218 Mississippi St
San Francisco, CA 94107-2529
(415) 552-9661
218 Mississippi St
San Francisco, CA 94107-2529
(415) 552-9661
Founded in 1979, SOMArts embraces the entire spectrum of arts practice and cultural identity, and it is beloved in San Francisco as a truly multicultural, community-built space where cutting-edge events and counterculture commingle with traditional art forms.
Minnesota Street Project began as a labor of love for its founders. Deborah Rappaport, respected social entrepreneur, and Andy Rappaport, retired tech-industry veteran, are passionate supporters of both the arts and their adopted home, San Francisco. With a belief that “those who have done well have a responsibility to do good,” the Rappaports have acted out of a realization that a new form of artistic patronage is not only a worthy goal, but an aspect of local culture their unique skills enable them to realize.
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ON THE WEST COAST The San Francisco Center for the Book was co-founded by Mary Austin and Kathleen Burch, who recognized a growing need in San Francisco, the Bay Area and on the West Coast for a facility specifically designed and equipped to support the appreciation, teaching and creation of book arts. The first center of its kind on the West Coast, San Francisco Center for the Arts was incorporated in March of 1996 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. THE GRAND OPENING The grand opening celebration on July 30, 1996, of the first location of San Francisco Center for the Book, on DeHaro Street between 16th and 17th Streets, along an old railroad line in the Potrero Hill District, attracted an overflow crowd of more than 400 people. That first season, consisted of 64 students and a dozen classes. NORTHWARD BOUND By 2002, with the renaissance of book arts picking up steam, San Francisco Center for the Book moved to the north end of the same building, to larger accomodations that included a view of an old railcar nextdoor, to house an ever growing collection of bookbinding and letterpress equipment, tools and type. To meet public demand, this move also provided space for more and larger workshops. ACROSS THE TRACKS In early 2013, the San Francisco Center for the Book moved to a 7,000 square foot space just around the corner and across what used to be railroad tracks, to the Rhode Island Street side of the same block, in what is now known as the Do.Re.Mi (DOgpatch-PotREro-Hill-MIssion) Design and Arts District, surrounded on all sides by galleries, art studios and other arts organizationsin a hub of art and design studios, galleries and technology firms. The move to the larger space space allowed San Francisco Center for the Book to expand to include an exhibition gallery sitting aside the print studio, a platemaking lab, a separate bindery, arts and crafts room, and administrative offices. THE PRESENT Currently, San Francisco Center for the Book offers over 400 workshops and and serves thousands of students of all ages each year. In addition to our workshops, San Francisco Center for the Book also presents exhibitions and events, hosts special visits and hands-on demonstrations, and much more. Explore this website to learn about all the things San Francisco Center for the Book has to offer and come for a visit. We are looking forward to seeing you here.
The NWBLK is a retail environment where designers, craftsmen, and makers conspire to produce and present the furniture, fashion, and objects that define the 21st century.
The Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) showcases exceptional examples of contemporary work in the fields of craft and design through engaging exhibitions and public programs. For more information, please visit www.sfmcd.org
DZINE’s passion for contemporary furnishings is driven by the belief that design is ultimately about living with greater comfort, elegance and ease. The DZINE showroom embodies this philosophy, with its carefully curated furniture, art and accessories and it guides its designers and sales staff as they work with homeowners, architects and interior designers. Through its website, events, gallery and showroom, DZINE seeks to inspire, inform and share the best of contemporary art and design.
Established in 1991, Catharine Clark Gallery exhibits the work of contemporary artists. A wide range of media is represented in the gallery’s program with an emphasis on content driven work. The gallery has pioneered the presentation of new media art in San Francisco, and is the first commercial gallery in the area with a dedicated media room. Exhibitions are hosted on a six-week schedule, featuring work by one or two solo artist in addition to media room installations. Additionally the gallery regularly participates in national and international art fairs. The gallery re-located to 248 Utah Street September 7, 2013. In the meantime. For more information about programming or artists, please contact gallery staff: [email protected] or visit: www.cclarkgallery.com. This new location, again designed by Los Angeles based Tim Campbell, is within the neighborhood of the San Francisco Design Center and Showplace Square. Catharine Clark Gallery will add to the emerging cultural character of Potrero Hill, which currently includes California College of the Arts (CCA), the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, and the Museum of Craft and Design. In 2010, Catharine Clark Gallery opened a pop up space in a residential apartment in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood (313 West 14th Street, 2F, between 8th and 9th Avenues). Exhibits, performances and installations of gallery artists’ work are presented at the New York location several times a year.
Through groundbreaking exhibitions, the Capp Street Project residency program, lectures, symposia, and publications, the Wattis Institute has become one of the leading art institutions in the United States and provides an active site for contemporary culture in the Bay Area. All events at the Wattis Institute - symposia, lectures, exhibition openings, etc. - are open to the public.
Workshop Residence engages the worlds of art, craft, and design. We collaborate with artists and designers who fabricate locally to create beautiful, useful objects.
With a background in law, non-profit arts administration and art dealing, Todd Hosfelt opened his gallery in San Francisco in 1996. Former museum curator and current partner Dianne Dec joined the gallery in 1997. In 2012, Hosfelt expanded and relocated to a 9,000 sq. ft. former door factory in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, forming the nucleus of the new DoReMi arts district. Hosfelt Gallery's program is built around artwork with a refined level of execution that offers new perspectives on critical discourses in contemporary art, culture, and politics. We represent an international roster of emerging to established artists whose work is grounded in a broad understanding of history — visual, cultural, political and social. Their idiosyncratic synthesis of knowledge and skill results in artworks that allude to tradition while incorporating new ideas, materials and methods.
ArtSpan produces SF Open Studios, the Art for City Youth program, artist networking events, and artist professional development workshops throughout the year. As the largest and first open studios program in the country, SF Open Studios showcases a multitude of artists, styles, and mediums that may lie just around the corner. Explore San Francisco and the Art Made Here each October.
Ever Gold Gallery was founded in January 2009 in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco and is committed to showing emerging and mid- career local, national, and international artists.
George Lawson Gallery represents a stable of artists who paint or work in disciplines with conceptual ties to painting. In addition we mount group exhibitions, special projects and guest solos that showcase trends in contemporary painting. We exhibit an international roster of artists, and produce limited edition books for many of our exhibitions. The gallery opened in San Francisco in 2008 at 49 Geary. From 2011 to 2013 we maintained an exhibition space at 8564 Washington Boulevard in Culver City along with a satellite space at 780 Sutter in San Francisco before consolidating the current location at 315 Potrero in San Francisco's new DoReMi arts district.