Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)

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OUR MISSION

MoAD, a contemporary art museum, celebrates Black cultures, ignites challenging conversations, and inspires learning through the global lens of the African Diaspora.

OUR HISTORY

The Museum of the African Diaspora opened to the public in 2005 and is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.

MoAD is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and plays a vital role in the local arts community. MoAD is uniquely positioned as one of the few museums in the world focused exclusively on African Diaspora culture and on presenting the rich cultural heritage of the people of Africa and of African descendant cultures all across the globe.

SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS (view all)

Oct

2

Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy, Curated by Key Jo Lee

Visual Arts

Oct

2

What We Carry to Set Ourselves Free

Visual Arts

Feb

15

Discussion & Reception: Art Collecting in the NBA

1:00 PM

BHM2025, NBA All Star 2025, Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

Feb

19

Black Joy Parade X MoAD

6:00 PM

Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, BHM 2025

Feb

21

R&B Night At W San Francisco

6:00 PM

BHM 2025, Music

Feb

22

Re-Mapping Home: Reflecting on and Reshaping the Cartographic Practice

2:00 PM

Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, BHM 2025

Mar

1

Decolonizing Design: Dori Tunstall in Conversation with George McCalman

2:00 PM

Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

Mar

2

MoAD Chef-in-Residence Jocelyn Jackson presents: Finding Edna Lewis

1:00 PM

Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

PRESS RELEASES (view all)

• MoAD Presents Love + Basketball: My Freedom Got a Rim On It by Houston Artist Ann Johnson, Presenting Her First Solo Museum Show on the West Coast (1/8/2025) - San Francisco
• MoAD Announces 2024-2025 Emerging Artist Program Awardee Exhibition Unveiling Histories: A Fabricated Archive by Jessica Monette (9/18/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• MoAD Announces Inaugural Edition of Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, a New Annual Art Event Celebrating the Rich Landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area (8/14/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• Museum of the African Diaspora Announces 2024 Afropolitan Ball, San Francisco’s Premier Annual Celebration Uplifting Black Creatives and Diversity in the Arts (8/6/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• Museum of the African Diaspora Announces Group Design Exhibition Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy, Opening October 2, 2024 (7/17/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• Press Release | MoAD Announces First Solo Museum Exhibition in the United States of British Painter and Visual Artist Rachel Jones, Opening March 27, 2024 (2/21/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• Press Release | Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) presents a new fall season of exhibitions including JoeSam.: Text Messages and Spectrum: On Color & Contemporary Art (7/26/2023) - 3.3.23 | MoAD
• Press Release | MoAD’s Diaspora Dinner brings together top Black chefs for a celebration of African foodways hosted by new Chef-in-Residence, Jocelyn Jackson (6/2/2023) - 5.10.23 | MoAD

ARTICLES (view all)

• MoAD Presents Love + Basketball: My Freedom Got a Rim On It by Houston Artist Ann Johnson, Presenting Her First Solo Museum Show on the West Coast (1/8/2025) - San Francisco
• Photos | MoAD’s Afropolitan Ball Celebrates Power of Black Art and Cultural Diversity (10/11/2024) - Galleria Design Center, San Francisco
• MoAD Announces 2024-2025 Emerging Artist Program Awardee Exhibition Unveiling Histories: A Fabricated Archive by Jessica Monette (9/18/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• MoAD Announces Inaugural Edition of Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, a New Annual Art Event Celebrating the Rich Landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area (8/14/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• Museum of the African Diaspora Announces 2024 Afropolitan Ball, San Francisco’s Premier Annual Celebration Uplifting Black Creatives and Diversity in the Arts (8/6/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• Museum of the African Diaspora Announces Group Design Exhibition Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy, Opening October 2, 2024 (7/17/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• Press Release | MoAD Announces First Solo Museum Exhibition in the United States of British Painter and Visual Artist Rachel Jones, Opening March 27, 2024 (2/21/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• SFMOMA and MoAD to share curator for art of the African diaspora (8/4/2023) - SF Chronicle Datebook
• Press Release | Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) presents a new fall season of exhibitions including JoeSam.: Text Messages and Spectrum: On Color & Contemporary Art (7/26/2023) - 3.3.23 | MoAD
• Press Release | MoAD’s Diaspora Dinner brings together top Black chefs for a celebration of African foodways hosted by new Chef-in-Residence, Jocelyn Jackson (6/2/2023) - 5.10.23 | MoAD

FACES IN PLACES (view all)

Photos | MoAD’s Afropolitan Ball Celebrates Power of Black Art and Cultural Diversity (10/11/2024) - Galleria Design Center, San Francisco

Photos | MoAD Sells Out Diaspora Dinner at The St. Regis (5/30/2024) - Neiman Marcus, San Francisco

Photos & Video | MoAD Shines with Top Notch Annual Afropolitan Ball, Raises Over $650k (12/4/2023) - San Francisco (BAR)

Photos | Neiman Marcus Hosts MoAD and Pat Cleveland (4/17/2023) - Neiman Marcus, San Francisco

Photos | MoAD Opens Spring Exhibition – Black Venus (4/15/2023) - MoAD, San Francisco