Dzigbodi Djugba  

Artist & Founder

Dzigbodi builds new social infrastructure for San Francisco’s future. She uses fine-dining, narrative prompts, and collaborative art-making to break down professional silos and foster mutual investment in the city's cultural fabric.

SOCIAL FUTURES
DISTRICT 9

ABOUT DZIGBODI

Dzigbodi works at the intersection of creative practice, community building, and cultural strategy. She is a multidisciplinary artist, community builder, and the Founder and Artistic Director of Muse Reverie Atelier, a creative studio dedicated to curated cultural experiences and immersive storytelling. Her work translates complex concepts like belonging, memory, joy, and resistance into tactile visual works and shared experiences. Through studio practice, public art, and community-centered gatherings, she designs environments where art is communal rather than transactional.

As a Bay Area native born in San Francisco, she holds a deep perspective on the region’s evolution, witnessing how culture can act as both a stabilizing force and a catalyst for change. It is this duality that drives her commitment to co-creating new social infrastructure to bridge civic divides, heal industry silos, and shape collective futures.

INTERESTS

Art X Conversation, Community Centered Design, Civic Ritual Architecture

VISION

A San Francisco that actively re-commits to care, creativity, and collective imagination. A city where artists are recognized as essential contributors to civic life, and where public art is never an afterthought, but a vital engine for belonging, reflection, and dialogue. Ultimately, this is where neighborhoods feel vibrant and alive again through accessible cultural spaces and generative, shared rituals.

Future Tables

An Art and Tech Fine Dining Dialogue

Community members are invited into a future where the social divide between San Francisco’s "old soul" (Arts) and "new engine" (Tech) is actively mended through intentional ritual. Moving from the first course to the last, guests will share a curated narrative meal, map collective memories onto the table, and watercolor their way into an unconstrained, shared vision of the City’s future. This power activation transforms the traditional dining space into a live laboratory for civic healing and creative reciprocity.

July 9, 2026 • 5:30-8:o0 pM

SF MOMA, 151 3rd St, San Francisco

Dzigbodi’s Picks

Check out some of the materials and resources that have helped shape Dzigbodi’s visions for what could be.

The Art of Gathering

Art Yap

podcast Series
Nonfiction Book

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

film
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