11th Annual Expo for the Independent Arts | Mission Dist.

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The Expo for Independent Arts is the Bay Area’s only grassroots connection fair for local arts, music and culture, and for its eleventh anniversary returns to its birthplace at CELLspace in San Francisco’s Mission District.

The Expo provide Resources, Skills and Community for local artists, musicians, performers and culture-makers of all stripes. All are welcome at this community melting pot — creative folks, fans, patrons, arts and culture workers, teachers, hobbyists, producers, youth, adults and families.

Admission is free, NO ONE is turned away, $5 donation requested. The Expo features dozens of Bay Area arts groups, free workshops, performance, and hundreds of local culture-makers.

Free Workshops

10:30am-11:30 am
Writing For Marketing, Pr, Grant Proposals, Storytelling And More
CELLspace, 2050 Bryant St. x 18th St., SF

11:45am-12:45pm
Social Networking (with Johnny Funcheap!)
Powerful new tools for online community building and promotions have emerged in the last ten years. Now social networking is changing how we talk to each other and work together. How can you harness social networking for your art?
CELLspace, 2050 Bryant St. x 18th St., SF

2:30-3:30 pm
Community collaboration and project documentation
Sports Basement, 1590 Bryant St. x 15th St.
3:45-4:45pm
Online Fundraising
Sports Basement, 1590 Bryant St. x 15th St.

Saturday, Sept. 25, at the Expo, Panel: 1-2 p.m. and 4:30-5:00pm; Face Time: 2-4 p.m. RSVP REQ’D.
Face Time with SF Arts Commission
CELLspace, 2050 Bryant St. x 18th St., SF
Want feedback on your portfolio? Interested in painting a mural in your community? Heard about our Art in Storefronts program and want to participate? In this service to the cultural community, SFAC staff will meet one-on-one for 15 minutes to talk about any thing you like.

• RSVP Required for Face Time! Email Robynn Takayama, robynn.takayama@sfgov.org. Indicate who you would like to meet and what you’d like to discuss. Half the slots are available for RSVPs. The other half will be scheduled first-come-first-serve at the Expo.
• Tyra Fennell (Arts Education Manager, SF Arts Commission, oversees the Arts Providers Alliance, StreetSmARTS program, and arts education policy.
• Aimee Le Duc (SFAC Gallery Manager; former Associate Director, Southern Exposure)
• Lex Leifheit (Executive Director, SOMArts, including the Commons Curatorial Residency Program, the Ramp Gallery, fiscal sponsorship, space, tech. support)
• Genevieve Masse (Intern, SF Arts Commission Public Art Prgrm, Civic Art Collection)
• Robynn Takayama (Manager, SF Arts Commission Art in Storefronts Program; multimedia community artist exhibiting in Los Angeles, Chicago, the Bay Area)
• Zoe Taleporos (Independent curator; member, Queens Nails Projects artspace; Program Associate, SFAC’s Public Art Program; former gallery manager for New Langton Arts)

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.