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de Young Free Night & New Ed Hardy Exhibition
Artsy Fartsy Celebrate “Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin,” the first museum retrospective of the renowned tattoo artist, and local legend, Ed Hardy. The opening night celebration in collaboration with Juxtapoz Magazine features a DJ set by Chances with Wolves, and a specialty cocktail featuring Sailor Jerry Rum concocted by San Francisco’s own Trick more...
Check Out SF’s Brand New Neon Mural
Artsy Fartsy The neon art installation marks several firsts: artist Joseph Kosuth’s first permanent public artwork on a landmark building in the USA and the San Francisco’s first major project funded by the City’s Public Art Trust On March 13, 2019 at 6p.m., the San Francisco Arts Commission hosted a lighting and dedication ceremony to commemorate more...
SFMOMA’s Free Family Museum Day
Artsy Fartsy The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) welcomes families and inter-generational audiences to the museum for its Free Family Day on Sunday, March 10, 2019. While the museum is always free for visitors 18 and younger, on Free Family Day, it is also free for up to two adults accompanying each more...
Patti Smith’s 1-Week Photo Exhibition Comes to SF
Artsy Fartsy San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) and kurimanzutto are honored to announce Wing, a one-week-only exhibition of photographs by international artist, writer, and musician Patti Smith. Presented from January 14–19, 2019, at the Diego Rivera Gallery at SFAI’s historic Chestnut Street campus, the exhibition features a selection of photographs centered on Smith’s reverence more...
The only holiday gift fair where you walk in and know that every item was made in San Francisco. SFMade presents its 8th Annual Holiday Gift Fair, held at California College of the Arts’ San Francisco campus, the largest holiday gift fair where you walk in and shop local. 2018 SFMade Holiday more...
Get ready for three whole weekends of crafty shopping awesomeness. Come get all your holiday shopping done at this winter pop-up shop featuring goods from the SF Etsy Team and tenants of Makers Workspace. They’ll have over 50 vendors selling jewelry, home goods, art prints, teeshirts, candles, bath and body, and so. more...
Illuminate SF Festival of Light happens Thanksgiving 2018 through New Year’s Day 2019 and shines a light on San Francisco’s ever-expanding light art scene. Get your glow on during this two-month celebration during the longest nights of the year, featuring free light art tours, nighttime neighborhood walks, artist talks and participatory experiences.
The San Francisco Map Fair will be held at The Lodge in the Regency Center on 1290 Sutter St. The fair consists of over 20 antique map, print, and book dealers from all across North America and parts of Europe. Thousands of maps, prints, and books spanning over 500 years more...
“Long View Polar Bear” is a key public art event of the Global Climate Action Summit standing guard in front of SF’s Ferry Building. This sculpture from Burning Man artist Don Kennell reaches 35 feet tall and is made out of car hoods salvaged from junkyards to make the connection between more...
What if Willy Wonka and Katy Perry had a whirlwind romance, got married while skydiving, and had a glamorous, glittering love child who grew up to rule a small nation? Welcome to San Francisco’s Candytopia, 16,000 square feet of colossal candyfloss constructions and tantalizing taffy twistedness. Explore tastefully sprawling sanctuary of more...
Each year, the Urban Youth Arts Festival sets up about a huge community painting wall in Precita Park for artists of all ages to express themselves, along with music and fun – typically with over 500 feet of wall space. There’s also sometimes free food thanks to the YMCA and Wing Wings. 22nd more...
Renegade Craft Fair returns to San Francisco for the 11th year with good vibes, great food, and exceptional handmade at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason. Expect hundreds of hand-selected vendors. 2018 Renegade Craft San Francisco July 14 -15 , 2018 | 11 am to 6 pm Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, SF FREE Renegade brings more...
Inspired by Elaine Badgley Arnoux, who saw a pile of toilets in her apartment’s basement and envisioned Trump sitting on top, 15 artists have each transformed toilets into anti-Trump statements. It’s called “FLUSH: A Protest Project” a free art show taking place at the historic Swedish American Hall open Friday and more...
Celebrate the 111th birthday of Frida Kahlo and her love affair with San Francisco during a week of Fiestas Fridas taking place at locations throughout the Mission District. Be sure to wear flowers in your hair. All of the events are free and kid friendly unless otherwise noted. 2018 Fiestas Fridas July 1 to August 4, more...
Civic Center Plaza To Host Major Installation By Celebrated Artist Zak Ové Coming this summer, Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness is a monumental installation of 40 identical figurative sculptures that speak to contemporary issues of race, politics and identity. The San Francisco Arts Commission, with funding from the Office of Economic more...
