Artsy Fartsy
A hip-hoppin’ large-scale, temporary public art installation by artist Amanda Parer will be installed in Civic Center Plaza in April. Because, bunnies. San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza will host Intrude available to all of San Francisco residents and visitors to enjoy 24 hours, 7 days a week beginning April 4th through April 25, 2016. The more...
“Fort Nights: Neon Robot Iceberg” kicks off a new era at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, one of community-focused events and exhibitions curated by FMCAC. This event, which is the first in the Fort Nights series, features more than 22 artists and musicians exploring site-specific multi-media art across more...
The Presidio is proud to host the only west coast appearance of Annie Leibovitz’s latest internationally touring exhibition. Women: New Portraits continues a project that began more than fifteen years ago by the world-renowned photographer, and it remains her most enduringly popular series of photographs. The new portraits, commissioned by UBS, reflect more...
RayKo’s Annual Plastic Camera Show includes stunning and sometimes surprising images made by the crappy camera-toting winners of this competition. 2016 Rayko’s Plastic Camera Show Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 9, 6-8pm Rayko Photo Center, 428 Third Street, San Francisco FREE Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 9, 6-8pm Exhibition Dates: March 9 – April 29, 2016 The juried competition more...
Bay Area artists have come together to reimagine Sanrio’s character Hello Kitty, also known as Kitty White, for the 4th Annual Hello City group show. Hello City 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, March 4 | 6-10 pm Exhibition: March 4 – March 8, 2016 | noon to 8 pm Art Attack SF | 2722A Hyde St., San Francisco FREE Hello Kitty, first introduced more...
Sadly, the Frankenart Mart experiment is coming to a close, but they’ll be celebrating one final “free hot dog day” on Sunday, February 28th. Come by for a free beef or veggie hot dog, and every piece of art will be on sale. Come get dirt cheap art, art supplies, random crap, more...
After a two-year expansion, SFMOMA steps back onto the world stage this May as the largest contemporary art museum in the country. As Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher helps drive the global design conversation and heads a collection of pivotal works that influence contemporary culture. Design San more...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) will open its new building to the public on Sunday, January 31, 2016 with an all-day open house. Free BAMPFA Community Day Sunday, January 31, 2016 | 11 am to 11 pm BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley FREE, but a reserved ticket is required. Get a first look at more...
The internet was created for two things that both happen to start with the letter P; pussycat videos and, you know, the other p word that happens when two or more people and a camera really love each other. Enjoy a day full of one of these Ps (the first one) more...
America’s only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, The San Francisco Tape Music Festival features four distinct concerts of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 32 local and international composers. Hear members of the SF Tape Music Collective, along with guest composers, more...
Got an idea for a crazy, massive art project you think would look just terrible awesome in some super prominent public plaza in SF? If you act quickly, you might be able to get up to $50,000 to make your insane art dream come true. There may no longer be any empty public more...
Experience acclaimed media artist Janet Cardiff’s masterwork, an immersive and moving sound installation in its California debut from November 14, 2015–January 18, 2016 The Forty Part Motet is a 40-part choral performance of English composer, Thomas Tallis’s 16th-century composition Spem in Alium, sung by the Salisbury Cathedral Choir. The performance is more...
Urban Air Market returns to Pier 70 for their first holiday season marketplace, featuring 125+ sustainable design brands and makers of apparel, accessories, home goods, art, and body products from 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday, December 13, 2015. 2015 Holiday “Urban Air Market” Sunday, December 13, 2015 | 11am to 5pm Pier more...
Shop local this season and have a blast supporting over 180 local artisans and small batch food vendors as the local San Francisco Etsy team showcases their work at the Etsy Holiday Emporium happening at Pier 35 on the Embarcadero in San Francisco – over 200,00 square feet of shopping space with more...
Get started on that holiday list early as the Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market returns to Fort Mason. Expect over 300 talented makers ranging from holiday inspired stationery and gift wrap, unique and one-of-a-kind jewelry, apparel and shoes, to eco-friendly furniture, prints and posters, housewares and much more. 2015 Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market November more...
