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Your living room away from home

The Block Club

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We are a community facility anchoring the Black Arts + Culture District in San Diego!


We believe that if we gather people together, from all around, to embrace Black Arts + ​Culture, we may defy assumptions about who we are.


Pardon our dust until construction completes in Q4 - 2024.

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In the Water Mane Art Experience I explore the fascinating symbiotic relationship between Afro Hair and Water. This ​work is a deep dive into how a dominant gene expression is impacted by the hydrogen bond in Water and how our daily ​personal hair care practices have a major impact on water quality today. Through visual art, sound and interactive ​elements the Water Mane Art Experience creates a dialogue about hair science from the past, for the present and into ​the future.


The installation features a wall gallery of myth busting Afro Hair Science facts, a short film featuring Ms. Cheryl Morrow, ​alongside a sustainable do-it-yourself hair product blending station. Visitors are invited to engage with a sebum ​observation experiment and enjoy magnifying historical hair tool patents. This participatory approach emphasizes ​learning about hair science in a fun and accessible way.


My goal with the Water Mane Art Experience is to encourage self-reflection on how daily habits, cherished and painful, ​contribute to our standard of living. By engaging with the installation, visitors become active participants in their ​personal hairstory. Through this experience, I hope to evoke a sense of shared humanity and cultivate a deeper ​understanding of how each of our personal hair stories are interwoven and naturally beautiful. ~ From the artist, La Raza

2024 Schedule:


July 27th at 11am to 3pm: Grand Opening

SD Made Factory: 2031 Commercial St. San Diego, CA 92113


August 10th 10am to 2pm: Southeastern Steam Festival

Malcolm X Library: 5148 Market St, San Diego, CA 92114


October 12th - 16th 10am to 5pm: Fleet Science Center

1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101


November 9th & 10th 10am to 5pm: Liberty Station NTC Park

SD Made Holiday Market: 2455 Cushing Rd, San Diego, CA 92106


Restoring The Fundamentals

Heal Your Roots Through Mindfulness & Self-Love

A first of its kind Natural Hair Care Workbook ​for People of Color! Legendary Hairpreneur, ​La Raza Webb goes into the deepest crevice of ​her creativity in this spellbinding workbook ​about unapologetically loving, caring and ​showing up for textured hair. An accessible ​resource for setting and enforcing healthy ​hair habits.

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info@theblockclub.org

6403 Imperial Ave. San Diego, CA 92114