Mon May 6th Closed
Exhibitions
Bay Area Now 9
Presented by YBCA
October 6, 2023–May 5, 2024
The ninth iteration of YBCA’s signature triennial exhibition highlighting 30 artists working throughout the Bay Area’s nine counties.
Dance
Dance Series 2
Presented by Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Featuring a world premiere by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa as well as pieces by Amy Seiwert, Brennan Wall and Michael Smuin.
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Public Art
We fly for a liberated we, we rooted in flight
Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
A public artwork inviting passerbyers to join in the journey of collective flight
+ Read more2024–Ongoing
Third Street Exterior, YBCA
Public Art
Ceasefire Now!
Jeffrey Cheung
A public artwork meant to inspire a sense of communal solidarity.
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Exterior Forum Wall, YBCA
Workshops
pARTicipate: Memory Collage
Workshops presented by YBCA
Create a mixed-media collage that evokes your personal journey, inspired by artist Shirin Towfiq.
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Workshops
pARTicipate Workshop: Community-Dedicated Postcards
Workshops presented by YBCA
Celebrate your community by creating special handmade cards to give to friends, family, and loved ones.
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Workshops
pARTicipate Workshop: Weaving Tales
Workshops presented by YBCA
Participants will learn to weave with paper, inspired by artist Indira Allegra’s work TEXERE.
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Workshops
pARTicipate Workshop: Mythological Pop-up Book
Workshops presented by YBCA
Draw from personal experience and/or history to create your own mythological pop up book, inspired by artist Masako Miki.
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Public Art
Dream
Ana Teresa Fernández
A public art installation commissioned by YBCA and co-sponsored by San Francisco Public Works.
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Bernal Hill, San Francisco
Public Art
love @ first line
Anna Sergeeva
A new site-specific public artwork by Anna Sergeeva featuring the first lines of love poems.
+ Read more2021–ongoing
Exterior, YBCA
Public Art
Statement marquee from Escuela de Arte Útil (School of Useful Art)
Tania Bruguera
YBCA continues to activate the marquee with timely and responsive messages generated from artists and community partners.
+ Read more2017–ongoing
Third Street Courtyard, YBCA
Public Art
Peace in the Middle East
Taravat Talepasand
This work refers to the translation of the word “peace” in Farsi “صلح” sculpted with neon.
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Grand Lobby, YBCA
2022-ongoing
Mission Street at Geneva Ave., Excelsior Ave. and Onoganda Ave., San Francisco
Public Art
Let’s Build from Here
Innosanto Nagara
A site-specific public artwork highlighting the power of collaborative future-building.
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East Gardens, YBCA
Public Art
UNDO MEN
Sanctuary City Project
This work shines light on the power of the student-led pro-immigrant movement while examining the impact of policies on the lives of the undocumented community.
+ Read more2023–ongoing
Grand Lobby, YBCA