deYoung Articles
Oct 10, 2019
Take action to protect human rights defenders from across the globe by joining Amnesty International’s local San Francisco chapter in a “Write for Rights” letter-writing campaign. Pen one letter to an authority figure and...
Oct 10, 2019
When the Black Panthers founded the ground-breaking Oakland Community School, Ericka Huggins was placed in charge of its leadership. Join her in an immersive experience that recreates a classroom under her care, complete...
Oct 10, 2019
What do the youth-led protests of the 1960s reveal about the zeitgeist of our current day? Join directors Abby Ginzberg and Frank Dawson for a screening of their film Agents of Change, the untold story of the racial...
Oct 9, 2019
It’s no wonder Jim Prigoff is considered a living legend among spray can artists and public art activists across the globe—he spent the last 50 years taking countless photographs of and writing books on the artform. Don’t...
Oct 9, 2019
No sewing skills? No problem—create your own tote bag and watch it get sewn together before your very eyes with social practice artist and clothing designer, Julian Prince Dash. Dash will bring your custom design to life as...
Oct 9, 2019
Celebrate the exhibition Soul of a Nation with a screening of Cheryl Fabio’s intimate perspective on her mother: the poet, educator, and writer Sarah Fabio, lauded as the “Mother of Black Studies.” Cheryl Fabio will...
Oct 9, 2019
The legendary Bay Area hip-hop group Souls of Mischief are coming to the de Young. The day includes a film screening of their documentary 'Til Infinity: The Souls of Mischief, followed by a panel with Opio, Phesto,...
Oct 9, 2019
What better way to experience this ode to San Francisco than to watch it from inside of a San Francisco landmark? Don’t miss this special screening of the award-winning movie every Bay Area resident needs to see. Co-writer...
Oct 9, 2019
The de Young will close early at 4 pm today for the holidays. Last special exhibition entry at 2:30 pm.
Oct 9, 2019
Carol Ivory is professor of art history emerita, Washington State University