Your living room away from home
The Block Club
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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Create. Collaborate. Exhale.
info@theblockclub.org
6403 Imperial Ave. San Diego, CA 92114