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 The San Francisco Art Institute has been a magnet for forward thinkers for the last 100 years. The integration of our academic and public programs  creates a unique laboratory where artists can experiment with original ideas and create new work. Discover the leading art of our time by engaging in thought provoking experiences on site, off site and online. |
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Exhibitions and Public Programs -present and commission new experimental work through artists’ projects, residencies and exhibitions. -provide a forum for a diverse range of contemporary art and theory with public lectures, panels and symposia. -document the artistic process and create a critical context in both print and electronic publications.  This year we have organized an active schedule of public programs which includes:-international visiting artists in residence who make commissioned projects, give lectures, and participate in critiques and workshops with students. -guest-curated group exhibitions often featuring a new premise by visiting international curators or other prominent local museum colleagues. -exhibitions of California artists organized by the Art Institute’s Artists Committee: a group show featuring artists from the Bay Area, and the Adaline Kent Award exhibition for an outstanding, yet under-recognized California artist. -ongoing public lectures series featuring a global roster of significant visual and performing artists, critics, writers, and curators. -symposia, panels and special events where students, the public, artists and thinkers engage one another in our unique educational environment. |
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Walter and McBean Galleries Artists’ Projects and Exhibitions The Walter and McBean Galleries are the campus’ primary exhibition venue and consistently provide innovative programming. In support of the Art Institute’s overarching mission to advance contemporary art and artists the galleries’ year round schedule places an emphasis on newly commissioned work and guest curated exhibitions featuring local and international visiting artists.
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Diego Rivera Gallery The Diego Rivera Gallery is a student directed, year-round showcase that features weekly exhibitions of San Francisco Art Institute student work. The public is invited to weekly openings each Tuesday from 5:30 until 7:30 pm. The gallery is also home to "The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City" created by the famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in 1931. Click here to view a printable list of our current schedule of student exhibitions Click here to visit our searchable events database for more information. Click here for more information about the Diego Rivera mural. Email: diegoriveragallery@sfai.edu Gallery Hours: Monday – Saturday, 8:00am – 9:00pm Opening Receptions: every Tuesday, 5:30 – 7:30pm Phone: 415/771-7020 x 4410 |
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Public Lectures Described by San Francisco Examiner writer David Bonetti as "consistently the best public lecture series in the visual arts," the San Francisco Art Institute’s lecture series features a global roster of significant visual and performing artists, critics, writers, and curator. Some recent lecturers have included Sophe Calle, Terry Fox, Ernesto Neto, Shirin Neshat, Stephen Prina, and Martha Rosler, Each summer the Art Institute hosts the Art Writing Conference, an important seminar on art criticism that offers unparalled opportunities for students and the general public to hear the views and ideas of leading art professionals. Lead by noted poet Bill Berkson, the conference features a keynote lecture, which is open to the public, and a week-long academic seminar. Recent keynote lecturers have included: Libby Lumpkin, Michael Brenson, Arthur C. Danto, Roberta Smith, Donald Kuspit, Kim Levin, and Peter Schjeldahl.
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McBean Distinguished Lecture and Residency Series The McBean Distinguished Lectureship and Residency, an annual program, brings internationally recognized artists to the campus to present a special public lecture and to interact directly with students in classroom critiques or studio visits. 
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Other Public Programs Digital Dialogues Digital Dialogues is the San Francisco Art Institute’s ongoing series of discussions on different aspects of artistic production, curatorial practice and theories of new media. Inaugurated in spring 2001 with a panel on “Curating Byte-Based Art,” during the Art Institute’s presentation of the exhibition Telematic Connections: the Virtual Embrace, this series brings artists, critics, curators, engineers and historians to engage in focused conversations about the multiple meanings and modalities of “the digital” across disciplines.
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Art Institute Affiliates  Artists Committee of the San Francisco Art InstituteThe Artists Committee traces its history back to 1871 and the formation of the San Francisco Art Association. The Artists Committee of the San Francisco Art Institute serves as a link between the Art Institute and the larger artist community in the Bay area. The Artists Committee assists the galleries in organizing a variety of activities and exhibitions throughout the year including: the Adaline Kent Award exhibition, an annual exhibition for Bay Area artists, Day Without Art, and a Salon Series.
As an integral part of our mission, the Art Institute has an ongoing commitment to creating relationships with prominent organizations in the Bay Area and beyond. BACVA (Bay Area Consortium for the Visual Arts) BACVA facilitates communication among nonprofit arts organizations in the greater Bay Area for the purpose of sharing information and pooling resources, particularly regarding visiting artists, arts professionals and scholars. BAVAC (Bay Area Video Coalition) BAVAC is an organization of Bay Area artist's dedicated to the promotion and inspiration of up and coming artists. www.bavac.org GenArt SF GenArtSF’s mission is to strengthen and empower the community of young artists; to cultivate a new generation of arts audiences; and to connect the arts community to the community at large. www.genartsf.org SF Cinematheque Since its foundation in 1961, San Francisco Cinematheque has become one of the most knowledgeable and respected showcases of experimental film and video in the world. www.sfcinematheque.org |
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