Exhibition Tour of "Women of Afrofuturism"

Join us for a tour of Women of Afrofuturism on Tuesdays at 10am during September and October. As the exhibition is located post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1, this is an opportunity to see the exhibition without a flight ticket. Visitors will be required to fill out a security form and abide by TSA rules. Please bring your REAL ID or PASSPORT.

Afrofuturism, an artistic and sociopolitical liberation movement, examines the past, questions the present, and reimagines the futures of Black people. Afrofuturism explores the Black experience through a combination of science fiction, magical realism, mythology, history, and technology in genres ranging from literature and music to fashion, film, and visual arts. Long before the term Afrofuturism existed, visionary Black women served as spearheads of the movement, such as Katherine Johnson and other Black female “computers” whose calculations at NASA helped launch rockets and astronauts into space in the 1960s. Author Octavia Butler, the first nationally recognized African American woman science fiction writer, published her novel Patternmaster in 1976, paving the way for a host of Black women speculative fiction writers working today. At the same time, women, such as legendary jazz musician Alice Coltrane explored universal consciousness in the 1970s.

Artwork by Oakland-based filmmaker and artist Celia C. Peters, Boston-based digital artist Nettrice Gaskins, and interdisciplinary artist Alisha B. Wormsley, who created the THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE billboards, are on view alongside futuristic fashion designs by San Francisco native Afatasi the Artist and artist and professor D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem.

A very special thank you to curatorial consultant Ingrid LaFleur for her assistance with this exhibition

Visit sfomuseum.org for more information. Women of Afrofuturism is located post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 of the San Francisco International Airport.

Info: Meet at the Aviation Museum and Library to receive badges to go through TSA security. We need to abide by TSA security, as any passenger would.

Info: Go through TSA security. Please bring your REAL ID or PASSPORT.

Info: SFO Museum's M-badge program allows visitors to explore the terminal at their leisure for the day. Visitors will also have access to see "Portable Craft: Chinese Woven Baskets and Containers" also located post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and "Give Me A Ring: A Telephone Retrospective" located post-security in Terminal 2.

Info: Please feel free to have lunch in the terminal but please remember to RETURN your badge to the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is open until 4:30PM.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

SFO Museum, Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum and Library, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, United States