Closing Reception: OpuLens of Blackness + Healing Through Self Expression
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 17:00 -
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 20:00
Event duration 3 hours
General Admission: Both Exhibits:
USD 0.00
General Admission: Healing Through Self Expression:
USD 0.00
General Admission: The OpuLens of Blackness:
USD 0.00
About Closing Reception: OpuLens of Blackness + Healing Through Self Expression
Join us at the African American Art and Culture Complex for a joint closing reception of The OpuLens of Blackness and Healing Through Self Expression exhibits!
There will be light bites and activations but most importantly you get to celebrate the immense talent of over 20 local Black artists.
This event is free and open to the public!
The OpuLens of Blackness Artists:
Donald Bowden
Shante Saulsberry
Sasha Kelley
Lathan Hodge
Derrick “Rtystyk” Shavers
Darryl Thompson
William Rhodes
Maria Judice
Zahrah Farmer
Keith “KDub” Williams
Cree Ray - The San Francisco Black Film Festival
George Mccallman
Aïma Paule
Tree of Change
Smokie Arce
Healing Through Self Expression Artists:
Princess Modupe Alli
Tiphereth Banks
Ashlie Kego
Kehath Bryan Ifasso
Isis Fields
Jamae Tasker
Ms. Mo
Kayl Johnson
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Thursday, January 29, 2026, 17:00
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 20:00
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African American Art & Culture Complex
https://aaacc.org/
762 Fulton Street
Located in the historic Fillmore/Western Addition neighborhood, the African American Art & Culture Complex is one of the premier Black arts and cultural institutions in the San Francisco/Bay Area. We are one of seven cultural centers in the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Neighborhood Arts Program. We are dedicated to providing a wide variety of art and cultural programming for youth, adults and families, including visual, digital, and performance. In addition to programming, AAACC offers affordable space rentals for events in our 32,000+ square foot facility. AAACC provides resident art companies with subsidized offices, administrative services, and access to rehearsal, performance, and exhibition space. The resident company list includes some of the most celebrated African American arts and culture organizations in the region: Cultural Odyssey (Idris Ackamoor and Rhodessa Jones) AfroSolo Theatre Company African American Historical and Cultural Society Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Company African-American Shakespeare Company The Center is also home to the 206-seat Buriel Clay Theater which serves as a site for annual theater productions, dance performances, musical concerts, film and video screenings, seminars, and workshops. We also host the Sargent Johnson and Hall of Culture galleries which are dedicated to exhibiting artwork from and about the African Diaspora.