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Free Museum Day at the de Young
By - posted 12/31/2016
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Founded in 1895 in Golden Gate Park, the de Young Museum is a landmark art museum to showcase the museum’s priceless collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries, and art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. Free Admission Day: de Young First Tuesday of the month 2017 more...

Check Out SF’s Newest Mosaic Tile Stairway
By - posted 12/10/2016
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Join the Parks Alliance, Excelsior Action Group and Friends of Kenny Alley on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 1 pm to celebrate the grand opening of the Kenny Alley mosaic stairs which look like a waterfall in the Excelsior District at Kenny Alley near 4949 Mission Street. If you haven’t visited Kenny more...

The Mission & Bernal’s Free Art Scavenger Hunt
By - posted 11/30/2016
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  Secession Art & Design invites you on Saturday, December 3, 2016, 2-6 pm for live painting with Joshua Coffy. On display at the gallery and online are several of his original animal paintings. Plus there will be free art hidden around Mission Bernal. Joshua has a way of capturing the soul more...

SF Etsy’s Holiday Emporium
By - posted 11/25/2016
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Come out to shop and support over 200 local artisans and small batch food vendors as the local San Francisco Etsy team showcases their work at Pier 70 in the Dogpatch neighborhood in San Francisco. Expect tons of shopping space and a wide variety of makers, artisans and local Etsy more...

SFMOMA’s Free Museum Day for Families
By - posted 10/22/2016
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) welcomes families and intergenerational audiences to the newly expanded and transformed museum for its second Free Family Day. SFMOMA Free Family Day Sunday, October 23, 2016 | 9:30 am–5 pm; Galleries open at 10 am Check in at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Atrium, SFMOMA FREE for more...

9 New Murals Hit the Streets of Bayview
By - posted 10/21/2016
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If you’re on the lookout for some fresh art in the city, the streets of Bayview might be the perfect place to wander around. With the goal of making Bayview / Hunter’s Point SF’s next big visual arts district, local artists from arts organization Imprint.City are finally ready to officially celebrate nine new more...

Awesome New Burning Man Art Coming to Hayes Valley?
By - posted 10/21/2016
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Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley, which serves as a sort of San Francisco hub for anything Burning Man-related, is hopefully going to be the home of two gigantic geometric sculptures by artists from The Hyberspace Bypass Construction Zone (HYBYCOZO). The sculptures have laser cut patterned panels and the LED lights change colors. more...

2016 Trolley Dances
By - posted 10/15/2016
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Each year, Epiphany Productions transforms the city’s streets into stages through San Francisco Trolley Dances, a series of free contemporary dance performances along a Muni line. For the price of a Muni ticket, you’ll get a “hop-on, hop-off” Muni tour to experience an extraordinary lineup of Bay Area dance luminaries performing 8- more...

2016 SF Open Studios
By - posted 10/12/2016
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San Francisco comes alive with art this October and November as ArtSpan presents the 41st Anniversary of SF Open Studios – the oldest and largest event of its kind in the country, featuring 800 artists. It’s an unrivaled opportunity for art patrons, collectors, and admirers to connect one-on-one with artists, get more...

Market Street Prototyping Festival
By - posted 10/3/2016
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Market Street comes alive with over 40 prototype projects. The wide sidewalks will be filled with temporary installations ranging from performance spaces, relaxation zones, dynamic art pieces, and more. Market Street runs through the heart of our beautiful city, yet it can feel uninviting and disconnected. The Market Street Prototyping Festival more...

Asian Art Museum’s Free Sunday Celebration
By - posted 10/1/2016
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It’s that time of year again, when the museum gears up for its annual Filipino American History Month Celebration. This year’s theme of “Movement” focuses on the traditions of dance, martial arts, word and art of the Philippines. Celebrate Filipino American history and culture at the Asian Art Museum’s annual festival more...

Re:Make Festival 2016
By - posted 10/1/2016
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Ready for a creative day like no other? Join them (and thousands of others) at the Re:Make Festival 2016 to tap into your own creativity. Grab a bite to eat at the food trucks, snap a pic in one of the many photo booths, eat 3D printed food, check out more...

Opera in the Park 2016
By - posted 9/9/2016
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The San Francisco Opera puts on their annual free concert in Sharon Meadow on the east side of Golden Gate Park, just west of Haight and Stanyan. Bring a picnic and enjoy this outdoor concert which will feature highlights from the Opera’s fall season and some of the opera’s top singers accompanied by more...

Kristina Wong’s Asian Art Museum “Takeover”
By - posted 9/6/2016
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Kristina Wong plans to TAKEOVER the Asian Art Museum with a hilarious, provocative, one-night-only event. In a world where real life literally “trumps” fiction, what’s the point of performance art? With help from a motley crew of Bay Area personalities, Wong aims to reinterpret history’s most infamous performance artworks. Kristina Wong’s Performance Art more...

100 Muni Buses Turned into Rolling Art Galleries
By - posted 8/28/2016
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Muni Art will transform a regular commute into a magical ride on 100 rolling art galleries. That’s right, last year they turned 50 Muni buses into an art experience and because the program was so wildly successful, they doubled it to 100 so that more San Franciscans can enjoy the work more...