[La Jolla, CA] Join us at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Thursday, June 20th from 6:30- 8:00 pm for Sound + Liberation, a live performance series developed by the Hill Street Country Club. Through this collaboration, HSCC and MCASD are proud to host Afro-Caribbean conceptual word artist Def Sound and invite guests to experience an intentional, intimate gathering offering, “music as medicine.”
Def Sound (they/them) is a post-binary contemporary hip-hop artist, producer, poet, and award-winning academic born and based in South Central LA. Def synthesizes Hip Hop, poetry, Black critical theory, and storytelling into healing mechanisms decorating time and space. Def is a word worker whose favorite medium is memory. When speaking about their practice Def spoke, “Every truth is a dare. Let's dare to tell it. I believe that being a writer is a daily practice of deciding to be a better person.”
When: June 20, 2024
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
700 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037
Price: Free
Def will be joined by special guests including Arty Johnson on drums, Jace Holmes on keyboard, Ghalani Crenshaw on bass, Chris Lightfoot on guitar and more. This scenic performance space is located on the west side of MCASD’s flagship location in La Jolla with panoramic views of the ocean and outdoor sculpture garden. Take advantage of MCASD’s Third Thursday and explore the galleries ahead of Def’s performance for free starting at 10 am.
Accessibility
All public areas of MCASD are wheelchair accessible and all entrances are equipped with ramps and power-assist doors for visitors with mobility devices and strollers. A limited amount of wheelchairs are available upon request at the front desk (sanitized with every use). All-gender restrooms and baby changing stations are located on the Floor 1 Prospect Wing and Floor -2 Coast Wing. The Photo Gallery on Floor –3, terraces, and Edwards Sculpture Garden are sensory friendly spaces that offer a calm and accommodating environment, subdued or natural lighting, and minimized crowds.
This program is hosted in coordination with the special exhibition Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today, the first major group exhibition in the United States to envision a new approach to contemporary art in the Caribbean diaspora. Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today is organized by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Major support for Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today is curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates, Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, with Iris Colburn, Curatorial Associate, Isabel Casso, former Susman Curatorial Fellow MCA Chicago now Associate Curator, MCASD, and Nolan Jimbo, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The presentation at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is made possible by gifts to the annual operating fund. Financial support is provided by the City of San Diego through the Commission for Arts and Culture.
Funder Credits and About Free Third Thursday at MCASD
Free Third Thursday public programs at MCASD are made possible with generous support from The Conrad Prebys Foundation. Free Third Thursday is one of the museum’s free public programs, which happen every third Thursday of each month. Visitors receive free admission during extended open hours, which are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on these special days. Public programs take place during the evening from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and feature free artist talks, performance, film screenings, and much more.
The Hill Street Country Club (HSCC) The Hill Street Country Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to shaping the growing arts and culture scene in Oceanside and the surrounding North Country region. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse atmosphere that reflects the socioeconomic landscape of our community. To complement the traditional gallery space, we organize pop-up art shops, cultural events and art workshops around our community.
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) is the region’s foremost forum devoted to the exploration and presentation of the art of today. Open since 1941, we welcome all audiences to reflect on their lives, communities, and the ever-changing world through the powerful prism of contemporary art. MCASD’s dynamic exhibition schedule features a vast array of media in an unprecedented variety of spaces, along with a growing dedication to community experiences and public programs. As a cultural hub, MCASD seeks to catalyze conversation in our region.
If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Arturo Garcia-Sierra, manager of marketing and communications at MCASD, by email at agarciasierra@mcasd.org and follow @thehillstreetcountryclub and @mcasandiego for updates on Instagram.