Actors’ Reading Collective is actor inspired, shaped, and driven and is a collective molded by mutual efforts and member input. Formed during the COVID-19 pandemic to bring actors together for weekly reading sessions, they have evolved into a performance group created to present readings to the public, with a focus on the essence of the theater: words spoken without frills or furbelows.
Special Event
Reimagined: The Fisher Collection at 10 Opening Weekend
Saturday, Apr 18 + Sunday, Apr 19, 2026
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Museumwide
Free with museum admission
Join us in celebrating the opening of Reimagined: The Fisher Collection at 10. Across four floors, rediscover nearly 250 artworks by beloved artists like Joan Mitchell, Andy Warhol, and Gerhard Richter in a gallery experience we redesigned to deepen your connection to art and artists. It marks the first complete transformation of the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection galleries in 10 years.
During this opening weekend, be among the first to experience the galleries as they come alive with responsive dance, sound, and readings from Bay Area artists. Get hands-on in Co-Lab, our new interactive learning space, and join workshops in the Koret Education Center.
Want to be among the first to experience the reimagined Fisher Collection? On Friday, April 17, SFMOMA members are invited to attend a special after-hours member night from 6–9 p.m.!
Opening Weekend Schedule
Saturday, April 18
In Their Words: Actors Read Artists
11 a.m. + 2 p.m. | Floor 3, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
11:20 a.m. + 2:20 p.m. | Floor 4, Philip Guston, Gerhard Richter, Richard Serra, and Andy Warhol
Presented in partnership with Actors’ Reading Collective, local actors bring the galleries to life by reading texts from select artists on view in Reimagined: The Fisher Collection at 10.
Agency of Things Dance Performance
By Galen Rogers and Lauren Simpson, with Ameen Wahba
Noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. | Floor 5
Inspired by the slow looking art movement, somatic and meditation modalities, and postmodern dance, this dance performance reminds us that when time allows, and when we allow for time, we are embedded in a vibrant and spirited material world.
Harp Sessions by GEO
1 p.m. and 3 p.m. | Floor 5
Listen as the galleries are aurally transformed by GEO, a Bay Area–based harpist who blends classical foundations with hip-hop, EDM, R&B, and soul. And, she’s looking for suggestions from you! Share a song that you’d like to hear her play on the harp and she’ll try her best to reimagine it.
Sunday, April 19
In Their Words: Actors Read Artists
11 a.m. + 2 p.m. | Floor 3, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
11:20 a.m. + 2:20 p.m. | Floor 4, Philip Guston, Gerhard Richter, Richard Serra, and Andy Warhol
Presented in partnership with Actors’ Reading Collective, local actors bring the galleries to life by reading texts from select artists on view in Reimagined: The Fisher Collection at 10.
Agency of Things Dance Performance
By Galen Rogers and Lauren Simpson, with Ameen Wahba
Noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. | Floor 5
Inspired by the slow looking art movement, somatic and meditation modalities, and postmodern dance, this dance performance reminds us that when time allows, and when we allow for time, we are embedded in a vibrant and spirited material world.
Arch of Air by Cellist and Vocalist Theresa Wong
1 p.m. and 3 p.m. | Floor 5
Join cellist and vocalist Theresa Wong for gallery-based performances in response to and resonating with the artworks of Sol LeWitt and Ellsworth Kelly.
Reimagined Fisher Collection Exhibitions
Floor 5
Alexander Calder
Ongoing
Floor 5
Calder, Kelly, LeWitt: Fundamentals of Form
Opening April 18, 2026
Floor 3
Claes Oldenburg + Coosje van Bruggen: Thinking Big
Ongoing
Floor 6
Memory and Matter: Personal and Collective Histories
Opening April 18, 2026
Floor 4
Ways of Seeing: Fourteen Artists
Opening April 18, 2026
About the Performers
Actors’ Reading Collective
GEO
Gabrielle Elyse Oberes Padre, known professionally as GEO, is a San Francisco Bay Area harpist redefining what the instrument can do. Blending classical foundations with hip-hop, EDM, R&B, and soul, she brings a bold and unexpected sound to every stage. Her musical journey began in church and orchestras and later took her to perform in cathedrals across Europe. Today, GEO is known for weaving harp into spaces it’s rarely heard — from backyard rap shows to major music festivals. She was the first harpist to perform the national anthem at a professional sports game, opening San Diego Wave FC’s AAPI Night at Snapdragon Stadium. She has appeared at NBA All-Star Weekend, Head in the Clouds, and Outside Lands, where she joined Bay Area rapper LaRussell on the Lands End mainstage. GEO has performed alongside Macklemore, E-40, Lil Jon, and Baby Bash, and has performed in front of California Governor Gavin Newsom. Her viral rendition of Mac Dre’s “Thizzle Dance” earned praise from Too $hort, Mistah F.A.B., and P-Lo. In 2026, GEO took the stage as part of Super Bowl festivities, performing live as fans entered Levi’s Stadium and opening for Kehlani at San Jose’s largest Super Bowl pregame block party.
Theresa Wong
Theresa Wong is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and intermedia artist whose work encompasses composition, improvisation, and the synergy of multiple disciplines. As a cellist and vocalist, Wong has forged a unique vocabulary on her instruments through extensive explorations in new playing techniques, alternative tunings, and the timbral merging of singing and playing together. Wong is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow in Music Composition and has composed for champions of new music including Sarah Cahill, Splinter Reeds, Del Sol Quartet, Long Beach Opera, and San Francisco Girls Chorus. She has shared her work internationally in venues including Roulette in Brooklyn, Fondation Cartier in Paris, Sydney Festival, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA Los Angeles, and Cafe Oto in London.
Galen Rogers and Lauren Simpson
Galen Rogers (Berkeley, CA) and Lauren Simpson (Omaha, NE) create dances with sculptures. Their project, “Agency of Things,” respects the sculpture as a third collaborator in the space and approaches the dance as a trio. Galen is a taiko drummer, music educator, and dancer. He has danced with James Graham Dance Theatre, Erik Wagner’s Beholder, Molly Rose Williams, and Maurya Kerr’s tinypistol. He currently teaches at San Francisco Ruth Asawa School of the Arts. Lauren is a choreographer and educator. Her work has been shown at ODC, Counterpulse, the de Young Museum, Minnesota Street Project, Kaneko, and Joslyn Art Museum. For several years she collaborated with Jenny Stulberg, as well as danced with Risa Jaroslow & Dancers and Liz Lerman. She currently teaches an adult improvisation workshop in Omaha called Horseplay.
Ameen Wahba
Ameen Wahba (Brooklyn, NY) is a multidisciplinary artist and therapist. His work takes interest in themes of transience, binding and translation, and relationships between the natural and built environment.