Artsy Fartsy
Come get classy and jazzy out by the lake. That’s right, the ladies of Cuddlefish are jetting over the pond and hosting a salon-style tea party at Lake Merritt in Oakland. Gangsters, flappers, lounge singers and movie stars are welcome and 1920/’30s/Speakeasy attire encouraged. This is a classy affair, so grab your long more...
Huge, 15ft puppets constructed from cardboard and rigged for performance will be on view at Heron Arts’ 3,500 square foot space from 7-10 pm at July 11, 2015. Titled Ass Kicking Contest, this immersive experience comes to you from the compulsory creative Wayne White. The hand-cut puppets crafted out of cardboard were engineered by more...
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. The museum was designed by the renowned Swiss architecture more...
836M Gallery brought Banksy’s “Haight Street Rat” back to the city of its origins after it was almost lost due to anti-graffiti laws. July 11, 2015 is your last chance to check out this legendary work up close and personal. Photo Credit: Gabrielle Lurie va. S.F. Examiner The owner of The Red Victorian, which more...
The San Francisco Arts Commission in partnership with Burning Man has commissioned artist David Best to reprise his popular Hayes Valley Temple, which in 2005 was the first public art installation in SF Recreation and Park Department’s Patricia’s Green. There will be a free dedication event at 11 am on Friday, more...
San Francisco has launched a new Living Innovation Zone (LIZ). The project, called Studio 1, is a mobile art studio that will be activated by a series of Bay Area artists giving lectures and performances working in the space. The installation will be up for seven weeks throughout the summer. The whole more...
Andres Amador is an earthscape artist from San Francisco who is well known for creating massive sand drawings on the beach using only a rake and some volunteers. Watch him create one of his large-scale artworks. Then watch it wash away. Andres Amador Sand Art Creation Saturday, April 11, 2015 | 9 am to more...
What do you do with your BART tickets when they only have a nickel or a dime left on them? Add value? Donate them? Throw them away? Oakland fashion designer Sean Porter spent three years saving his tiny tickets to create a designer dress, made out of 192 of blue BART more...
Art Explosion Studios, the city’s largest artist collective, is holding its annual Spring Open Studios on in the Mission District. Come see over 100 painters, sculptors, photographers, fashion designers and jewelers as they exhibit their work from their studios at two locations in the Mission. 15th Annual “Art Explosion” Spring Open Studios March 20-22, more...
We’ve already got a 26 inch “life-size” sculpture of Yoda in the Presidio. But that little green man seems to get around. Thanks to Twitter user Loving SF for finding the new Yoda “heart” sculpture in Union Square with quotes like, “There is no Try.” Source: Loving SF via. City of San more...
According to a recent New York Times article, researchers who study love have put together 36 questions that could make any two people fall in love. Inspired by that article, an SF artist engraved those questions onto a treasure chest and placed it and two chairs on Bernal Hill. This free more...
All yogis, artists, drummers and compassionate souls are welcome to be a part of the first annual YogART Flash Mob organized by Art 4 All People and the Yoga Tree at Ocean Beach on Sunday, February 22, 2015. Show up at Ocean Beach in San Francisco with your yoga mat and all your friends and more...
Andres Amador is an earthscape artist from San Francisco who is well known for creating massive sand drawings on the beach using only a rake and some volunteers. Amador will be doing his thing for your viewing pleasure. He says, “…it’s time to bring it back to the beach of its more...
LA’s famous “Pancakes & Booze” Underground Art Show has made a home in SF with two nights of emerging and underground artists and, duh… pancakes. For a $5 cover charge, expect to see the works from over 100 underground and emerging artists, live body painting, DJ music, a no-host bar and most importantly, an all-you-can-eat pancake more...
From traditional Japanese woodcuts and old master engravings to 19th century etchings and impressionist lithographs, the annual San Francisco Fine Print Fair provides a wide array of choice and a place to learn about the art and history of printmaking from knowledgeable art dealers. 2015 San Francisco Fine Print Fair – Saturday, January more...