San Francisco Visual Arts NetworkSFVAN Welcome to the San Francisco Visual Arts Network, (SFVAN) map! This map aims to highlight the incredible wealth of accessible, vibrant and admission-free, visual arts activity across San Francisco. Phase one of the SFVAN map includes non-profit and artist-centered organizations, galleries, spaces and resources.
The de Young Museum, Intersection for the Arts and Southern Exposure collaborated to create the SFVAN Map to better connect Our vision is for SFVAN to grow to include, celebrate and better the range of dynamic resources available for artists and audiences. integrate all facets of an ever-evolving and incredibly active arts SFVAN is a work in progress. This map is a beginning. community.
Adobe Bookshop 1. CELLspace 8. 3166 16th Street, 94110 Adobe Bookshop has been home base to a (Collectively Explorative Learning Labs) 2050 Bryant Street, 94103 multitude of visual artists, writers, and 415-864-393 CELLspace’s mission is to provide a safe and www.cellspace.org musicians for over 15 years. Rotating local supportive public environment for the ex- [email protected] 415-648-7562 artists show in the main room and backroom ploration of art, education, performance, and gallery. community building. CELLspace is a multi- disciplinary, collaborative art center that has a.o.v. 2. been designed, built, and maintained by staff a.o.v. is a project space in San Francisco’s 3328 22nd Street, 94114 and volunteers from the community of artists Mission District that highlights work by [email protected] it serves. emerging artists, both local and interna - 415-431-8341 tional. Emphasis is on installation work and Clarion Alley Mural Project 9. curatorial projects. The gallery has been in Clarion Alley Mural Project was founded in between Mission & Valencia and operation since 1998. Please call ahead, as 1992 by a collective of community artists and 17th & 18th Streets, 94110 shows are held on an occasional basis. http://www.meganwilson.com/ organizers. CAMP was directly inspired by the related/clarion.php mural cluster in Balmy Alley that focused on [email protected] Artistsʼ Television Access 3. Central American social struggles. However, 415-626-2787 Artists’ Television Access is a nonprofit all- 992 Valencia Street, 94110 CAMP did not choose a single theme, instead volunteer, artist-run, experimental film and http://www.atasite.org focusing on two goals of social inclusiveness video gallery that has been in operation [email protected] 415-824-3890 and aesthetic variety. CAMP has produced 1984. ATA hosts an award-winning program more than 150 murals on and around Clarion each year of film and video screenings, Alley and internationally in Indonesia. exhibitions by emerging artists, a series of cable access television shows, and commu- Creativity Explored 10. nity events. Creativity Explored is a nonprofit arts organi- 3245 16th Street, 94103 zation where over 100 adults with develop- www.creativityexplored.org [email protected] 4. ArtSpan mental disabilities create, exhibit and sell art. 415-863-2108 ArtSpan is a nonprofit organization dedicated934 Brannan Street, 94103 www.artspan.org to building connections within San Francisco’s 11. [email protected] Femina Potens Art Gallery visual arts community and between artists 465 S. Van Ness Ave., 94103 415-861-9838 Femina Potens is a nonprofit art gallery and and the general public. ArtSpan produces performance space dedicated to the advance- www.feminapotens.com San Francisco Open Studios and Art for City ment of women and transgendered artists [email protected] 415-217-9340 Youth, publishes SF Open Studios: the Guide, curating monthly visual art exhibitions, film organizes workshops to help artists with screenings, spoken word performances and their professional development, and holds rock shows. Selections, a biennial juried art exhibition. Future Primitive Sound Headquarters 12. Balazo 18 Art Gallery 5. Future Primitive Sound Headquarters is a 597 Haight Street, 94117 Balazo 18 Art Gallery is a Latin-run and 2183 Mission Street, 94110 mixed-use gallery and store that showcases www.futureprimitivesound.com owned gallery in the heart of the Mission balazogallery.com cutting edge urban art and goods. The store [email protected] 415-551-2328 District providing a space for all genres, ages, [email protected] 415-255-7227 features art supplies, apparel, limited edition ethnicities, sexual preferences and diverse prints, books, music and treats. communities which represent the city of San Francisco. Galería de la Raza 13. Galería de la Raza is an interdisciplinary arts 2857 24th Street, 94110 Blackbird Space 6. space that supports the work of established www.galeriadelaraza.org Visiting Blackbird is a participatory experi - 2642 Third Street, 94107 and emerging Latino artists, both nationally [email protected] 415-826-8009 ence where the viewer is valued. The originswww.blackbirdspace.com and internationally. Galería also hosts an ex- of new dialogue in the arts community can [email protected] 415-826-2557 citing yearlong lineup of live music, theatre, be traced back to the experimental grounds spoken word, and poetry in addition to other of Blackbird Space. feature performances open to the community.
7. blasthaus Gallery 16 14. Founded in 1995, blasthaus represents emerg- 414 Jessie Street, 94103 Gallery 16 was founded in 1995 and is an 1616 16th Street, 3rd Fl, 94103 ing artists working in a variety of media. From(between 5th and Mint Streets) www.urbandigitalcolor.com www.blasthaus.com advocate for compelling and challenging painting and photography to installation and contemporary work in all media by today’s [email protected] [email protected] 415-626-7495 video, the exhibitions and events are pro - 415-474-7973 most exciting emerging and mid-career artists. grammed at its two San Francisco spaces along Gallery 16 to date has presented over 180 with screenings, panel discussions, lectures exhibitions involving 235 artists working in a and performances. Additionally, blasthaus wide range of media, exploring an equally continues to play a leading role in the exhibi- wide range of aesthetic, conceptual and tech- tion of artists whose work is created or nological issues. informed by technology and new media. Intersection for the Arts 15. 111 Minna Gallery 23. Intersection for the Arts is San Francisco's 446 Valencia Street, 94103 111 Minna is an art gallery/bar/nightclub. For 111 Minna Street, 94105 oldest alternative art space (est. 1965) and (btwn 15th &16th Sts) 10 years 111 Minna has been serving up a [email protected] has a long history of presenting new and www.theintersection.org unique atmosphere in which to enjoy art, 415-974-1719 [email protected] experimental work in the fields of literature, 415-626-2787 music, film, drinks and whatever else happens theater, music, dance and the visual arts, and to be the celebration or occasion of the day or also in nurturing and supporting the Bay night. 111 Minna is in the business of art and Area's cultural community through service, leisure. technical support, and mentorship programs. Intersection provides a place where provoca- Mission 17 24. tive ideas, diverse art forms, artists, and Mission 17 is an artist-run, nonprofit gallery 2111 Mission St., Ste. 401, 94110 audiences can intersect one another. Intersec- which exhibits the work of emerging and (at 17th St.) tion also supports emerging visual artists and mid-career artists in the Bay Area. Mission 17 www.mission17.com [email protected] arts organizations through its Intersection is particularly interested in experimental 415-336-2349 Incubator program. forms of artwork and the possibilities for social and psychological reflection pre-sented Kearny Street Workshop 16. by aesthetic encounters. Kearny Street Workshop is a community- 180 Capp Street, 3rd Fl, 94110 www.kearnystreet.org based, nonprofit organization whose mission Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts 25. [email protected] 2868 Mission Street, 94110 is to produce and present art that enriches 415-503-0520 MCCLA is a multidisciplinary, multicultural and empowers Asian Pacific American comm- arts institution committed to the collaborative www.missionculturalcenter.org unities. Founded in 1972 in San Francisco’s art-istic vision of the Latino art forms. MCCLA [email protected] 415-821-1155 Chinatown, KSW’s multidisciplinary arts pro- offers arts education, cultural and artistic gramming includes ongoing workshops, artist performances, and year-round gallery exhibits. salons, an annual arts festival, as well as presentations in film, music, literary, visual Needles & Pens 26. and theater arts and more. Needles & Pens is an emporium of do-it-yourself 483 14th Street, 94103 goods, independently published zines, and www.needles-pens.com [email protected] 17. Kimball Gallery homemade clothing. In addition, the space 415-255-1534 Located in the de Young museum’s admission de Young Museum houses an art gallery that hosts monthly exhibi- free zone, the Kimball Gallery serves as an Golden Gate Park tions featuring some of the most well known orientation space for visitors of all ages. A 50 Hagiwara contemporary artists in the nation. Tea Garden Drive, 94118 flexible space within the museum, this gallery www.deyoungmuseum.org explores the context surrounding works of art [email protected] New Langton Arts 27. and engages visitors directly in the creative 415-863-3330 Founded in 1975, New Langton Arts is an 1246 Folsom Street, 94103 process. artist-run gallery, performance space and on- www.newlangtonarts.org line art venue. Langton produces and [email protected] 415-626-5416 La Casa del Libro 18. presents hundreds of new works each year in La Casa del Libro is a bilingual bookstore and 973 Valencia Street, 94110 visual art, live art, music, literature, video art, art gallery promoting literature and art with- www.librerialacasadellibro.com net art and interdisciplinary projects, collabo- out boundaries. [email protected] rating with artists to develop new artistic 415-285-1399 languages which challenge the boundaries of The LAB 19. conventional art practice. The LAB is an interdisciplinary artists’ organi- 2948 16th Street, 94103 www.thelab.org zation that supports the development and ONSIX Gallery 28. presentation of new visual, performing, media [email protected] ONSIX Gallery, located in downtown San 60 Sixth Street, 94103 415-864-8855 and literary art. The LAB assists artists in the Francisco, is a space for emerging artists to www.onsixgallery.com creation of new work and presents new work show their work. ONSIX Gallery takes no cut [email protected] 415-225-2543 of the highest quality by emerging and est- from the art sales. ablished experimental artists. Of interest is work which crosses boundaries, material, cult- Pigman Gallery 29. ural or presentational and encourages new Located in the SOMA District of San Francisco 72 Tehama Street, 94105 artistic and social dialogue between artists at Howard and Second, the Pigman Gallery is www.pigmangallery.org and audiences. dedicated to alternative artists. Openings are [email protected] 415-546-7441 first Thursdays of every month. Lo-Fi Customs 20. Lo-Fi is a gallery/store that presents local art 69A Duboce Street, 94103 Ping Pong Gallery 30. and silk-screened clothing and rock posters, www.loficustoms.com Ping Pong Gallery was founded in 2005 by 1240 22nd Street (Gallery) as well as customs bicycles. Monthly gallery [email protected] artists Vanessa Blaikie and Joey Piziali. It was 690 Pennsylvania Ave #110, 94107 415-861-0500 shows are open to the public. conceived of as a creative incubator and www.pingponggallery.com [email protected] alternative art space wherein an action- 415-550-7483 the luggage store 21. oriented activity (ping pong), seemingly un- the luggage store’s multidisciplinary arts and 1007 Market Street, 94103 related to the arts, would give shape to an public arts programs are dedicated to broad- (near 6th Street); exhibition space and set in motion both a ening social and aesthetic networks by en- 509 Ellis Street 94109 literal and figurative dialogue between artists (btw. Leavenworth and Hyde) couraging the flow of images and ideas www.luggagestoregallery.org and individuals. between different cultural and economic [email protected] communities. 415-255-5971 Precita Eyes Muralists 31. Precita Eyes enriches and beautifies urban 2981 24th Street, 94110 www.precitaeyes.org Meridian Gallery 22. environments and educates communities Pan-ethnic, cross-medium contemporary art 545 Sutter St. Ste. 201, 94102 about the process of public, community 415-285-2287 of the Americas with a focus on drawing, www.meridiangallery.org mural art. PEM maintains a deep commitment painting and video. Monthly concerts, perfor- [email protected] to collaborating with the various communi- 415-398-7229 mances, events and lectures. Meridian Gallery ties it serves through tours, workshops, organizes traveling exhibitions and catalogues. classes, and a discount art store and visitors center.
Queenʼs Nails Annex 32. Southern Exposure 40. Queen’s Nails Annex (QNA) serves as a project 3191 Mission Street, 94110 Southern Exposure is nonprofit, artist-run 401 Alabama Street, 94110 space dedicated to presenting collaborative, www.queensnailsannex.com organization founded in 1974 dedicated to (at 17th Street) [email protected] site-specific and experimental works by presenting diverse, innovative, contemporary www.soex.org 415-706-1786 [email protected] artists. QNA hopes to challenge both emerg- art exhibitions, arts education programs, and 415-863-2141 ing and established artists to work outside events in an accessible environment. Southern their ‘normal’ practice in order to produce Exposure reaches out to diverse audiences and unique projects. serves as a forum and resource center to provide extraordinary support to the Bay Rx 33. Area’s arts and education communities. Rx is a blasthaus gallery and lounge which 132 Eddy Street, 94102 (at Mason Street) opened in 2003 and offers a new approach to TART 41. merging art and life. By acknowledging www.rxgallery.com TART is a project space committed to present- 47 Lusk Street, 94107 [email protected] (off Townsend btw. 3rd & 4th Sts.) originality and innovation within contempo- 415-474-7973 ing cutting edge work that has had little or no rary art practice, Rx provides both a conduit exposure on the West Coast. TART works with http://tartcontemporary.com 415-495-3475 for artistic expression as well as a social space established and emerging national and inter- connecting artists and audiences. national artists working in all media but is particularly interested in time-based work. San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery 34. The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, 410 Van Ness Avenue, 94102 Triple Base 42. the City of San Francisco's contemporary art (at McAllister Street) Triple Base is part of a network of interna- 3041 24th Street, 94110 exhibition program, is devoted to providing www.sfacgallery.org tional alternative art spaces. The storefront www.basebasebase.com [email protected] exhibition opportunities for local and national [email protected] 415.554.6080 acts as a gallery, studio, and place for experi- 415-643-3943 artists at our three Civic Center spaces and mental community based projects. various site-specific locations throughout the community. Through supporting a wide Visual Aid 43. variety of artist's projects and collaborating The mission of Visual Aid is to encourage 116 New Montgomery St., with other regional arts organizations, it is artists with life-threatening illnesses to con- Ste. 640, 94105 our mission to introduce San Francisco visual tinue their creative work. The organization www.visualaid.org [email protected] art culture to both residents and visitors, and serves professional visual artists from the 415-777-8242 provide a national and international context nine-county Bay Area, providing direct services for local art production. from art supplies to exhibition opportunities and career development. San Francisco Camerawork 35. Camerawork encourages emerging and mid- 1246 Folsom Street, 94103 career artists to explore new directions in [email protected] photography and related media by fostering 415-863-1001 ORGANIZATIONS without SPACES creative forms of expression that push existing boundaries. The Budget Gallery http://budgetgallery.org The Budget Gallery is a nomadic art space that [email protected] San Francisco Center for the Book 36. co-opts high-traffic, under-utilized public The San Francisco Center for the Book, a 300 De Haro Street, 94103 spaces for gallery-style art shows. The Budget nonprofit organization, is a home for a http://www.sfcb.org Gallery has been described as the best thing diverse community of people to learn the art [email protected] about attending an art show, a garage sale, and 415-565-0545 and craft of the handmade book. Through a block party rolled into one. public programs, exhibitions and classes, the Center promotes knowledge of the traditional ME'D1.ATE 806 Hayes Street, 94117 book arts and exploration of experimental ME’D1.ATE Network is an artist-run organiza- www.me-di-ate.net book forms. tion that incites experimental arts, ideas and [email protected] 415-994-8935 visions throughout the Bay Area and beyond. 66balmy gallery 37. Using a forum of exhibitions, products, Dedicated to the exposure of innovation in 591 Guerrero Street, 94110 websites and live events, ME'D1.ATE brings contemporary art, 66balmy is a unique gallery www.66balmy.com together innovative artists and mediums to located in San Francisco’s Mission District. [email protected] promote progressive works to new and di- 415-522-0502 66balmy exhibits work by emerging and verse audiences. ascending artists, in all mediums, and seeks that which is fresh and visionary. Pond: art, activism, & ideas 1855 Mission St #229, 94103 Pond is a grassroots, nonprofit organization www.mucketymuck.org [email protected] 667Shotwell 38. dedicated to showcasing interdisciplinary art 667shotwell is a non-commercial, experimen- 667 Shotwell Street, 94110 in an accessible and non-competetive atmos- 415-254-9151 tal space for artists in the home of artist Chris www.667shotwell.com phere. Through exhibitions, events, lectures, [email protected] Sollars. Projects range from installations to 415-821-1295 and public art in the US and abroad, Pond aims performances that are documented and posted to provide a forum through which experimen- on the web. tal artists may share ideas and foster a mutually beneficial relationship with the SomArts 39. larger community. SomArts is a 30,000 square-foot venue with 934 Brannan Street, 94103 two-gallery exhibition spaces, a 250-seat www.somarts.org flexible theater, rehearsal spaces, printmak- [email protected] 415-552-2131 ing and photography studios and administra- WEB RESOURCES tive offices. Since 1979 SomArts has been providing low-cost rental space to community artbusiness.com and arts groups, as well as off-site technical artsync.com services. fecalface.com sfarts.org shotgun-review.com stretcher.org N
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1 Adobe Bookshop 3166 16th Street 2 a.o.v. 3328 22nd Street 3 Artistsʼ Television Access 992 Valencia Street 4 ArtSpan 934 Brannan Street 5 Balazo 18 Artv Gallery 2183 Mission Street 6 Blackbird Space 2642 Third Street 7 blasthaus 414 Jessie Street 8 CELLspace 2050 Bryant Street 9 Clarion Alley Mural Project between Mission & Valencia and 17th & 18th Streets 10 Creativity Explored 3245 16th Street 11 Femina Potens Art Gallery 465 S. Van Ness Ave 12 Future Primitive Sound Headquarters 597 Haight Street 13 Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street 14 Gallery 16 1616 16th Street 15 Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia Street 16 Kearny Street Workshop 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor 17 Kimball Gallery de Young Museum 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive 18 La Casa del Libro 973 Valencia Street 19 The LAB 2948 16th Street 20 Lo-Fi Customs 69A Duboce Street 21 the luggage store 1007 Market Street 22 Meridian Gallery 545 Sutter St. Ste. 201 23 111 Minna Gallery 111 Minna Street 24 Mission 17 2 1 1 1 Mission St., Ste. 401 25 Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts 2868 Mission Street 26 Needles & Pens 483 14th Street 27 New Langton Arts 1246 Folsom Street 28 ONSIX Gallery 60 Sixth Street 29 Pigman Gallery 72 Tehama Street 30 Ping Pong 1 2 40 22nd Street 31 Precita Eyes Muralists 2981 24th Street 32 Queenʼs Nails Annex 3191 Mission Street 33 Rx 132 Eddy Street 34 San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery 410 Van Ness Avenue 35 San Francisco Camerawork 1246 Folsom Street 36 San Francisco Center for the Book 300 De Haro Street 37 66balmy gallery 591 Guerrero Street 38 667Shotwell 667 Shotwell Street 39 SomArts 934 Brannan Street 40 Southern Exposure 401 Alabama Street 41 Tart 47 Lusk Street 42 Triple Base 3041 24th Street 116 New Montgomery St., Ste. 640 43 Visual Aid Market St.
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Acknowledgement The San Francisco Visual Arts Network Map developed out of a conversation between the de Young, Intersection for the Arts, and Southern Exposure regarding the necessity for a visual arts network in San Francisco. The organizers would like to thank Carlos Villa for helping to start the conversation. We’d like you to get involved and help grow the network! Special Thanks to: Do you want to participate in SFVAN activities and be considered for inclusion in future editions of this map? Renee Baldocchi, John Buchanan, Kevin Chen, Deborah For more information, send an e-mail to [email protected]. Cullinan, Ryan Evans, Courtney Fink, Chloe Minsung Kang, David Karam, Wendy Norris, Gigi Obrecht, Harry S. Parker III, Alexandra Quinn, Carlos Villa, and Kim West. Dynamic, cutting edge art, education, and community programs since 1974 Design by