We are thrilled to announce the launch of our 2026–2027 Grant Opportunities to support local artists and arts organizations! Visit sfartscommission.org/grants to learn more and apply today!

Now on view along Market Street! SFAC is thrilled to present the 2025 Art on Market Street Poster Series, Overlapping Histories: Art on Market Street Poster Series, 1992–Present The 3rd and final group of 15 posters' theme is “Things” Learn more: sfartscommission.org/artonmarketstreet

Join Us For An Upcoming Public Art Community Meeting to learn more about the Artwork Proposal for Joseph Conrad Square. 📆 Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 6-7 p.m. at North Beach Branch Public Library www.eventbrite.com/e/joseph-con...

📣 We're Hiring! Make your mark on the City of San Francisco as the Arts Commission's Capital Project Manager (1823)! Salary range: $121,836.00 - $148,070.00 Application Filing Deadline: Monday, July 21, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. Learn more and apply at: bit.ly/sfacjobs

The San Francisco Arts Commission is seeking your feedback on public art proposals that have been selected for the Portsmouth Square Clubhouse and Portsmouth Square Entrance Plaza! Share Your Comments by 5:00 p.m. July 21, 2025 sfartscommission.org

🎉 We’re excited to announce that more than $10 Million has been awarded to Support 151 Local Artists, Nonprofits, Cultural Organizations as part of our 2025-2026 grant cycle! Read the full press release at sfartscommission.org!

🌈 Happy Pride! The San Francisco Arts Commission wishes you a safe and joyful Pride weekend! We are proud to celebrate Pride through Art with powerful LGBTQ+ stories from past SFAC Gallery shows and the Civic Art Collection. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The San Francisco Arts Commission invites artists and artist teams to submit applications for up to 5 temporary public art opportunities throughout San Francisco in 2026 that will reimagine the future of monuments in public space. Apply here: bit.ly/sfacrfq Deadline: 6/30/25 by 4:59 PM

SFAC joined Mayor Daniel Lurie, Supervisor @shamannwalton, City Partners & Community Leaders to celebrate the completion of the Potrero Gateway Project! As part of this project a new public art installation was unveiled titled “Metamorphosis” Learn more: www.futureforms.us/metamorphosis

Please join us in celebrating the 2025 Rainin Arts Fellows! - Brenda Wong Aoki (Theater) - Christy Chan (Public Space) - Kyle Casey Chu AKA Panda Dulce (Film) - Vanessa Sanchez (Dance)

Happy 415 Day and Happy 175th Birthday San Francisco! From all of us at the San Francisco Arts Commission, we are honored to help you look your best by caring for the Civic Art Collection and placing new permanent and temporary public art all throughout The City!

Happy 175th Birthday, @sfgov.sf.gov 🥳 🎂 From Gold Rush beginnings to a world-class city of culture, resilience, and innovation, we celebrate and cherish the people and stories that make our City so special. #SF175 #sanfrancisco #citybythebay #sfgov #happybirthdaysf

📣 SFAC is thrilled to announce the newest sculptural installation to be added the Civic Art Collection, a bronze monument honoring legionary international icon & endangered animal ambassador for Pygmy Hippos, Moo Deng! 🦛 The sculpture will be installed today, April 1, 2025.

The San Francisco Arts Commission invites artists and artist teams in the U.S. to submit qualifications for the 2026 Art on Market Street Poster Series, which will feature the work of four artists/artist teams. Deadline: 4/21/25 by 11:59 PM Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/sfacrfq

Final week to share your feedback by taking the Arts Community Public Survey to help shape the future of the San Francisco Arts Commission! Take the Arts Community Public Survey by Monday, March 31. bit.ly/artsurveysfac

Now on view along Market Street! SFAC is thrilled to present Overlapping Histories: Art on Market Street Poster Series, 1992–Present, a retrospective showcase commemorating over 3 decades of artistic commissions. To learn more, visit sfartscommission.org/artonmarketstreet

Thank you for welcoming As Sounds Turn to Noise by Thomas J Price. In partnership with @sfport.bsky.social, SFAC brought the 9-foot bronze sculpture to the Embarcadero, where it stood between Pier 1 and the Ferry Building. The sculpture was deinstalled today 3/20/25

You are invited to join us for the next Constitutional Conversations Town Hall Session on March 18! This session will focus on the Reconstruction Amendments & Their Impacts on Immigration and Liberation – Amendments 13, 14, & 15. Learn more & RSVP at: bit.ly/constitutionalconversations

📣 We're Hiring a Community Investments Senior Program Officer! Salary range: $108,082 - $131,404 Applications will be accepted until 11:59 pm on Friday, March 21, 2025 The portal will close at 12:00 am on March 22, 2024 To learn more and apply, visit: bit.ly/sfacjobs

📢 We want to hear from you! Share your feedback at one of our upcoming open house and take our public survey to help shape the future of the San Francisco Arts Commission! RSVP Here: www.eventbrite.com/e/san-franci... Take the Survey Here: bit.ly/artsurveysfac

❤ Valentine's Day is just a few days away! Share these fun greetings featuring some works from the Civic Art Collection that we love with someone who puts the Art in your Heart! ❤ (set 1 of 2)

The San Francisco Arts Commission invites you to join us for the 2025 Annual Arts Convening in the Herbst Theater on Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 5:00 - 7:30 PM. This event is FREE and open to the public! Visit sfartscommission.org/annualconvening to learn more and RSVP to save your seat.

“I may not get there with you. But I want you to know that we as a people will get to the Promised Land.” – Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On behalf of the San Francisco Arts Commission, we wish you a safe, reflective, and happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The San Francisco Arts Commission is pleased to announce the completed temporary installation of Oleg Lobykin's 18-foot-tall polished stainless-steel sculpture, Talking Heads - on display in Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley for one year. Learn more at sfartscommission.org

🎉 Happy New Year! As we reflect on the past year and bid farewell to 2024, we want to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to all our Arts & Cultural community partners for a monumental year of art and culture. We wish you a safe and joyful start to 2025! Learn more: sfartscommission.org

📢 Coming this January! The San Francisco Arts Commission - Art in City Hall program and Photo Alliance are proud to present “Metaphors of Recent Times: A Dialogue of the Personal, the Political and the Cultural” on view 1/16/25 - 6/20/25 Learn more: www.sfartscommission.org/experience-a...

Now on view along Market Street! 6 new poster designs illustrated by artist Marcelo Potosí celebrates the vision and heritage of the Ramaytush Ohlone. This series will be displayed along Market Street between 7th & Steuart streets To learn more, visit sfartscommission.org/artonmarketstreet

📣 We're Hiring a Program Associate! Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on December 19, 2024. To learn more and apply, visit: bit.ly/sfacjobs

Meet Arts Commissioner Ex. Officio Lydia So! Commissioner So is a visionary leader and advocate for equitable housing, sustainable urban development and leader of the AANHPI community. She sits on the Arts Commission as an Ex. Officio member. Learn more: sfartscommission.org/commissioners

📣 We're Hiring a Public Art Project Manager! Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on December 14, 2024. To learn more and apply, visit: bit.ly/sfacjobs

Meet Arts Commissioner Marcus Shelby! Commissioner Shelby sits on the Executive & Community Investments committees and is a composer, bassist, bandleader, and educator. Shelby has served on the San Francisco Arts Commission since 2013. To learn more, visit sfartscommission.org/commissioners

Meet Arts Commissioner Abby Schnair! Commissioner Schnair was appointed to the San Francisco Arts Commission in 2013 and is an architectural photographer with over 40 years of experience Learn more about and meet our other Commissioners: sfartscommission.org/commissioners

SFAC is thrilled to announce the completed installation of "Aurum", a geometric stainless steel light sculpture created by artist duo Yelena Filipchuk & Serge Beaulieu of @HYBYCOZO in Mint Plaza. Read the full press release here: sfartscommission.org/our-role-imp...

⚠️REMINDER⚠️Call For Artists! Terminal 3 West Modernization RFQ SFAC invites artists and artist teams to submit qualifications for multiple art opportunities at SFO Deadline to Submit: October 7, 2024 by 11:59 PM PDT. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/sfacrfq

The San Francisco Arts Commission is seeking feedback for artwork proposals at 11th & Natoma Park! Deadline to submit public comment: 10/14/24 by 5:00 pm (DEADLINE EXTENDED) View proposals for 11th & Natoma Park: bit.ly/feedback11na...

Now on view along Market Street! Six new poster designs illustrated by Calixto Robles, will be displayed along Market St between 7th & Steuart at 15 SFMTA transit shelters through November 2024. To learn more, visit sfartscommission.org/artonmarketstreet

SFAC is seeking feedback for proposals for artist-designed powder-coated panels for the perimeter park fence along 11th Street between Minna and Natoma Streets View proposals for 11th & Natoma Park: bit.ly/feedback11na... Deadline to submit public comment: 9/30/24 by 5:00 pm

SFAC invites you to join us for Constitutional Conversations! The 1st town hall session, focused on the theme of Freedom of Expression, will be held 9/27/24 in the Green Room at the War Memorial Veterans Building. Register free here: sfartscommission.org/content/cons...

The San Francisco Arts Commission is thrilled to announce our 2025 Grant Opportunities! Apply today and be part of San Francisco’s thriving arts and culture scene here: sfartscommission.org/grants Please help share and spread the word about these grant opportunities!

Meet Arts Commissioner Jessica Rothschild! Commissioner Jessica Rothschild sits on the Civic Design Review Committee and is an architect and an advocate for the arts in the built environment. Learn more here: sfartscommission.org/commissioners

Call For Artists! Terminal 3 West Modernization RFQ SFAC invites artists and artist teams to submit qualifications for multiple art opportunities at SFO Deadline to Submit Qualifications: October 7, 2024 by 11:59 PM PDT. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/sfacrfq

The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is excited to announce Ebon Sean Glenn will join the Arts Commission as the agency’s new Deputy Director of Programs! Ebon will begin his new role on September 3, and will report to Ralph Remington, Director of Cultural Affairs.

Coming Soon: "When Unearthed Sights Collide", a two-person exhibition featuring the work of two emerging Bay Area artists Shirin Khalatbari & Sun Park, curated by Shirin Makaremi opens on September 20, 2024 at the SFAC Main Gallery. Learn more at: sfartscommission.org/whenunearthedsightscollide

Meet Commissioner Nabiel Musleh! Commissioner Nabiel Musleh sits on the Community Investments and Visual Arts committees and is a Palestinian American visual artist who has carved a deep niche in San Francisco culture and nightlife. Learn more here: sfartscommission.org/commissioners

The SF Arts Commission is seeking feedback for 2 new public art installations at the Potrero Yard Modernization Project! View proposals for the 17th st. bus ramp: bit.ly/potrerobusra... View proposals for the Mariposa stairwell: bit.ly/potrerostair... Deadline: August 19, 2024 by 5:00 pm

Join us 8/6 & 8/13 for Chinatown Artist Registry Workshops! Virtual Workshop: 8/6/24 5 PM | RSVP: bit.ly/ctartistregi... In-Person Workshop: 8/13/24 5:30 PM | RSVP: bit.ly/ctartistinpe... The workshop aims to inform & prepare artists interested in being part of the registry.

SFAC & SF Public Library are excited to announce the upcoming installation of "Portrait of a Phenomenal Woman", a new monument honoring Dr. Maya Angelou by Lava Thomas in September 2024 at the Main Library! Learn more and RSVP for the unveiling at sfartscommission.org/mayaangeloumonument

📢Share your feedback! The San Francisco Arts Commission seeking feedback on four artist proposals for a tile or mosaic artwork at the forthcoming SFUSD Mission Bay School! View proposals and share your feedback by July 26 at bit.ly/missionbayschoolartproposals

The Chinatown Artist Registry RFQ is now open! Seeking artists for projects taking place in Chinatown at Portsmouth Square, Chinatown Public Health Center, & Chinatown Him Mark Lai Branch Library. Deadline: September 11, 2024. Learn more at sfartscommission.org/chinatownartistregistryrfq