African Arts Academy Presents MODEFA SF 2024, June 15, 2024, 7:30 PM at The LODGE at the Regency Center, 1290 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

Voted the finest fashion show in San Francisco, MODEFA is more than simply a runway show; it’s a global marketplace fused with arts and technology featuring a haute couture fashion showcase, a forum, panel discussions, startup competitions, and business networking opportunities. We commemorate International Ethnic Day and Juneteenth through our exclusive gala dinner, live music, and more.

Reserve Your Ticket Now

African Arts Academy Presents JUNETEENTH FORUM 2024, June 15, 2024, 4:00 PM at The LODGE at the Regency Center, 1290 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

How black art has been crucial in America’s innovation, and the role African American female artists have played in communal healing for generations. Telling their unique stories, and more.

Reserve Your Ticket Now

African Arts Academy Presents MOD-Vation DIVERSITY VENTURES PANEL DISCUSSION & STARTUP COMPETITION 2024, June 15, 2024, 5:00 PM at The LODGE at the Regency Center, 1290 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

“IS AI ADVANTAGEOUS OR DEHUMANIZING?” It is estimated that the creative sector conceals billions of dollars in value. A gold mine worth exploring is learning about AI's functions from the inside out.

Reserve Your Ticket Now

Modern

Ethnic Fashion Week

MODEFA (Modern Ethnic Fashion Week) is a benefit event on behalf of the African Arts Academy’s education and performing arts initiatives. The goal is to provide San Francisco residents with an institution that specializes in the doctrines of arts and crafts originating in Africa and the African Diaspora, based on the spirit of cultural diversity, sustainability, innovation, and social justice.

By bridging the traditional way of ancient wisdom and the new technology, we can empower our community through cultural preservation for generations to come. MODEFA SF is a global marketplace with a one-ofa-kind fashion show that draws designers from all over the world to celebrate cultural diversity. Offering an open booth, a runway fashion display, an art exhibit, exotic food, fun entertainment featuring live music, award giveaways, and more. This event draws customers and exhibitors from all walks of life. MODEFA, considered the best fashion show in San Francisco, focuses on ethnic excellence, modern ethnically influenced haute couture fashion that celebrates one’s cultural heritage with pride, as well as contemporary apparel and accessories featuring wearable technologies in the creative sectors.

Purchase Tickets

The Venue

THE LODGE AT THE REGENCY CENTER

The Lodge an event space located in the heart of San Francisco. A magnificent example of Gothic architecture, The Lodge is a true gem featuring stunning 35-foot arched open beam ceilings with dark wood paneled walls and stained-glass windows. Guest will be inspired by the astonishing 31 hand-painted backdrops that enhance the built-in stage, a working fireplace, carved wood ceilings, and spectacular silk tapestries. Ideal for smaller gatherings, dinner parties, galas, award ceremonies, corporate meetings, or celebratory bar/bat mitzvahs, this space also comes with two elegant side rooms and is fully-equipped with state-of-the-art lighting and sound .The Regency Center is a versatile San Francisco landmark offering three separate event venues. The Lodge combined with the Regency Ballroom and the Social Hall totals 15,225 square feet of event space that can host altogether 2,300 guests

Location

Performing Arts

Purchase Tickets

JUNETEENTH FORUM

ORDINARY WOMEN DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THROUGH RESILIENCE. HONORING BLACK EXCELLENCE AND SUCCESS IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY

Purchase Tickets

Business Networking and Meetup

MODEFA SF is a global marketplace with a one-ofa-kind fashion show that draws designers from all over the world to celebrate cultural diversity. Offering an open booth, a runway fashion display, an art exhibit, exotic food, fun entertainment featuring live music, award giveaways, and more. This event draws customers and exhibitors from all walks of life. MODEFA, considered the best fashion show in San Francisco, focuses on ethnic excellence, modern ethnically influenced haute couture fashion that celebrates one’s cultural heritage with pride, as well as contemporary apparel and accessories featuring wearable technologies in the creative sectors.

ModVation Diversity Ventures Panel Discussion

IS AI ADVENTAGEOUS OR DEHUMANIZING?

This year's ModVation Diversity Ventures panel discussion will center on Artificial Intelligence, bringing together major influencers in the AI technology field, including investors, entrepreneurs, artists, community leaders, celebrities, and representatives from various disciplines, on a single platform to share their insights.
There are an estimated billions of dollars in concealed wealth in the fashion and arts industries; this is a gold mine that you would like to know about. Gain an in-depth understanding of the functions and effects of AI in the creative industry, as well as the degree to which it aids or hinders artists. A startup competition will follow the panel discussion. During this occasion, artists, entrepreneurs, and new ventures will have the chance to showcase their remarkable projects and inventive business concepts to prospective investors and a live audience.

MODEFA’s audience consists of conglomerate people from various professional fields, social strata, and cultural heritages, ready to ask questions to the experts about the most important and pressing issues concerning societal challenges. The convergence of art, fashion, and technology, education, and job sectors is prevalent in both urban and rural settings. The goal of ModVation Talk is to facilitate a productive and constructive panel conversation in order to explore potential answers to the issues that the artificial intelligence industry faces in specific domains: “Is AI advantageous or dehumanizing?

Purchase Tickets