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Exhibitions

GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain

Both visually captivating and subtly unsettling, GaHee Park’s paintings are enigmas of suggestive surrealism.

Films

We Can Love It Together: Creativity Explored Short Film Fest

Co-presented by Creativity Explored & YBCA

An evening of short animations and films made by Creativity Explored artists over the last two decades.

Workshops

Free Art Workshop: Watercolor Flower Paintings

Express yourself through watercolor by painting a collaborative flower still life.

Films

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

Co-Presented by GaHee Park, Michael Vass & YBCA

See Tsai Ming-liang’s “Goodbye, Dragon Inn” (2003) as part of a weekly film series exploring voyeurism and theatricality, cocktail charm and social taboos.

Workshops

Free Art Workshop: Clay Sea Creatures

Learn how to form fantastical clay sea creature sculptures inspired by the exhibition “GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain.”

Performances

Cindy

Join San Francisco indie-pop quartet Cindy for an intimate in-gallery performance inside the exhibition “GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain.”

Films

Querelle

Co-Presented by GaHee Park, Michael Vass & YBCA

See Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s “Querelle (1982) as part of a weekly film series exploring voyeurism and theatricality, cocktail charm and social taboos.

Workshops

Free Art Workshop: Surreal Portrait Collage

Draw from imagination to compose a surreal portrait collage inspired by “GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain.”

Films

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Co-Presented by GaHee Park, Michael Vass & YBCA

See Albert Lewin’s “Pandora and the Flying Dutchman” (1951) as part of a weekly film series exploring voyeurism and theatricality, cocktail charm and social taboos.

Workshops

Free Art Workshop: Dreamlike Diorama

Construct your own dreamlike world through a creative shadowbox diorama.

Films

Trouble in Paradise

Co-Presented by GaHee Park, Michael Vass & YBCA

See Ernst Lubitsch’s “Trouble in Paradise” (1932) as part of a weekly film series exploring voyeurism and theatricality, cocktail charm and social taboos.

Workshops

Free Art Workshop: Still Life Watercolor Painting

Create a watercolor painting through observation of still life objects.

Workshops

Pressing Matters: Hands-on Printmaking with Creativity Explored

Co-presented by Creativity Explored & YBCA

A hands-on, family-friendly activity for the public with Creativity Explored artists and staff demonstrating the basics of printmaking.

Events

Opening Celebration for “The Body Politic” and “Prototypes and Provocations”

Meet the artists and curator, enjoy cocktails at our cash bar, and be among the first to see new work at YBCA.

Exhibitions

Dread Scott: The Body Politic

The exhibition reflects Dread Scott’s longtime commitment to art that confronts political issues and interrogates American patriotism.

Films

Yourself and Yours

Co-Presented by GaHee Park, Michael Vass & YBCA

See Hong Sang-soo’s “Yourself and Yours” (2016) as part of a weekly film series exploring voyeurism and theatricality, cocktail charm and social taboos.

Workshops

Free Art Workshop: 3D Paper Flowers

Incorporate dimensionality into your colorful flower creation.

Films

A New Leaf

Co-Presented by GaHee Park, Michael Vass & YBCA

See Elaine May’s “A New Leaf” (1971) as part of a weekly film series exploring voyeurism and theatricality, cocktail charm and social taboos.

Performances

Traveling Shoes

Join DVT for a live performance of their album Traveling Shoes inside the exhibition “Dread Scott: The Body Politic.”

Films

The Music Room

Co-Presented by GaHee Park, Michael Vass & YBCA

See Satyajit Ray’s “The Music Room (Jalsaghar)” (1958) as part of a weekly film series exploring voyeurism and theatricality, cocktail charm and social taboos.

Workshops

Making Faces: A Puppet Crafting Workshop with Creativity Explored

Co-presented by Creativity Explored & YBCA

Join Creativity Explored artists for a hands-on, drop-in workshop to build your very own hand or stick puppet.

Films

The Ceremony

Co-Presented by GaHee Park, Michael Vass & YBCA

See Nagisa Ōshima’s “The Ceremony” (1971) as part of a weekly film series exploring voyeurism and theatricality, cocktail charm and social taboos.

Performances

Let Her Sing 2026: A Celebration of Female Voices

Presented by Diaspora Arts Connection

An evening of exciting music and solidarity for the female voice.

Films

Silent Shorts Program

Co-Presented by GaHee Park, Michael Vass & YBCA

This program of silent shorts features three multi-hyphenate artists-filmmakers-performers influential to GaHee Park’s work.

Films

The Red Shoes

Co-Presented by GaHee Park, Michael Vass & YBCA

See “The Red Shoes” (1948) as part of a weekly film series exploring voyeurism and theatricality, cocktail charm and social taboos.

Public Programs

Progressive Art Studio Models: A Lecture By Cléa Massiani

Co-presented by Creativity Explored & YBCA

A lecture on Progress Art Studios (PAS); radical spaces that support artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities while disrupting normative assumptions about art, labor, and value.

Public Art

SoMa Mahal Kita (SoMa I Love You)

Ciriaco Sayoc

A message of love for the SoMa neighborhood and community, inspired by weaving practices in the Phillipines and the colors of the Filipino flag.

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

Public Art

Dream

Ana Teresa Fernández

A public art installation commissioned by YBCA and co-sponsored by San Francisco Public Works.