San Francisco Arts Commission Annual Convening

Annual Convening Graphic with general information

The San Francisco Arts Commission welcomed members of San Francisco's art community, to the 2025 Annual Arts Convening in the Herbst Theater on Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. 

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Watch the 2025 Annual Arts Convening Livestream

Mayor Daniel Lurie, Director of Cultural Affairs Ralph Remington, Commission President Chuck Collins, and SFAC Program Directors spoke at the Annual Convening and presented an overview of findings from fiscal year 2023-2024 and shared a preview of what is in store for the agency in 2025.

The evening also featured a reading and spoken word performance by author London Pinkney, and honored Artistic Legacy Grant awardees Rhodessa Jones (2024), La Pocha Nostra - Guillermo Gómez-Peña (2023), and Theatre of Yugen - Yuriko Doi (2022) and recognize past awardees Anne Bluethenthal - ABD/Skywatchers (2021) and Joanna Haigood - Zaccho SF (2020).

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Watch the 2022 Annual Convening Livestream.

What's Coming Up

Public Meeting

Executive Committee Meeting

December 19
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1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Hybrid: City Hall | Rm 408 and Online
Public Meeting

Community Investments Committee Meeting

December 18
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1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Hybrid: City Hall | Rm 408 and Online
Public Meeting

Visual Arts Committee Meeting

March 19
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2:00 PM to 4:15 PM

Hybrid: City Hall | Rm 416 and Online
Public Meeting

Civic Design Review Committee Meeting

March 17
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2:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Hybrid: City Hall | Rm 416 and Online