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Facebook First Fridays

5–9pm
Free admission

After Hours


Come to Facebook First Fridays—FREE monthly late nights at the Museum. Join us for an evening of music, art and artists, cash bar, and late-night bites at the Museum Café.

Music by Guera, Abrilita / April Garcia, and resident DJ Chale Brown!

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This sponsorship initiative is led by the Facebook Art Department, which provides opportunities for artists to create new, large-scale, site-specific installations on Facebook campuses nation-wide, with the goal of fostering creative experimentation and supporting neighboring artistic communities. For more information, visit fb.com/artistinresidence or go to Instagram @fbairprogram.

Photo by JKA Photography.

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Beta Space: Pae White

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With Drawn Arms: Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith

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In 1968, at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, San José State University runner Tommie Smith raised a gloved fist during the medal ceremony to protest human rights abuses around the world, and to bring international attention to the struggle for civil rights in the United States. This act of protest, which still reverberates today, is explored in a series of collaborations between Smith and Los Angeles–based conceptual artist Glenn Kaino.

Woody De Othello: Breathing Room

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Speed City: From Civil Rights to Black Power

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This archival exhibition examines the broader history of athletics at San José State University beyond Tommie Smith and within the historical framework of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.