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375 Rhode Island St (Between 16th and 17th Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 565-0545

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 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.

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.

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.

The Stable is located in Studios #317 at 1890 Bryant Street, and features a collection of 8 very distinctive artists, working in various mediums including painting, illustration, photography, textiles and installations. 1890 Bryant Street Studios is a vibrant center for fine art and craft, located in the historic Best Foods building on the corner of Bryant and Mariposa Streets in the Mission District of San Francisco, and is the home to over 60 local artists. Gaurav Narasimhan https://www.facebook.com/Thou.Art.Worthy Ytaelena Lopez https://www.facebook.com/yta.art Melissa Wagner-Werner http://wagnerpaintings.com Puja Kapur https://www.facebook.com/pages/Puja-Kapur/745199132183349 Anubhav Jain https://www.facebook.com/thisindia Lani Tanaka https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paintings-by-Lani-Tanaka/213935961986753? Fuzz Grant http://fuzzillustration.com/ Russ Holt http://www.got-light.com/ Stacey Rivet http://artsash.com

The Pacific Center for the Book Arts was formed in 1978 by a group of San Francisco Bay Area book artists, workers, and teachers “to help support the new directions of their various disciplines, and to provide a vehicle and a focus for education, experimentation and communication in and among their fields.” The original board of directors included David Bullen, Frances Butler, Betty Lou Chaika, Betsy Davids, Don Farnsworth, Ann Flanagan, Don Glaister, Johanna Goldschmid, Georgianna Greenwood, Peter Koch, Janice Mae Schopfer, and Kathleen Walkup. The advisory council included Charles Gill, David Godine, Barbara Hiller, Sandra Kirshenbaum, Wolfgang Lederer, Stella Patri, Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, and Arne Wolf. Sadly, many of these mentors are no longer with us, but the PCBA continues to espouse the values and visions that these eminent and generous advisors imparted to us. The Ampersand was founded in 1982, and edited for almost 20 years by Alastair M. Johnston. He was succeeded by Susan Angebrandt, et al. The most recent issue was the four-color catalog of BookWorks 2011. A subsequent issue is pending. The Members Show – open to all members – has been the anchor of the PCBA since the early eighties. The San Francisco Public Library has been the customary host, and has scheduled it for this summer. The legendary Printers Picnic, at many venues, started in 1976. It will be revived sometime this fall. Lectures have been presented by Ferdinand Baudin, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Linda Brownrigg, Clifford Burke, Sas Colby, Walter Hamady, Michael Harvey, Eileen Hogan, and Claire Van Vliet. Studio visits bring members together for show-and-tells: revival of these due this fall. For many years, the PCBA sponsored the Printers Fair at Fort Mason. The original invitation for membership in PCBA spoke to the then-current revival of book arts which rings truer than ever in 2014: “Never before has there been such a widespread interest in all the fields that today comprise the book arts: printing, bookbinding, calligraphy, papermaking, typography, book design, illustration, conservation. This current resurgence has at its base a remarkable layer of talent, nowhere more in evidence than on the Pacific Coast. From Los Angeles to Seattle, book artists are producing work that is not only technically superb, but is breaking through the traditional boundaries of the crafts, informing old audiences and enticing new ones.” The calligraphy for the PCBA logo is by Georgianna Greenwood, circa 1978.

Spark brings a unique and innovative approach to increasing high-school graduation rates. In partnership with public schools serving high-poverty neighborhoods and businesses in the surrounding community, Spark identifies at-risk students in middle school and creates one-to-one apprenticeships in real workplaces, where youth explore careers and develop the skills and motivation to succeed academically. In partnership with leading companies, Spark is demonstrating a powerful new approach to the high-school dropout crisis, one that draws in new resources by turning workplaces into learning places. Longitudinal outcome data has confirmed the impact of this approach, with improvements demonstrated in GPA, attendance, disciplinary record, and ultimately high-school graduation rates among students who participate in Spark in middle-school.

Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts is noted for the interdisciplinary and breadth of its programs. It offers studies in 20 undergraduate and seven graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design, and writing. The college offers bachelor of architecture, bachelor of arts, bachelor of fine arts, master of architecture, master of arts, master of fine arts, and master of business administration degrees. With campuses in San Francisco and Oakland, CCA currently enrolls approximately 1,900 full-time students – nearly 400 of which are enrolled in the Architecture and Interior Design Programs alone.

We are a community of people with diverse spiritual practices although our roots are in, and we continue to be inspired by, the Catholic Worker Movement. Begun by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, the Catholic Worker philosophy and ideals are carried out by upwards of 200 houses worldwide in various works of mercy in the spirit of "gentle personalism." Gentle personalism says that all persons have dignity; all persons have the right to be respected. It says that each person who comes to Martin's is a guest and is to be treated as such. It says that eating is a right, not a privilege, and that feeding the hungry is a matter of justice, not of charity. In an era of corporations, Martin's is unique. It is not a business and does not function as such. All donations go to benefit those for whom the money is intended. It receives no Church or government funds. There is no salaried staff and almost no administrative costs. Martin's operates on the principle that what must get done will get done, and strives to develop a sense of personal responsibility towards the work. Those with an administrator's mindset may find Martin's to be a perplexing enigma. Nevertheless, many who spend a day at the kitchen find themselves touched, even changed, and there are volunteers who have worked at Martin's since it first opened in 1971. At Martin's, both guests and volunteers represent an incredible cross-section of humanity. Almost every conceivable race, religion, age, economic and social background, political belief, and educational level are found here. As one volunteer observed, "Some of the most fascinating conversations I have ever heard have been at Martin's—on both sides of the counter." Martin's is many things. Some people see it as a miracle. Some see it as a problem because "the poor" are not always pretty, and it is easier if "they" are invisible. Some see Martin's as the one place where someone calls them by name. Some see Martin's as a sanctuary with a tranquil garden. Some see it as a place that adds meaning and a sense of community to their lives. Some see Martin's as a fun place to eat or volunteer. Some see it as a place to do that "something worthwhile" they always meant to do. Some see Martin's as a place where warm nourishing food is served, without embarrassment, without prosely-tization. Some see it as a place where they can live out the Catholic Worker philosophy in which they so deeply believe. Some see Martin's as a place that shows what idealism looks like in practice. If you are wondering what Martin’s could mean to you, come and see. You will never be quite the same!

As a Chapter we endeavor to Connect, Inspire and Transform. Connect: To other members, students, past and future colleagues, related industries, government officials, our community and the public as a whole – all those who we collaborate with to build successful projects and demonstrate the value of our profession. Inspire: To feed the spark that brought each member into the profession and encourage that spark to grow and be passed on to all we connect with. Transform: Both the spaces that we live, work and play in, as well as, our members by providing varied opportunities to connect, educate, advocate and inspire while also striving to enhance the profession’s public perception. All action verbs for a Chapter that does not sit still - together we strive to make our profession, members, clients, communities and ultimately the world better.

Golden Thread Productions is dedicated to the cultivation and production/presentation of original theater. Golden Thread's vision is to create a world where the common human experience supersedes cultural and political differences. Torange Yeghiazarian, Golden Thread's Artistic Director states, "we define the Middle East broadly and inclusively not by geographical boundaries, but as the shared and evolving experience of the people who have been touched by its tales, melodies and aromas throughout history. The Middle East lives inside us: as we redefine ourselves, we redefine the Middle East."

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Turning Heads’ mission is to provide vocational arts education, entrepreneurship training, and develop young women leaders in San Francisco. We challenge race, class and gender stereotypes by believing that young women of color can work together and create a future that is personally, socially, academically and financially successful. The Turning Heads Sewing & Fashion Design Program is for San Francisco’s at-risk young women of color, ages 14-21. Our program gives young women the opportunity to express their creativity, develop a sense of self-reliance, and follow their dreams.

La misión de Common Sense es ayudar a los niños a desarrollarse y prosperar en el actual mundo de medios y tecnología. Empoderamos a los padres, los maestros y los legisladores, poniendo a su alcance información objetiva, asesoramiento confiable y herramientas innovadoras que les ayudan a sacar partido del poder de los medios y la tecnología transformándolo en una fuerza positiva en las vidas de los niños. Common Sense ayuda a las familias a tomar decisiones inteligentes por lo que se refiere a los medios y productos mediáticos. Ofrecemos la más amplia y confiable librería de clasificaciones y evaluaciones educativas independientes, basadas en la edad, sobre películas, juegos, aplicaciones, programas de televisión, sitios web, libros y música. Nuestras secciones Parent Concerns (Inquietudes de los Padres) y Parent Blog (Blog de los Padres) ayudan a las familias a entender los problemas y navegar por las posibilidades de la educación de los hijos en la era digital Lograr un enfoque saludable hacia los medios, los productos mediáticos y la tecnología puede representar una gran diferencia en las vidas de los niños de hoy en día. Los niños que aprenden a usar los medios digitales en forma inteligente pueden lograr cosas increíbles: aprender nuevas habilidades, explorar nuevos mundos, generar nuevas ideas y cambiar el mundo. Y, sin embargo, cada niño tiene necesidades diferentes. Como padres y educadores, conocemos perfectamente a nuestros niños. Common Sense está aquí para ayudarte. Podemos apartarte de aquellas cosas que no son adecuadas desde el punto de vista del desarrollo, y ayudarte a encontrar esas joyas ocultas que son perfectas para tu familia y tus hijos.

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