Join the Museum of the African Diaspora, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and Empowerment Avenue for Free Community Day. Enjoy free access to our exhibition The Only Door I Can Open: Women Exposing Prison Through Art all day, with special programming from 2-4pm.

In Solidarity: Our Words Scale Walls | 2–4 PM

This event features five women poets—Ladi Rev, Briana Victoria Leung, Angelique Estella, and the co-curators of The Only Door I Can Open, Tomiekia Johnson and Chantell-Jeannette Black activating the exhibition with poetry and radical expression.

Tomiekia and Chantell-Jeannette will call in from Chowchilla State Prison, sharing new works that reflect on constant surveillance, exposure, and pressures of prison life. The poets performing in person will respond to the exhibition and prison room installation with original pieces, forming solidarity across prison walls.

Family Art Activity | 2–4 PM

In the YBCA Grand Lobby, we invite you to join us for an art activity for all ages. Inspired by the exhibition The Only Door I Can Open, the activity will be designed and led by MoAD Teaching Artist Amelian Hamilton.