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Est. 1932 | The San Francisco Arts Commission is the city agency that champions the arts as essential to daily life by investing in a vibrant arts community, enlivening the urban environment & shaping innovative cultural policy. linktr.ee/SFArtsCommission

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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Attention artists! SFAC's new Artist Housing Certification Program launches early 2027, building an eligibility list for affordable housing lotteries — incl. 94 units at Artists Hub on Market. Learn more: sf.gov/affordable-artist-housing & sf.gov/artist-housing-certification
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The third installation of the 2026 Art on Market Street Poster Series, titled “History Makes the Present Complete,” by artist Vida Kuang, is now on view along Market Street! History Makes the Present Complete will be displayed along Market St at 15 SFMTA transit shelters through fall 2026.
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Celebrate the season and support local artists at the San Francisco Arts Commission Art Vendor Holiday Market! Join us on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the lobby of the War Memorial Veterans Building (401 Van Ness Avenue) www.sf.gov/event-202512...
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Request For Proposals! SFAC invites artists and artist teams residing in the US to submit proposals for the Civic Center Plaza Temporary Sculpture RFP. Artwork will be located in front of City Hall. Submit here: bit.ly/sfacrfq Deadline: 1/12/2026 11:59 PM PST
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The Mayor’s Office, Arts Commission, Grants for the Arts, and Film Commission invite you to join us for one of three upcoming arts community convenings on OCT 28, OCT 29 (In-Person), & NOV 5 (Virtual). Learn more & RSVP sf.gov/arts-communi...
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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!
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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...
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
📣 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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
🎉 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!
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🌈 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. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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
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Kenneth Rainin Foundation @krfoundation.org · 23/04/2025
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)
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Foundation Announces 2025 Rainin Arts Fellows [VIDEO] - Kenneth Rainin Foundation
The Rainin Arts Fellowship celebrates visionary Bay Area artists working in dance, film, public space and theater.
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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!
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City and County of San Francisco @sfgov.sf.gov · 15/04/2025
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
📣 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.
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
📣 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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
📢 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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
❤ 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)
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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.
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
“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.
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
🎉 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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
📢 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...
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
📣 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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
📣 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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
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...
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
⚠️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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
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...
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
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...
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
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!
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
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.
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
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
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San Francisco Arts Commission @sfac.bsky.social · 07/08/2024
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
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