AAACC will host an
opening reception on Thursday evening, February 19 from 5-8pm. Curators Rosalind McGary and Rio Yañez framed
In Our Lifetime around Douglas’s 12-point Political Artist Manifesto, a blueprint for anyone seeking to align creative practice with their revolutionary values. AAACC’s two-part exhibition not only illustrates Douglas’s evolution as a revolutionary artist across periods of profound social upheaval, but shows the power of visual art to inspire political awareness, radical imagination, and social change amidst urgent times.
“Emory Douglas is an iconic artist—to the world, and especially to San Francisco. He got his start as Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party here in the Bay Area in 1967. He created their most well-known political graphics,” said Rio Yañez, co-curator of Emory Douglas: In Our Lifetime. “He is a brilliant visual artist and activist who spreads powerful messages and engages multiple generations of people with his artwork. It’s an honor to showcase his art and to show that even after a long and storied career, he is still making critical, relevant, and urgent work.”
