Queer Arts Center BOOM QTBIPOC Youth Digital Arts: OMCA AFROFUTURISM TRIP!

Queer Healing Arts Center

Come to the OMCA with The Queer Arts Center Boom! Digital Arts Youth program on a fantastic journey into the heart of Afrofuturism.

Oakland Museum of California

Mothership: Voyage Into AfrofuturismJanuary 29, 202211am-1pm PSTOMCA - Oakland Museum of California - 1000 Oak Street - Oakland, CA 94607NOTE THESE IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS!<ul><li>TO ATTEND + ENTER THE EXHIBIT, YOU MUST PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS AT ----&gt; https://bit.ly/OMCAJan29</li><li>BE CERTAIN TO CHOOSE THE 11AM TICKETS for Saturday, January 29, 2022</li><li>GUARDIANS. Guardians must accompany and participate with the youth that they are registering for this event.</li><li>COVID-19 Health and Safety Information - In accordance with the Oakland City Council emergency ordinance, OMCA will require proof of vaccination for all onsite activities. This includes access to our galleries and special exhibitions, programs, and events in the theater, cafe, and garden. Adults are required to show proof of vaccination along with their photo ID; children ages 12 and older and students on K-12 field trips must show proof of vaccination but are not required to provide an ID. For unvaccinated individuals, a document from a licensed medical professional verifying a medical exemption and a recent negative test (within 72 hours) will also be accepted for entry to the Museum. Thank you for helping us protect each other and our community!</li></ul>_________________________________________ABOUT THE EXHIBITAfrofuturism is a lot of things. It’s the past, present, and future reimagined through a Black cultural lens. Visionary, spiritual, and generative, it is art, music, literature, and cinema that expresses a just future where Black people and Black ideas thrive. It is fantasy and science fiction that envisions the African Diaspora and Black culture as central in a technically advanced and culturally rich civilization. It is also the ordinary—now— in this very moment and the everyday pleasures that may often be seen as mundane. Afrofuturism is a strategy for Black community building. Come with us on a fantastic journey into the heart of this movement with Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism. As we reopen our doors after months of shelter-in-place, Mothership offers a powerful reason to gather and celebrate Black imagination. Experience the work of some of the central figures of this cultural phenomenon—author Octavia E. Butler, avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra, and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph. Explore contemporary artworks, a Dora Milaje costume from the film Black Panther, photography, and other historical objects. Experience a replica of the Mothership itself— musician George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic’s Afrofuturistic vessel—to relax in an otherworldly video installation, a curated playlist by DJ Spooky, and more. Learn about the connections between important figures of Afrofuturism and the ways in which Afrofuturism is present in our everyday lives.___________________________________________Some Recent Press on Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism<a href="https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/magazine/the-mothership-voyage-into-afrofuturism-oakland-museum-of-california/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism @ Oakland Museum of California - Juxtapoz, 12/29/21</a><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/682160/mothership-voyage-into-afrofuturism-oakland-museum-of-california/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">A Major New Exhibition on Afrofuturism Touches Down Right On Time - Hyperallergic, 10/5/21</a><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90666376/inside-the-fantastical-world-of-afrofuturism-from-p-funks-mothership-to-black-panther" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Inside the Fantastical World of Afrofuturism from P-Funk&#x27;s Mothership to &#x27;Black Panther&#x27; - Fast Company, 8/17/21</a>

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