Caption: The Francis Experience at Part 1 (Yellow) of the First Friday: Hip Hop(e) residency in November 2023. Photo by Frederick Liang
SAN JOSE—Join the San Jose Museum of Art for the second part of the Francis Experience’s residency with featured guest poet Rosanna Alvarez.
First Friday: Hip Hop(e), Jazz & Storytelling is a three-part series that will offer community members new ways to engage with exhibition themes of migration, identity, self-love, and inclusion through written and spoken word. The series will feature Francis Experience, with Jonathan Borca and co-founder Gabby Horlick (drums), and include standout musicians Bennett Roth (keys and vocals), and Miguel “Frunkyman” Levya (bass). Together, the quartet blends rap, poetry, and storytelling, which will be augmented with projected digital art by Illuminate SJ Now! and a series of featured poets.
The residency will be offered on SJMA’s late-night “First Fridays” with open galleries, held from 6–9pm on November 3, 2023 (with Mighty Mike McGee), April 5, 2024 (with Rosanna Alvarez), and May 3, 2024 (with Tshaka Campbell).
The museum store will be open late.
Visit the First Fridays program page for more information.
This project is supported with a Humanities for All Quick Grant.
