Converge
On the Third Thursday of each month, YBCA combines drinks, food, and music with creative and exciting art happenings. From 5-8 come together, enjoy free access to our world class galleries, and be part of the art at YBCA.
August Converge features an evening centered around local artist and performer Brontez Purnell, who throughout the run of Radical Presence has been activating Pope.L’s work, Costume Made of Nothing.
5:30 PM Guided tour of Radical Presence, Downstairs Galleries
Gallery Guide Rhonda Pagnozzi will lead a 30-minute tour of Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. Meet at the exhibition entrance.
6 PM Holding Court, Downstairs Galleries
SFMOMA Associate Curator of Performance and Film Frank Smigiel will activate Theaster Gates’s piece, Holding Court in conversation with Purnell.
7 PM Proximity, Local Motion, and Gross Motor Movement: A Work in Non-Progress, Grand Lobby
Brontez Purnell and collaborators present a new, one night only performance that Purnell describes as “a dance party written within the lines of a conversation pleasantly going nowhere in particular.”
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On the Third Thursday of each month, YBCA combines drinks, food, and music with creative and exciting art happenings. From 5-8 come together, enjoy free access to our world class galleries, and be part of the art at YBCA.
August Converge features an evening centered around local artist and performer Brontez Purnell, who throughout the run of Radical Presence has been activating Pope.L’s work, Costume Made of Nothing.
5:30 PM Guided tour of Radical Presence, Downstairs Galleries
Gallery Guide Rhonda Pagnozzi will lead a 30-minute tour of Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. Meet at the exhibition entrance.
6 PM Holding Court, Downstairs Galleries
SFMOMA Associate Curator of Performance and Film Frank Smigiel will activate Theaster Gates’s piece, Holding Court in conversation with Purnell.
7 PM Proximity, Local Motion, and Gross Motor Movement: A Work in Non-Progress, Grand Lobby
Brontez Purnell and collaborators present a new, one night only performance that Purnell describes as “a dance party written within the lines of a conversation pleasantly going nowhere in particular.”
Converge
On the Third Thursday of each month, YBCA combines drinks, food, and music with creative and exciting art happenings. From 5-8 come together, enjoy free access to our world class galleries, and be part of the art at YBCA.
August Converge features an evening centered around local artist and performer Brontez Purnell, who throughout the run of Radical Presence has been activating Pope.L’s work, Costume Made of Nothing.
5:30 PM Guided tour of Radical Presence, Downstairs Galleries
Gallery Guide Rhonda Pagnozzi will lead a 30-minute tour of Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. Meet at the exhibition entrance.
6 PM Holding Court, Downstairs Galleries
SFMOMA Associate Curator of Performance and Film Frank Smigiel will activate Theaster Gates’s piece, Holding Court in conversation with Purnell.
7 PM Proximity, Local Motion, and Gross Motor Movement: A Work in Non-Progress, Grand Lobby
Brontez Purnell and collaborators present a new, one night only performance that Purnell describes as “a dance party written within the lines of a conversation pleasantly going nowhere in particular.”
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On the Third Thursday of each month, YBCA combines drinks, food, and music with creative and exciting art happenings. From 5-8 come together, enjoy free access to our world class galleries, and be part of the art at YBCA.
August Converge features an evening centered around local artist and performer Brontez Purnell, who throughout the run of Radical Presence has been activating Pope.L’s work, Costume Made of Nothing.
5:30 PM Guided tour of Radical Presence, Downstairs Galleries
Gallery Guide Rhonda Pagnozzi will lead a 30-minute tour of Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. Meet at the exhibition entrance.
6 PM Holding Court, Downstairs Galleries
SFMOMA Associate Curator of Performance and Film Frank Smigiel will activate Theaster Gates’s piece, Holding Court in conversation with Purnell.
7 PM Proximity, Local Motion, and Gross Motor Movement: A Work in Non-Progress, Grand Lobby
Brontez Purnell and collaborators present a new, one night only performance that Purnell describes as “a dance party written within the lines of a conversation pleasantly going nowhere in particular.”
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