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Exhibition Walkthrough with Lava Thomas, Sadie Barnette, and Cornelia Stokes
Friday October 2, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
Jessica Silverman Gallery
Join Lava Thomas and Sadie Barnette for an exhibition walkthrough during NEXUS: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, led by Cornelia Stokes, Assistant Curator of the Art of the African Diaspora at SFMOMA and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD). The walkthrough will bring the artists’ concurrent solo exhibitions at Jessica Silverman into conversation, exploring how each draws upon personal and collective histories to consider memory, family, place, and Black life across generations.
Arts & Culture Leaders
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Cornelia Stokes

Assistant Curator of the Art of the African Diaspora, Museum of the African Diaspora | SFMOMA
Cornelia Stokes‘ curatorial practice is based in Pan-African practices and kinship, focusing on building community through the arts and philosophies of the Black diaspora. Looking to complexify the oversimplification of Blackness within mainstream culture, Stokes invests in opportunities to pr... Read More →
Artists
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Lava Thomas

Artist
Lava Thomas is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersections of race, gender, representation, and collective memory. Grounded in an ethos of social justice, her practice spans drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and site-specific installation. Thomas engages... Read More →
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Sadie Barnette

Artist
Sadie Barnette is a multimedia artist who engages family legacy and black femme narratives. Through photography, text-based drawing, sculpture, and installation, she explores collective possibilities across space and time. Incorporating bright colors and sparkling rhinestones, Barnette... Read More →

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Friday October 2, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
Jessica Silverman Gallery 621 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA
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