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Mothership: Voyage into Afrofuturism - Reopening December 3
Aug 07, 2021 - Feb 27, 2022
Friday–Sunday 11 am–5 pm. Monday–Thursday CLOSED
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About
Afrofuturism 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.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Do not attempt to adjust your computer screen – there is nothing wrong! The Oakland Museum of California has returned after a year with the debut of Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism. From August 7 onward, all of you starchildren can experience the intergalactic cosmos of Afro futuristic icons. Witness Sun Ra and Octavia Butler next to contemporary artists who collectively imagine a more just future through Black feminist world building.
Make sure to reserve before your tickets soon, this is a ride you won’t want to miss!
Luke Williams
Contributing Writer

The mission of the Oakland Museum of California is to inspire all Californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities.
The mission of the Oakland Museum of California is to inspire all Californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities.