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A Conversation & Performance with Helina Metaferia and Shinique Smith
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Breakfast: 10:30 AM
Performance & Talk: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: 67 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Parking available at the IKEA lot
Crossovers: A Conversation & Performance with Helina Metaferia and Shinique Smith brings the multidisciplinary artists together for a conversation around their use of ritual in performance and the inspirations and meanings that inform their respective practices. Through dialogue and performance, Metaferia and Smith consider the ways gesture, embodiment, material, and collective experience move through their work. A light breakfast will be available for the audience before the talk, beginning at 10:30 AM. Crossovers is presented by TnT Art Lab and Meet the Moment as part of NEXUS Black Art Week and Fall of Freedom, a nationwide weekend of arts programming taking place October 2–4, 2026. Follow @tntartlab for updates.
The Willing & Breathing Room (excerpts)
Together in collaboration, Metaferia and Smith will perform excerpts from Metaferia’s The Willing and Smith’s Breathing Room series.
Left: Helina Metaferia, image courtesy of the artist and Sharjah Art Foundation. Right: Shinique Smith, image courtesy of the artist. Crossovers: A Conversation & Performance, October 3 at TnT Art Lab, 67 Turk Street, San Francisco.
Work by Alexandru Salceanu
Date: August 5 – September 6, 2026
Location: 67 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
A summer activation of new work by Alexandru Salceanu that took weaving as its material and its method. Through Common Ground Wednesdays, visitors added their voices to a community weaving that grew across the run of the show, with live performances by Lara Aburamadan and Florentina Mocanu.
Three Historic Social Practice Projects Addressing Gun Violence
Date: January 2026
Location: 67 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
A winter activation for SF Art Week bringing together formative works by Hank Willis Thomas, Bradley McCallum, and Krzysztof Wodiczko. Using testimony, presence, and public space as their primary materials, the three projects confronted the impact of gun violence and honored the people and families affected by it.
Fall Benefit Auction
Date: November 18, 2025
Location: 67 Turk St, San Francisco, CA 94102
TnT Art Lab's fall fundraiser and auction brought together artists from around the world to support the completion of artist studios and socially engaged public programs in the heart of the Tenderloin.
Inaugural Activation
Date: October 5, 2025
Location: Turk & Taylor, San Francisco
TnT Art Lab, a newly renovated creative space at the corner of Turk & Taylor, proudly announces its inaugural activation, Ritual and Resistance, opening October 5, 2025. This dynamic installation brings together seven visionary women artists whose practices span performance, video, installation, and participatory engagement. Through ritual, remembrance, and radical imagination, each artist offers a distinct lens on healing, resistance, and collective memory.
Past Activation
Date: January 2025
Location: Turk & Taylor, San Francisco
An immersive exploration of memory, place, and the ephemeral nature of urban landscapes through the lens of San Francisco's iconic fog.
Our spring art auction brought together local and international artists to support community-driven art initiatives and social change projects.
For more information about our activations and artist bios, please contact TnT Art Lab.