Black Heritage Night

Black Heritage Night

Monday, June 14

Celebrate Black history, culture and community at Oracle Park! Join us for Black Heritage Night as the Giants take on the Los Angeles Dodgers.Enjoy music, performances and special pregame festivities celebrating Black history in baseball and the Bay Area’s Black communities. Your special event ticket includes the event jersey, and a portion of the proceeds from each special event ticket benefits local Black communities.

Redemption Location: View Reserve 334 - TOP OF RAMP UNTIL END OF 4TH INNING

Activations:
  • Ceremonial First Pitch: Original Saturday Night Live cast member and trailblazing actor and comedian Garrett Morris will throw the Ceremonial First Pitch.
  • Plaza Performances: Experience the energy of a traditional step and stroll performance featuring members from Black Greek Letter Organizations.
  • National Anthem: Bay Area platinum-selling artist and RNBay Liaison Adrian Marcel will perform the National Anthem.
  • Black National Anthem: Oakland native and acclaimed singer-songwriter Goapele will perform the Black National Anthem. Known for her signature blend of soul, R&B, jazz, and pop, Goapele has inspired audiences worldwide through her music, advocacy, and storytelling.
  • Community Clubhouse: Visit the Community Clubhouse on the Promenade Level to learn more about the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) and the Black Freedom Fund, and discover how both organizations are advancing Black culture, history, and community impact throughout the Bay Area.
  • Pregame Interview: Get to know Oakland artist Taylor Smalls, who will discuss the inspiration behind her Afrofuturism-themed Black Heritage Night T-shirt design.
  • Pregame Performance: Grammy-nominated Bay Area accordionist and Zydeco artist Andre Thierry will kick off Black Heritage Night with a high-energy performance celebrating the rich traditions of French Kreole music.
  • Game Ball Delivery: Marc Philpart, President and CEO of the Black Freedom Fund
  • Honorary Captain: Monetta White, Executive Director and CEO of the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco.
About the Artist

Taylor Smalls is a contemporary palette knife painter based in Oakland, California. Her work studies the kaleidoscopic depth of black and brown skin through the layering of highly pigmented color. It celebrates the endless nuances of melanated womxn by amplifying and exaggerating the underlying tones in colored skins that are often depicted dulled down or neglected, much like the people who inhabit them. Her work aims to show womxn of color in a bold, proud, and celebratory light as depictions of strong melanated womxn are severely lacking in contemporary portraiture. Smalls has been working as a gynocentric painter since 2012, and continues to do so out of her West Oakland studio.

About the Artwork

At its core, this painting centers Black women as forward-looking figures, bringing together traditional, hand-painted techniques with digital glitch and pixelation. The blending of portraiture and digital elements creates a sense of movement and change, rather than a fixed or nostalgic image and, can be seen on her website taylorsmalls.com . In doing so, the work places Black identity as visible, evolving, and central to the future of culture—much like the game of baseball itself, which continues to grow, adapt, and redefine itself over time.

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