San Francisco Arts Education Project

🐛🦋🕷️ Get ready for INSECTPALOOZA this Sunday!

Meet giant millipedes, walking sticks, and other amazing arthropods from the Insect Discovery Lab. Create insect-inspired art, discover fascinating creatures up close, and experience the incredible intersection of art and science.

📅 Sunday, June 7
⏰ 12–3 PM
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🎟️ FREE

Perfect for curious kids, adventurous families, artists, nature lovers, and anyone who has ever wondered what it’s like to hold a giant millipede!

Come celebrate the art and magical science of arthropods with SFArtsED and .

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🦋 INSECTPALOOZA RETURNS THIS SUNDAY! 🦗

Looking for a unique family adventure?

Join SFArtsED and SaveNature.Org for Insectpalooza: The Art and Magical Science of Arthropods!

Children and families will:

🐛 Meet live arthropods from the Insect Discovery Lab
🦗 Get up close with giant millipedes, walking sticks, and more
🎨 Create insect-inspired art projects
🍪 Sample mealworm chocolate-chip cookies
🌍 Learn about biodiversity and conservation

📅 Sunday, June 7, 2026
⏰ Noon–3:00 PM
📍 Minnesota Street Project
1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION

Whether your child loves science, art, nature—or all three—there will be something to spark their imagination.

It was great to see so many new and familiar faces at the reception for 𝘚𝘰 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬: 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘊𝘈 on Saturday. A special THANK YOU to who created a special space for storytelling with her moving performance 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, to the musicians who shook the room, and to Kim Anno who made this all happen.

This is the final week to see the exhibition — the gallery is open today through Saturday!

Join us this Saturday, May 23rd, 2–5PM for the Artists' Reception for SO OVER SO BACK: New Voices in Contemporary Painting from CCA, with a special performance by Badri Valian at 4PM

The exhibition is on view through Saturday, May 30, and features recent works by students in the Painting and Drawing program at California College of the Arts, working with Kim Anno.
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Badri is a Middle Eastern, San Francisco-based artist interested in the relationship between individuals and the manipulated world shaped by war, ideology, and displacement. Her perspective is informed by a nuanced understanding of firsthand experiences with armed conflict, fractured identity, and the impact of political oppression. Through image-based narratives, Badri weaves together formative stories that challenge dominant narratives and question how identity is constructed under systems of violence and control.

Her ongoing interactive project, Forced Displacement, will be on tour and exhibited at Florence City Hall in summer 2026.

You can learn more abour Badri's practice here:
www.badrivalian.com

Free Workshop this Saturday, May 16, 2–4PM!
Earth🌎, Sun🌞, Moon🌗 Books🚀!
Bookmaking with Mark Shoffner

Join us for a free, all-ages bookmaking workshop, led by children's books author and illustrator Mark Shoffner. Participants will use found materials, paper, and watercolors to create a book about the characters Earth, Sun, Moon, and Space. All materials will be provided, space will be limited so we encourage you to come at 2pm to grab a spot at the table.

Mark Shoffner is a visual artist and author/illustrator of children’s books. His most recent book, The Witches of Glen Park, is a mysterious tale set in San Francisco written for middle-grade readers. It follows four other books created by the author using a range of illustration techniques including watercolor, pen and ink, and photomontage. Mr. Shoffner received his MFA from Queens College, City University of New York in 2000 and has been based in San Francisco since 2013, where he often works on visual arts projects with long-time collaborator Rebecca Herman. Their textile and installation work was exhibited at the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library, the San José Museum of Quilts and Textiles, and Tenjinyama Art Studio in Sapporo, Japan. He loves to foster creativity and an exploration of various art and writing techniques.

This Workshop is made possible with support from our friends at Mac Modern Appealing Clothing.

We're delighted to host a painting show in the gallery through the end of May!
The exhibition will be on view starting this Thursday, with extended hours 11–5PM.

𝑺𝑶 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑶 𝑩𝑨𝑪𝑲: 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑽𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑪𝑪𝑨 features recent work by Painting & Drawing students at California College of the Arts working with Kim Anno. Join us for the artists' reception on Saturday, May 23, 3–5 PM with a special performance by Badri Valian at 4PM. The exhibition will be on view May 14 – May 30.

So Over So Back:
New Voices in Contemporary Painting from CCA
May 14 – May 30, 2026
Reception: May 23, 2–5PM
with performance by Badri Valian at 4PM


gallery hours:
Weds-Sat, 11–5PM

Dozens of our Glen Park Elementary Afterschool students took part in a fantastic mosaic project led by artist Ross Holzman. Read all about it at the link in our bio. 📸 Ross Holzman

So proud that dozens of our Glen Park Elementary School Afterschool program students took part in this amazing project. Congratulations!

This once-overlooked San Francisco bridge is now the city's first tiled crossing A first-of-its-kind tiled bridge comes to San Francisco.

Thanks to everyone that came to the reception for The Last First Show on Saturday! The exhibition is on view through this Saturday, May 9th . Stop by to see recent work by CCA MFA students at the end of their first year.