Join Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) for a conversation tracing the histories and ideas animating Sunny A. Smith’s exhibition, The Compass Rose, including the roles of genealogy and family inheritance. The Compass Rose was on view from January 13 to March 12, 2023 in FMCAC’s Gallery 308.

Smith is joined in conversation by Maud Newton, catalog contributor and author of Ancestor Trouble. This event also features an artist-led invocation, riffing on specific works of Smith’s, that highlight the complex relationships between ourselves and our lineages, featuring collaborating artist Lucien Dante Lazar.

Join the celebration on Saturday, December 2, 2023, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Gallery 308, Landmark Building A.

This event is free and open to the public. (Please reserve a space on EventBrite.)

A book signing and refreshments follow the conversation.

Pre-purchase a catalog for pick up at the event. (Follow the EventBrite link, tap or click on “Get Tickets,” and scroll to the end of the tickets pop-up window to “Add-Ons” to purchase a copy.)

Receive a signed Sunny A. Smith catalog with a donation of $250 or more.

Donate to the Fort Mason Fund to support free Fort Mason Art programs.

Free Admission