Afrofuturism Week
Wed, Jan 17
|Gainesville
The Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship is excited to share that we are launching Afrofuturism Week, January 17-25! We will celebrate futurist, surrealist, and fantastical Black diasporic creative expression through artistic performances, films, music and more.
Time & Location
Jan 17, 2024, 7:00 PM – Jan 25, 2024, 7:00 PM
Gainesville, Gainesville, FL, USA
About the Event
The School of Art and Art History and the Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship invite you to join us for nine days celebrating futurist, surrealist, and fantastical Black diasporic creative expression!
From film screenings to fashion shows, fine art exhibitions to musical improv performances, join us as we explore radical imagining and engaging conversations in futurist thought, surrealism and fantasy.
WED 1/17 8pm HISTORY DOG PERFORMANCE at Baby J's
Enjoy a live musical performance by electroacoustic improvisational ensemble History Dog from NYC (admission required at the door).
THURS 1/18 6pm NEPTUNE FROST at UF Innovate
Join us for a film screening of Neptune Frost, an Afrofuturist romantic musical. Come early to enjoy refreshments, doors open at 5:30, film at 6 followed by a panel discussion. Music by improv group History Dog at 8:30