Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco CA | Nearby Businesses

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360 Kansas St (Between 16th & 17th Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 355-9670

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.

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.

Art Explosion Studios is San Francisco's largest Artist's collective with over 350 artists. We have some of the best art studios in the city and it is a great place to make art and meet interesting artists in a comfortable atmosphere. For studio space call 415-323-3020

Open 7 days by appointment. Lori Shantzis has been curating and selling art for over 20 years. She is currently director of a.Muse Gallery and Art Consulting, located in the Mission, where she exhibits local emerging and mid-career artists in a variety of mediums. In addition, she supplies art to several high-end furniture showrooms in the San Francisco Design Center, working with interior designers and private collectors throughout the Bay Area. a.Muse alums include photographers Luis Delgado, Seth Dickerman, and Molly DeCoudreaux and painters Jeff Burwell, Jacob Tillman, and Christina Mazza. Part of her consulting services include working with artists to develop their art and their portfolios.

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.

The Box Factory is an art, music and culture space in the heart of San Francisco's most hip and upcoming arts Mission District.

The Aesthetic Union began as a desire for collaboration. Printing has long been the process where designer and artist come together to duplicate their work. But printmaking is a craft that requires years of dedication to master. When an artist and designer collaborate with a Master Printer, a new type of artwork is created. The image is altered from the process. From the artist’s hand, to printing plates, to the press, and then finally, the pressman’s eye, the final product is an entirely different specimen. It’s been transformed through the alchemical processes of a craft that’s been around for centuries. Our goal is not only to show people the process, but educate; printing is essential to the form that they hold in their hands. From custom-designed business cards, limited edition posters, packaging, etc, we love collaborating with people who have amazing ideas or designs. The union in Aesthetic Union is about our relationship with you. You are who we are printing and designing for. The Aesthetic Union is you and I.

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.

For over 20 years, Robert Fountain International has been the forerunner in event design by creating incomparable theatrical events for clientele ranging from corporate giants to international socialites. He has countless successes with taking his client’s dreams and making them come to life. With Robert’s “out of the box” imagination, attention to detail and forward-thinking sense of style, he transforms spaces into immersive, interactive events that engage and entertain. He doesn’t make “pretty parties;” he creates an anything but traditional experience! Robert Fountain International is a company that designs, produces, and coordinates outrageous events, which sets RFI apart in the event industry. Fountain’s ability to offer a complete collection of services and a solid reputation for delivering unparalleled events has helped the company grow dramatically. Since its foundation in 1997, Fountain’s company has made it obvious...they know the ropes! His love of beautiful drama and all things elegantly bold enables him to be the brains behind some of the most elaborate, experiential milestone events in the world today. The more you push the envelope, the better. No idea is too big or too obscure. If you can dream it, he can do it! He has staged events throughout the United States, in Saint Tropez, St. Barth’s, Mexico, France, Italy and South Africa. With all his jet setting, Robert Fountain is still a simple boy from Georgia who cares that every client receives the very best attention and every event is a standalone work of art.

The California Culinary Academy is a for-profit school, and an affiliate of Le Cordon Bleu. It is located in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1977, the academy has trained more than 15,000 people for restaurant careers through its 30-week baking and pastry chef program and 16-month culinary arts degree program. It was purchased by Career Education Corporation in 1999.HistoryThe school was established in 1977.In mid-2007 the San Francisco Weekly claimed that the school preyed on students, misrepresenting the jobs and wages that were available to graduates, and the ability of graduates to service their student loan obligations after graduation. Soon thereafter, a class action lawsuit (Amador v. California Culinary Academy) was filed. One allegation was that the school inflated job placement rates by counting as successful post-culinary school placements jobs that would have been available without going to culinary school at all. The complaint in its various iterations, with detailed allegations, is available from the San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-07-467710.Later individual cases filed in 2011 (still ongoing as of September 2012), e.g., Abarca v. California Culinary Academy Case Number: CGC-11-511469, alleged the same problems. These suits cited data tending to provide substantial support for the allegation that CCA led students to believe they would be chefs after graduation when, the complaint alleges, graduates start in entry level jobs available to those without culinary degrees, making culinary school an economically irrational purchase. In December 2010 CCA owner Career Education Corporation ("CEC") agreed to settle the class action for $40 million plus about $1.7 million in forgiveness of amounts alleged owed to the school or CEC. That settlement received final approval from the San Francisco Superior Court on or about April 19, 2012, and that approval became the final judgement of the court in late June 2012.

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