues Closed
Visual Arts: New Exhibition
Who:
Museum of the African Diaspora
What:
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Sartorial Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday
When:
June 20 – September 29, 2013
Where:
Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco | www.moadsf.org
Cost:
General Admission $10; Students and Seniors $5; Members and Children 12 and under
w/adult FREE
Hours
Wed–Sat: 11:00 am–6:00 pm / Sun 12:00–5:00 pm / Mon–Tues Closed
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UPDATED – Oral Histories (Free Admission)
Who:
Museum of the African Diaspora
What:
I’ve Known Rivers (IKR): The MoAD Stories Project (Bay View Hunters Point) @ 3rd on
Third Arts Celebration
When:
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 5:30pm – 9:00pm
Where:
Auntie Aprils (4618 Third Street) | www.moadsf.org
Cost:
$0
UPDATED – Education (Free Admission)
Who:
Museum of the African Diaspora
What:
Educator Open House: Education Training
When:
Saturday, June 22, 2013, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Where:
Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA | www.moadsf.org
Cost:
$0
Museum Free Day
Who:
Museum of the African Diaspora
What:
Family Free Day - Celebrate Black Music Month and Juneteenth sponsored by
ScholarShare; New Exhibitions
When:
Where:
Cost:
Sunday, June 23, 2013, 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco | www.moadsf.org
$0
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