Reclaiming Histories: Black Feminisms & Visual Art
Roundtable Discussion with artists Alison Saar, Adia Millett, Eve Sandler, Taller SANAA (Shanna Strauss and Jess Sabogal). Moderated by curator Ashara Ekundayo.
Date: 24 April 2026 (Friday), 11:00-12:30
Venue: Aviation Museum & Library, San Francisco International Airport, International Terminal, Departures, Level 3, Pre-Security, San Francisco, CA 94128
This roundtable discussion is centered around 11 artworks by 12 women and gender expansive artists of color: Sydney Cain, Erica Deeman, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Myra Greene, Adia Millett, yétúndé ọlágbajú, Trina Michelle Robinson, Taller SANAA (Shanna Strauss & Jess Sabogal), Eve Sandler, Keisha Scarville, and Olomidara Yaya (Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle).
The artworks, recently acquired by the San Francisco Civic Art Collection, are now on permanent display at San Francisco International Airport. These works, located adjacent to Alison Saar’s 2021 commission, Flourish, speak to diasporic movement, rootedness, and repair, while discussing the curatorial methodologies that bring these narratives to public space. Informed by Jessica Dallow’s essay, “Reclaiming Histories: Betye and Alison Saar, Feminism, and the Representation of Black Womanhood,” this roundtable discussion will explore how Black feminist artists continue to expand the field of visual culture through reclamation, revision, and resistance.
Dallow notes that Saar’s work performs a “feminist re-inscription of history,” crafting visual vocabularies that both honor and subvert inherited narratives of Black womanhood. This roundtable extends that inquiry by situating contemporary Black women artists within Saar’s lineage, inviting reflection on how material, mythology, and migration converge to shape liberatory aesthetics.
Image and text courtesy of the San Francisco Arts Commission and SFO Museum.
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https://www.sf.gov/event-20260424-reclaiming-histories-black-feminisms-visual-art
