Fine Arts Comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are the largest public arts institutions in the City of San Francisco and are among the largest art museums in Museums of the United States.
San Francisco The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have rendered over a century of public service in the arts, and it is its mission to www.famsf.org extend and enhance that service well into the 21st century. The Fine Arts Museums continue to serve as one of the premier public institutions in the western United States, existing to provide its community and region with high quality Tel: 415.750.3600 exhibitions, programs, education and outreach, and to care for San Francisco's esteemed art collection.
Each symbol on the following maps represents one of the various partners that used the educational services or collaborated with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in 2011-2012.
For more information about these maps please contact:
Andy Finch, Director of Policy, AAMD [email protected], 202-638-4530
Creation of these maps is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Constituency by Median Household Income
In 2011-2012, twenty-seven (27%) of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco community and education partners were located in census tracts with median household incomes under $ 50,000.* *This information is based on 2000 U.S. Census Data. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Educational Programs & Community Outreach
Families with Children Families with children can choose from a wide variety of programs specifically designed for them including summer camps, free Saturday art classes or hands-on art making activities designed by the Museums' artist-in-residence. Programs include Art After School and Artist Studio for Families and Children.
Resources for Educators The Education Department at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco provide a wide variety of resources, events and written materials for educators planning visits to the Museums with their students. Below you will find rich source material with which to prepare yourself and your students to visit the Museums, including teacher workshops, special events, and temporary exhibition resources.
K–12 Students The Fine Arts Museums' School Programs enable students to make connections and develop an understanding of art in both creative and historical contexts. The programs offer a vast array of experiences ranging from independent viewing to facilitated visits with docents, museum artists, poets and the Museum Ambassadors. Programs include class visits, curriculum-supported visits, Museum Ambassadors, Poets in the Galleries, and Children’s Theater.
College Programs College programs at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco focus on artistic enrichment, art history perspectives, studio art, and performing arts that highlight a specific time period. Current programs include Collections Research, Docent Tours for College Groups, Sketching in the Galleries, Art History, and New Generations Student Showcase Evening.
Docents Docents at the museum facilitate learning by helping audiences of all ages understand and enjoy the permanent collections and special exhibitions, and by engaging visitors in interactive experiences that give them a new appreciation of the visual arts.
Organ Concerts The Legion of Honor’s Skinner organ is the world’s only indoor/outdoor organ. View extraordinary art as you listen to a free concert every Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m., except when the museum is closed.
FRAME The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is a member of the French Regional and American Museum Exchange (FRAME). Founded in 1999, FRAME is a formal collaboration of museums in twelve cities in France, twelve museums in the United States and one associate member in Canada. FRAME serves as a catalyst for cultural exchange between France and the United States. Thanks to this unique consortium, extraordinary collections are placed at the service of an ever-wider public on both sides of the Atlantic. In these ways, FRAME serves the cultural needs of each country and educates a constituency of great size, breadth and distribution.
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Friday Nights at the de Young include a mix of live music, dance performances, film screenings, panel discussions, lectures, artist demonstrations, special performances, hands-on art activities and exhibition tours. Each evening has a unique theme and ties in with the special exhibitions and permanent collections at the de Young. Local artists conduct drop-in workshops, debut new commissions, display their art in the Kimball Education Gallery, and take part in artist/curator conversations about the creative process.
The de Young Artist Fellows program allows art fellows to work onsite at the de Young, sharing their ideas, works in progress, collaborative projects, finished artworks and final productions with museum visitors and community members.
de Young Artist Studio Every month the museum invites artists to install and demonstrate their art form at the de Young. This interactive program enables visitors to meet artists and gives the artists an opportunity to work with the public. Artists working in various media are encouraged to apply.
The de Young dYinterpretations is a museum app, which allows participants to go behind the scenes and experience the featured artist's perspective with live music and interviews that celebrate the de Young. Audiences can watch artists install their work, enjoy music inspired by the museum collection, and hear from the artists themselves.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in the City and County of San Francisco
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in the City and County of San Francisco
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco partnerships in the City and County of San Francisco extend to over 230 organizations. These are: Colleges and Universities Schools Edison Charter Academy Education Program for Gifted Youth, Stanford Academy of Art University Abraxis Charter School El Granada Elementary School City College of San Francisco Alamo Elementary School Emerson Junior High Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Albany High School ER Taylor Elementary San Francisco State University Alma Heights Excelsior at Monroe University of San Francisco Alvarado Elementary Fei Tian Academy Art Analy High School Francis Scott Key Elementary Cultural Organizations AP Giannini Middle School Frank McCoppin Elementary School Argonne Elementary Fremont High School-METS Catch Me Bird BAGHS Home Schoolers Galileo High School CounterPULSE Balboa High School George Peabody Elementary School Cuicacalli Escuela de Danza Bay Area Homeschool Glenwood Elementary School Dabble Art Center Bay School Gordon J. Lau Elementary School Dancers’ Group Beach School Grattan Elementary School E.R. Taylor Berkley Maynard Academy Hamilton Elementary School Ensemble Parallele Blackford Elementary School Hanford West High School ME’DI.ATE Art Group Bryant Elementary Harvest Ridge Coop Charter Meridian Gallery Buena Vista Elementary School Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy Pine Ridge Burton High School Hercules Middle High School Red Poppy Art House Cabrillo Elementary Hillcrest Elementary SF Center for the Book Capuchino High School Homegrown Kids Homeschool Sharon Art Studio Children's Day School Irvington High School The San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music CKYKU.net School Jefferson Elementary The San Francisco Symphony Claire Lilienthal School John Muir San Bruno Elementary Z Space Colfax High School Junipero Serra EES Commodore Sloat School KIPP SF Bay Academy Other Commodore Stockton Elementary School Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy Creative Arts Charter School Lafayette Elementary Havens Crystal Springs Uplands School Lakeshore Elementary School Johns Hopkins University Daniel Webster Elementary Lawton Alternative Ohlone De Marillac Academy Lawton Elementary School Rebar Group Del Rey Elementary Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School Street Vincent de Paul Society – San Francisco Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School Lick Wilmerding High School Dr. William Cobb Elementary Linscott Charter Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in the City and County of San Francisco
Schools continued Pomeroy Elementary School Stuart Hall for Boys Presidio Middle School Stuart Hall High School Lipman Middle School R. L. Stevenson Elementary Sunnyside Elementary School Longfellow Elementary School Rancho Cotate High School Sunset Elementary Malcolm X Academy Redding Elementary School Sutro Elementary Marysville Charter Academy Rooftop Elementary School T. Edison Charter Academy Maybeck High School Roosevelt Middle School T. Marshall ACademic High School Mcauley School Rosa Parks Elementary School Tenderloin Community School McKinley Elementary School Ross School The Carey School Meadow Elementary Russian-American International School Ulloa Elementary School Mendocino High School Ruth Asawa School of the Arts Up on Top After School and Summer Programs Mendocino Independent Study Saint Basil's School Valley Vista School Menlo Atherton High School Saint Brigid School Visitacion Valley Elementary School Millbrae Montessori Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton School West Campus High School Milpitas High School Saint Paul School West Portal Elementary School Miraloma Elementary School Saint Anne School Westmoor High School Miwok Valley Elementary School Saint Finn Barr School Woodside International School Montessori School of Fremont Saint Helena Montessori Yick Wo Elementary Mount Tamalpais School Saint Mark's School Murray Elementary Saint Mels School Youth Group Neil Armstrong School Saint Philip Neri School Neil Cummins Elementary School Saint Stephen School Brownie Troop New Traditions Elementary Saint Vincent de Paul Buchanan YMCA of SF North Hillsborough Elementary San Francisco University High School JCC H Diller Family Preschool North Star Academy Sanchez Elementary School Mission Girls Centers, Inc. Oakland Unity High School Santa Cruz Waldorf School Pacific Primary Pre-School Ocean Shore School Sequoia High School Sunnyside Camp-Mission YMCA Orinda Intermediate School SF Day School Our Lady Perpetual Help SF University High School Pacific Grove Middle School SFUSD Excelsior @ Monroe Paradise School Sheridan Elementary School Peabody School Sherman Elementary Peralta Elementary School Spring Valley Science School Phillip and Sala Burton High School Starr King Elementary Pleasant Valley High School Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in Alameda County, California
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in Alameda County, California
FAMSF’s partnerships in Alameda County, California extend to over 80 organizations. These are: Colleges and Universities Costanoa High School RL Stevenson Earl LeGette Elementary School Roseville High School Berkeley City College Ecole Bilingue Salesian High School California College of the Arts Ellerhorst Elementary School San Benancio Middle School Chabot College Far West High School San Francisco Waldorf School Expression College Granada High School School of the Madeleine Holy Names University Grattan School SF International High School Mills College Herbert Hoover Middle School Silver Creek High School Ohlone College Hickman Charter School Southside Elementary School District University of California, Berkeley Hillsdale High School Spring Valley Elementary School Hughson High Starr King Elementary School Cultural Organizations Joaquin Miller Elementary School Stone Bridge School KIPP Bridge Charter School Saint Edward School Art Attack! Lathrop High School Saint Felicitas Catholic Berkeley Black Repertory Leo Croce Elementary School Saint Francis Center Magnolia Editions Liberty School Saint Paul's Episcopal School Lowell High School Saint Peter's Elementary Other Madonna Del Sasso School Sunset Elementary School Manor Elementary School Wagner Ranch Elementary Institute for Health and Healing Montessori Family School Washington High School East Bay Express Moreau Catholic High School Wildwood Elementary Mt. Eden High School Schools Napa Valley Language Academy Youth Group North Campus School Alameda County Burke Academy Notre Dame School Boys and Girls Club of SF Albany High School Oakland Fine Arts Middle School Livingwaters Summer Program Arena Union Elementary School Oakland High School Ascend School Oakland School for the Arts Bacich Elementary School Oakland Technical High School Barry Ripp School Old Adobe Elementary Beach Elementary Oroville High School Brewer Island Elementary School P. and S. Burton High School Cabrillo School Patwin Elementary California Montessori Project Redwood Christian School Claremont Middle School Redwood Heights Elementary School Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in Contra Costa County, California
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in Contra Costa County, California
FAMSF’s partnerships in Contra Costa County, California extend to over 30 organizations. These are: Colleges and Universities Ygnacio Valley High School Yuba Gardens Middle School Contra Costa College Diablo Valley College
Schools
Alice Fong Yu Elementary Argonne Elementary Bay Area Homeschoolers Creative Arts Magnet De La Salle Elementary Diablo View Middle School Dougherty Valley High School Ecole Bilingue Gateway High School Golden Oak Montessori Charter School Harding School Hillcrest Middle School Laguna Creek High School Manteca High School Manzanita Charter School Menlo School North Oakland Community Ocean Shore Reno High School Robertson Intermediate School Spring Valley Elementary Stevenson School Saint Felicitas Catholic School Saint Giles International School Saint Helena High School The Harker School Ygnacio Valley Christian School
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in Santa Clara County, California
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in Santa Clara County, California
FAMSF’s partnerships in Santa Clara County, California extend to nearly 40 organizations. These are: Colleges and Universities St. John School St. Paul's School De Anza College Suisun Valley K-8 Foothill College Tang-Liu Academy Stanford University Tres Pinos School West Valley College Whale Gulch High School William Burnett School Cultural Organization Wood Rose Academy
Alliance Francaise Bethel Christian
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Alliance Academy Aptos Middle School BASIC Home School Blue Skies Home Learners Calistoga High School Castilleja School Christian Brothers High School Clarendon Elementary School El Cerrito High School Gateway Community School Half Moon Bay High School Hayward High School Jefferson Elementary School Jordan Middle School Leadership Public School Lomita Park Elementary Mountain View High School Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep School Our Lady of Loretto School River Valley High Sequoia High School Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in Marin County, California
FAMSF’s partnerships in Marin County, California extend to over 40 organizations. These are:
Colleges & Universities Schools continued…
College of Marin Program of Lib Arts St. Mary's Dominican University REAL School Marin Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School Other Saint Rita School San Francisco Friends School North Bay Children’s Center San Rafael High School Sierra High School Schools Sterne School Street Luke Lutheran School Alameda High School Sun Valley School Benicia High School Sutro Elementary School Berean Christian High School Tamalpais Valley School Bridge the Gap College Prep The Hilldale School Brookside School Upper Campus Wade Thomas Elementary School Cleveland Elementary Wallenberg High School Corte Madera School Washington Union Delta Vista High School Westmont High School Head Royce School White Hill Middle Independence High School Willow Creek Academy Jefferson Elementary Lawrence Jones Middle School Senior Group Lincoln High School Voyager Carmel Center Lycee Francais la Perouse Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary Marin Academy Montessori de Terra Linda Neil Cummins School Oasis Academy Old Mill School Petaluma High School Pleasant Valley Elementary Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in Sonoma County, California
FAMSF’s partnerships in Sonoma County, California extend to nearly 30 organizations. These are:
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Kensington Hilltop Maria Carrillo High McNear Elementary School Montgomery High School Pacheco High School Patten Academy Peralta Elementary Proctor Terrace Rincon Valley Christian School Santa Rosa High School Shasta High School Sierra Waldorf School Washington Elementary School College Windsor High School Woodside International Santa Rosa Junior College Yick Wo Elementary
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American Indian Public Charter Bella Vista Christian Academy Cabrillo School Cesar Chavez Elementary School El Verano School ER Taylor Elementary School Galileo Academy Hamlin School Hillcrest High School Hiram W. Johnson High School JFK High School Junipero Elementary School Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in the City of Oakland, California Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Partnerships in the City of Oakland, California
FAMSF’s partnerships in the City of Oakland extend to over 30 organizations. These are:
Colleges and Universities Oakland Technical High School Oakland Unity High School California College of the Arts Old Adobe Elementary Holy Names University Redwood Heights Elementary School Mills College San Francisco Waldorf School Starr King Elementary School Cultural Organizations Saint Francis Center Saint Paul's Art Attack! Episcopal School Magnolia Editions Saint Peter's Elementary Wagner Ranch School Other Washington High School
East Bay Express
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Bacich Elementary School Cabrillo School California Montessori Project Claremont Middle School Earl LeGette Elementary School Far West High School Herbert Hoover Middle School Hickman Charter School Hughson High School Joaquin Miller Elementary School KIPP Bridge Charter School Liberty School Oakland Fine Arts Middle School Oakland High School Oakland School for the Arts