Nexus 2026: Full Schedule

Join us for our annual San Francisco/ Bay Area Black Art week from Wednesday September 30th - Sunday October 4th, 2026!

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The BLAC Map Party: A Lush Celebration for Black Arts and Culture

Friday October 2, 2026 5:00pm - 8:00pm PDT

The BLAC Map Party: A Lush Celebration for Black Arts and Culture
Friday, October 2nd, 2026
5 pm - 8 pm
BlaQyard, Oakland, CA (Address shared with ticket)

A lush celebration of the people, places, and ideas shaping Black arts and culture in Oakland and beyond. The forest is growing. Let's celebrate.

Come for the music and art.
Stay for the company.
Meet the BLAC ecosystem.

Hosted by BLACspace Cooperative, the party marks the final stop of The BLAC Map Tour - a day field trip spent visiting the creative and cultural spaces stewarded by our members.

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Friday October 2, 2026 5:00pm - 8:00pm PDT

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Website https://www.blacspace.coop/

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Friday Nights at OMCA

Friday October 2, 2026 5:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Oakland Museum of California @ 1000 Oak St, Oakland, CA 94607, USA

For your Oakland Nexus experience on Friday, October 2, 5-9pm, come enjoy The Town’s favorite block party, Friday Nights at OMCA. Experience a free evening of live music, interactive activities, Off the Grid food trucks, and, with a Museum ticket purchase, exclusive late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions, including our current special exhibition Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory.

6:30-7:30 pm - Live Music by Shanté (OMCA Garden)
6:30 pm - Artist Talk with Mildred Howard and Adrian Burrell
6:45-7:45 pm - Music Set by DJ Shellheart (OMCA Amphitheater)

Don’t miss special NEXUS featured guests in conversation: Mildred Howard and Adrian Burrell at 6:30pm.

Fuel your night with a rotating lineup of Off the Grid food trucks serving up bold flavors and local favorites, and inside our campus, savor refreshing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. With games, engaging museum programs, and a vibrant community atmosphere, it’s the perfect setting for making memories marked with unmistakable Oakland energy to celebrate 2026 Nexus: SF Bay Area Black Art Week.

Friday October 2, 2026 5:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Oakland Museum of California

Event, Live Performance

Website https://museumca.org/about-friday-nights-at-omca-with-off-the-grid/

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David C. Driskell: Wake Up Everybody

LIMITED

Friday October 2, 2026 5:30pm - 7:30pm PDT

Jenkins Johnson Gallery @ 1275 Minnesota St #200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

Limited Capacity seats available

Jenkins Johnson Gallery is pleased to present David C. Driskell: Wake Up Everybody, a new exhibition celebrating the creative legacy of the legendary artist, curator, art historian, and educator David C. Driskell.

This exhibition will feature works spanning from 1960 through the early 2000s, across various media such as paintings, works on paper, collage, and printmaking, including linocuts, woodcuts, and serigraphs. The works featured reflect on the diverse travels of his life, including time raised in the South of the United States, adult travels in Africa, and time spent in nature in Maine. The exhibition title is drawn from the 1975 song by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, a call to action “Wake up all the teachers, Time to teach a new way,” a nod to Driskell’s legacy as a teacher to many of the great African American artists of the past 70 years.

Images are listed as:
Dr. David C. Driskell Mask Man, 1965
Dr. David C. Driskell Ancient Alphabets, 1990

Photos courtsey of the artist and Jenkins Johnson Gallery New York and San Francisco.

Artists

David C. Driskell (1931-2020)

Artist

David C. Driskell (b. 1931, Eatonton, GA, d. 2020, Hyattsville, MD) was a legendary African American artist and art historian. As an artist, scholar, and curator, he made substantial contributions to these fields that have changed the way we think about American art. His paintings and collages unite a strong modernist impulse with his personal vision... Read More →

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Friday October 2, 2026 5:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Jenkins Johnson Gallery 1275 Minnesota St #200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

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