SFAC Galleries
We bring the community together through art.

The San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries makes contemporary art accessible to broad audiences through curated exhibitions that both reflect our regional diversity and position Bay Area visual art production within an international art landscape.

SFAC Main Gallery located in the War Memorial Veterans Building

The Arts Commission founded its exhibitions program in 1970 with the opening of Capricorn Asunder, a gallery space located across from City Hall at 155 Grove Street. Over the years, the gallery has evolved into the SFAC Galleries, a dynamic contemporary art program that has shown more than 4,400 local, national and international artists in over 480 exhibitions at two unique Civic Center locations. By commissioning new works, collaborating with arts and community organizations and supporting artist’s projects, the SFAC Galleries provides new and challenging opportunities for contemporary art to engage with a civic dialog.

Current Exhibitions PRESS ROOM

Artist in Residence Program

Launched in 2015, the San Francisco Arts Commission's Artist in Residence (AIR) program builds partnerships with City Departments in order to provide unique residency opportunities that result in strengthening the value of artists participating in and responding to the advancement of civic dialogue. AIR opportunities are only open to artists residing in the Bay Area.

Two LOCATIONS

SFAC Main Gallery
War Memorial Veterans Building
401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 126 (MAP)
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

SFAC Galleries - Art at City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, ground floor (MAP)
Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

 

Event
October 30, 2024 / 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Off Site
Event
November 13, 2024 / 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
SFAC Main Gallery
Event
November 24, 2024 / 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Off Site
Event
December 14, 2024 / 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
SFAC Main Gallery
November 04, 2024 / 2:00 PM
Hybrid: City Hall | Rm 416 and Online
December 02, 2024 / 2:00 PM
Hybrid: City Hall | Rm 416 and Online
February 10, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO, February 10, 2023 —The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Main Gallery is thrilled to present Crossing Lines/Lineas que Cruzamos, a two-person exhibition featuring the works of Mexican-born artists, Arleene Correa Valencia and Georgina Reskala. Crossing Lines/Lineas que Cruzamos...
November 21, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO – November 21, 2022 —The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Main Gallery, in partnership with Alternative Space LOOP in Seoul, South Korea, are proud to present Sowing Worlds , an international joint exhibition featuring works by five artists based in the Bay Area alongside five...
October 19, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO, October 19, 2022 – The San Francisco Arts Commission is thrilled to announce that Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez will be joining the Arts Commission as its new Director of Galleries and Public Programs. In this role, Aranibar-Fernandez will curate and produce exhibitions and public...

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What's Coming Up

Public Meeting

Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Crafts Examiners

July 02
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10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Hybrid: 401 Van Ness | Rm 125 and Online
Public Meeting

Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Crafts Examiners

April 02
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10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Hybrid: 401 Van Ness | Rm 125 and Online
Public Meeting

Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Crafts Examiners

January 08
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10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Hybrid: 401 Van Ness | Rm 125 and Online
Public Meeting

Executive Committee Meeting

December 18
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1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Hybrid: 401 Van Ness | Rm 125 and Online