Dates & times
All times are local to the venue · America/Los Angeles
- 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
At SOMArts, Drag and Remembrance Meet in In Their Name’s Closing Night
SOMArts describes the closing-night drag show as exploring drag as an altar. That framing connects the performance to In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026, an exhibition where personal memorial altars sit alongside a broader account of care, kinship and remembrance.
A remembrance exhibition with a wider frame
Now in its 27th year, SOMArts’ annual Día de Los Muertos exhibition was founded by San Francisco artist and curator René Yañez. Co-curators Bridgett Rex and Rio Yañez carry that legacy into this edition, honoring the tradition’s Mexican roots while welcoming people from other cultures to remember the dead together.
For 2026, In Their Name centers mothering as care and collective action. Its frame includes birth and chosen families, communities and movements, as well as house and drag mothers. Personal altars to loved ones who have died bring that expansive idea back to the work of remembrance.
That personal and collective scale fits SOMArts’ longer approach to the exhibition: past editions have used installations to connect individual loss with local and global concerns. This year’s focus on care likewise treats remembrance as more than looking back; the exhibition considers how care can challenge harm and shape what people carry forward.
Further reading: In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 - SOMArts ↗ · Día de Los Muertos - SOMArts ↗ · SOMArts’ In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 Honors Mothering as an Act of Care, Love, and Revolution - SOMArts ↗
A collaborative dedication to Tosha Stimage
The exhibition is dedicated to Tosha Stimage, an Oakland-based multidisciplinary artist whose work included installation, textiles, painting, collage and floral design. A profile of Stimage describes care, lineage and survival as recurring concerns in her practice—an apt point of connection for an exhibition about care across generations.
Angela Hennessy, Elizabeth Blancas and Matt Craven created the dedication altar with Stimage’s friends and family. Its collaborative authorship places remembrance itself among the acts of care considered by the exhibition.
Further reading: In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 - SOMArts ↗ · Mending While Expanding: The Care Practice of Tosha Stimage ↗ · SOMArts’ In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 Honors Mothering as an Act of Care, Love, and Revolution - SOMArts ↗
Artists and groups in the exhibition
The participating roster also includes Adrian Arias & Lindsey Crawford; Ancestral Dreams Collective; Crystal de Alba; David Tafolla; Ella SF; Iris & Lorena; I Witness Silwan, Art Forces, Lana Ramadan; Jonn Carlo Segovia Menchaca; Monique Lopez; Pin@y Educational Partnerships; Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen; and Vianne De Santiago. Angela Hennessy, Elizabeth Blancas and Matt Craven are listed with the friends and family of Tosha Stimage.
Further reading: In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 - SOMArts ↗
A performance, not an altar-making activity
SOMArts bills the closing show as exploring drag as an altar, and describes the performances as embodying love and queer resilience. The idea connects with the exhibition’s recognition of house and drag mothers as forms of care; it is a curatorial frame for the performance, not an announced hands-on altar-making activity.
The artist market featuring local artisans, makers and small businesses was announced for the Oct. 23 opening reception, not the Nov. 20 closing. The closing-night program is the final opportunity to see this edition of the exhibition.
Further reading: In Their Name Closing Reception & Día de Los Muertos Drag Show - SOMArts ↗ · SOMArts’ In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 Honors Mothering as an Act of Care, Love, and Revolution - SOMArts ↗
One closing-night program
SOMArts lists a combined reception and drag show from 6–9 p.m. The performers and individual set times have not been announced.
Friday, November 20, 2026 · SOMArts Cultural Center
- Closing reception and Día de Los Muertos drag show; performer lineup not yet announced.
Plan for closing night
Friday, Nov. 20, 2026 | 6–9 p.m. PST
The closing reception and drag show are at SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
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Suggested $15 donation; all ages
Youth 16 and under are free, and no one is turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). Humanitix lists a $1.88 booking fee on the $15 general-admission ticket. Its ticket page also offers a separate optional donation to SOMArts of $15–$25.
Refunds are available up to 14 days before the event. SOMArts says RSVPs are highly encouraged for ticketed programs.
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The exhibition runs Oct. 24 through Nov. 20
A separate gallery visit during regular hours is free and open to all ages. SOMArts lists gallery hours as Thursday 3–7 p.m., Friday noon–7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday noon–5 p.m. The closing reception and drag show have separate ticket terms.
Getting to SOMArts
Entrance and access
SOMArts Cultural Center is at 934 Brannan Street, between 8th and 9th streets. The gallery entrance is down the driveway through the garden. SOMArts describes the venue as wheelchair accessible and notes that the main entrance does not have automatic doors; the published information does not specify other entrance arrangements.
Transit, roads and directions
SOMArts says several public transportation stops are nearby. Its press information also places the center near Muni lines and bike paths and within two blocks of U.S. 101 and I-80, but does not identify transit routes or provide parking instructions. Use the linked map to calculate directions from your starting point.
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Before you make a plan
Is the closing reception open to all ages?
Yes. The event is all ages, and youth 16 and under are free.
In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 - SOMArts ↗ · SOMArts’ In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 Honors Mothering as an Act of Care, Love, and Revolution - SOMArts ↗
What does a general-admission ticket cost?
SOMArts lists a suggested $15 donation. Humanitix adds a $1.88 booking fee; youth 16 and under are free, and no one is turned away for lack of funds.
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Are the performers and set times announced?
No. SOMArts describes performances by new and returning artists, but has not named the performers or individual set times.
In Their Name Closing Reception & Día de Los Muertos Drag Show - SOMArts ↗ · SOMArts’ In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 Honors Mothering as an Act of Care, Love, and Revolution - SOMArts ↗
Can I see the exhibition without buying a closing-night ticket?
Yes. Gallery admission during SOMArts’ regular hours is free and open to all ages. The closing reception and drag show have separate ticket terms.
In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 - SOMArts ↗ · SOMArts’ In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 Honors Mothering as an Act of Care, Love, and Revolution - SOMArts ↗
Location & Google Maps
SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
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