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Join San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Galleries for “with this body: a tool, a canvas, a portal,” a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Bay Area artists JoJo and adrian clutario, curated by Nicki Aquino, SFAC Galleries’ Summer 2026 curatorial intern.

“with this body: a tool, a canvas, a portal” opens on September 3, 2026 from 5 – 7 PM at the SFAC Main Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building and will be on view through September 19, 2026.

This exhibition examines the relationship between identity embodiment in practice and the queer and trans Filipinx diaspora. Through printmaking, performance, sculpture, and pre-colonial Philippine hand-tap tattooing (batok), adrian clutario and JoJo utilize their body to conjure the past and imagine queer and trans Filipinx futures. By subverting colonial narrative through an intentional assertion of (bodily) autonomy, they forge paths of resistance and freedom for the individual and the collective.

We hope to see you on the 3rd! taken in San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries by @sfac_galleries

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📣🍃 The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC), in partnership with the San Francisco Environment Department (SF Environment), is pleased to announce the selection of San Francisco-based artist Alicia Escott for the 2026 SFAC Artist in Residence (AIR) program.

Escott will spend 12 weeks in residence at SF Environment conducting research around the department’s history, programs, services, and inner workings, and will also participate in SF Environment’s annual programs around Climate Action Month, Earth Day, and SF Climate Week.

The residency will culminate in the creation of a new project that will be responsive to the artist’s experience at SF Environment and guided by the department’s overarching principles of environmental justice, racial equity, and community engagement.

To learn more, visit sfartscommission.org/air (🔗 link in bio)

(Images courtesy of the artist) by @sfac_galleries

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Arriving Soon! Tomorrow, January 15 from 5-7P.M., come celebrate the opening of “Moving San Francisco: Views from the SFMTA Photo Archive 1903 - Now,” on the ground floor of SF City Hall. SFAC Galleries and SFMTA Photo Archive are proud to present this exhibition celebrating the history of Muni and the evolution of our city with a collection of images from the SFMTA Photo Archive.

The exhibition features photographs taken between 1903 and 2025 and focuses on the City’s iconic public transportation system. Through this lens, it tells the story of San Francisco and the people who live and work here.

Moving San Francsico will be on display on the Ground Floor and North Light Court at City Hall through June 18, 2026.

Link in bio for more info 🌟 taken in San Francisco City Hall by @sfac_galleries

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This is the last week to see “with this body: a tool, a canvas, a portal” at the SFAC Main Gallery!

The exhibition features work by JoJo and adrian clutatrio and is curated by Nicki Aquino, SFAC Galleries’ Summer curatorial intern.

Catch it while you can—the exhibition is open Wednesday-Saturday from 12-5 pm, now through Saturday, September 19 at the SFAC Main Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building!

“with this body” examines the relationship between identity embodiment in practice and the queer and trans Filipinx diaspora. Through printmaking, performance, sculpture, and pre-colonial Philippine hand-tap tattooing (batok), adrian and JoJo utilize their body to conjure the past and imagine queer and trans Filipinx futures. by @sfac_galleries

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Join San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Galleries for “Excavating Uranus: A Psalm for Nyota Uhura,” a group exhibition curated by Ashara S. Ekundayo, featuring the work of Sydney Cain, Ayana V. Jackson, Courtney Desiree Morris, and bryant terry.

“Excavating Uranus: A Psalm for Nyota Uhura” opens on October 8, 2026 at the SFAC Main Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building and will be on view through January 30, 2027.

This exhibition transports the cosmonaut into a nonlinear temporal field shaped by Black temporalities. Through installation, experimental video, photography, sound, and sculptural fashion, the artists surface interdimensional relics, artifacts, and incantations lifted from parallel realities where memory and possibility meet. Together, these works explore ritual knowledge, cosmology, and the technologies needed to navigate multiple temporal and spatial realities.

We hope to see you on the 8th! taken in San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries by @sfac_galleries

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Last Day Club! We’ll see you tomorrow for the final day of “I split the ground, so it would not close over me,” at SFAC Main Gallery! This two-person exhibition features the work of emerging Bay Area artists Kelley Finley and Tricia Rainwater, and is curated by independent curator Shirin Makaremi, open 12-5P.M. at SFAC Main Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building!

In the exhibition, Finley and Rainwater approach survival as both a personal and collective experience. Delving into personal and communal histories, the artists explore what it means to sustain communities and how resilience is an ongoing process.

Link in bio for more info taken in San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries by @sfac_galleries

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We can’t wait to see you tomorrow night, from 6-8 P.M. for an evening conversation between “I split the ground, so it would not close over me” exhibiting artist Tricia Rainwater and Larissa Nez, Curatorial Associate of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA, at SFAC Main Gallery.

Marking the closing week of the exhibition, their dialogue will center around art as a pathway towards healing, particularly in femme Indigenous spaces. Using Rainwater’s work as a framework, the talk will also touch on how the body responds in these healing journeys and how the body responds through sharing space and making art.

“I split the ground, so it would not close over me” is on view through August 29. taken in San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries by @sfac_galleries

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~ Thursday’s Openings & Events ~

Art21’s 'Realms of the Real'
Film Screening,
6 PM
@rootdivision @art21
1131 Mission Street, San Francisco

Artist Tricia Rainwater in Conversation with Larissa Nez,
6 - 8 PM
@sfac_galleries @triciarainwaterart @canoecanoa
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

Paris Portraits:
Reading & Performance
featuring Laura Sheppard, Suzanne Stassevitch, Dale Tsang, & Myles Cooper
~ Drawing from "Paris Portraits: Stories of Picasso, Matisse, Gertrude Stein, and Their Circle" by Harriet Lane Lev
6 PM
@sfmoma
151 3rd Street, San Francisco

Works on Paper Book Club:
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Guided Discussion,
6 PM
@sfmoma
151 3rd Street, San Francisco

BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Pop-Up Projector Show,
7 - 10 PM
@grayareaorg
2665 Mission Street, San Francisco

"El Mad Mex Talks Back":
A Solo Spoken Word Performance by
Guillermo Gómez-Peña,
7:30 PM
@adobebookshop @mad.mex55
3130 24th Street, San Francisco by @sfac_galleries

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This is the final week of “I split the ground, so it would not close over me,” at SFAC Main Gallery! This two-person exhibition features the work of emerging Bay Area artists Kelley Finley and Tricia Rainwater, and is curated by independent curator Shirin Makaremi.

Catch it while you can – the exhibition is open Wednesday – Saturday from 12-5P.M. now through August 29 at SFAC Main Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building!

In the exhibition, Finley and Rainwater approach survival as both a personal and collective experience. Delving into personal and communal histories, the artists explore what it means to sustain communities and how resilience is an ongoing process.

Link in bio for more info taken in San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries by @sfac_galleries

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Next Thursday! Don’t miss an imperative conversation at SFAC Main Gallery between “I split the ground, so it would not close over me” exhibiting artist Tricia Rainwater and Larissa Nez, Curatorial Associate of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA, on August 27 from 6-8P.M.

Marking the closing week of the exhibition, their dialogue will center around art as a pathway towards healing, particularly in femme Indigenous spaces. Using Rainwater’s work as a framework, the talk will also touch on how the body responds in these healing journeys and how the body responds through sharing space and making art.

“I split the ground, so it would not close over me” is on view through August 29. taken in San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries by @sfac_galleries

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You have just two weeks to visit “I split the ground, so it would not close over me,” at SFAC Main Gallery! This two-person exhibition features the work of emerging Bay Area artists Kelley Finley and Tricia Rainwater, and is curated by independent curator Shirin Makaremi.

Join us Wednesday – Saturday from 12-5P.M. now through August 29 at SFAC Main Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building!

In the exhibition, Finley and Rainwater approach survival as both a personal and collective experience. Delving into personal and communal histories, the artists explore what it means to sustain communities and how resilience is an ongoing process.

Link in bio for more info taken in San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries by @sfac_galleries

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I split the ground, so it would not close over me,” artist Kelley Finley’s work remains on view through August 29 at SFAC Main Gallery!

Tapestry and multi-media works including “meet where the sky bends backward into itself,” “under other skies,” 1 & 2, and “stepping back into a forgotten place, holding onto a gate as a feather blows through,” 1-3, (all 2026) take up a Chinese folk-tale in which two friends are reborn as a two-headed bird after death, through complex compositions featuring natural fibers, photography, metals and 3-D printed elements.

In Finley’s practice, the core story becomes a framework through which these works consider interdependence, migration, memory, and survival, exploring the relationships between Chinese Americans and immigrants, and the cities they inhabit and support.

Kelley Finley is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is autoethnographic, primarily working in sculpture, textiles, and performance. Finley received her MFA from California College of the Arts and a BFA in Sculpture and a B.S. in Art Education from Kutztown University. Recently, she was an Artist in Residence at Recology, SF, and participated in Edge on the Square’s Annual Contemporary Art Event.

For more information about “I split the ground,” visit the link in our bio! taken in San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries by @sfac_galleries

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