Special Events
Saturday, January 13 2024
Highlight tours of the Anderson Collection led by Museum Docents
Anderson Collection
12:30 - 1:15PM & 2:30 - 3:15PM
Gallery Chats with OMCA Facilitators
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A twist on the traditional museum tour.
Public opening for Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller: Ambient Jukebox and Other Stories
Sunday, January 14 2024
Marin Art Day
Explore Marin County's many art offerings with special hours, events, tours, and family programming at some of its leading galleries and museums!
Participants Include:
Free Family Days at SFMOMA
FREE 2ND SUNDAY YBCA Curator Tour and Artist Workshop
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM – Curator-Led Tour of Bay Area Now 9
Join YBCA Head of Art + Public Programs Amy Kisch for curator-led tour to learn more about the exhibition, background of key pieces, insider details, and more. Free and open to the public for YBCA’s Free Second Sundays.
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM The Artist at Work: José Figueroa
Presented by YBCA Drop in on this artmaking session with BAN9 artist José Figueroa and try out his drawing process for yourself.
Free and open to the public for YBCA’s Free 2nd Sundays
Highlight tours of the Anderson Collection led by Museum Docents
Anderson Collection
12:30 - 1:15PM & 2:30 - 3:15PM
Monday, January 15 2024
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) will celebrate the national observance of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday as a Day of Service, providing FREE admission to the museum from 11am-5pm and programs throughout the day.
Through film, art, performance and dance, our special guests will help us reflect on the importance of protest, creativity and diverse communities.
Black and Brown Comix Arts Festival Expo
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Expansive artist alley, workshops, panel discussions, screenings.
Free and open to the public
Black and Brown Comix Arts Festival Expo
Monday, January 15, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
The MLK2024 Music Festival celebrates its fourteenth year, featuring Grammy Award-winning artists and performers on the Esplanade Stage at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens. With the powerful medium of music, this festival pays tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s enduring legacy, invoking the spirit of peace, love, and social justice that defined his work. The MLK Music Festival is sponsored by Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.
Free and open to the public
Learn more and RSVP here.
Tuesday, January 16 2024
Special Hours to view brand new exhibitions "Hayv Kahraman: Look Me in the Eyes" and "Saif Azzuz: Cost of Living."
Opening reception in celebration of: Altman Siegel, Liam Everett: the ground, and / slash art Joint Custody curated by Amanda Nudelman
Altman Siegel
Dogpatch
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Opening Celebration for Rohini Devasher's One Hundred Thousand Suns
Minnesota Street Project Foundation
Dogpatch
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Minnesota Street Project Galleries Open House
Minnesota Street Project
Dogpatch
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Opening Reception: Milk Carton Sculpture
Minnesota Street Project | 1150 25th Street, Building B
Dogpatch
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Curated by Jordan Stein and Vincent Fecteau
Live Performance: Michail Michailov | Headspacing
re.riddle
Dogpatch
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Michail Michailov will perform Headspacing. The performance invites participants to enter into a large-scale installation one at a time, isolating them with the artist within a kind of “non-space” space, which prompts a recalibration of one’s visual focus and sensorial awareness.
Opening reception: Cross Currents curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah and Micki Meng
Four One Nine
SOMA
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, January 17 2024
Curator Talk
Cantor Arts Center
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Join Jorge Eduardo Sibaja, Curatorial Assistant, for a tour of our special exhibition: Beyond Here: The Judy and Sidney Zuber Collection of Latin American Photography.
YBCA Free Wednesdays
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM – pARTicipate workshop with ChiChai Mateo: Model Magic!
Learn more and RSVP here.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM – ‘Art + Asana: Free Yoga Class’
Free and open to the public for YBCA’s Free Wednesdays
Learn more and RSVP here
FOG Design+Art Preview Gala
Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture
4:00 - 10:00 PM (tiered entry)
Thursday, January 18 2024
FOG Design+Art | General Admission
Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Programming:
1pm: Sustaining the Bay Area'sCreative Ecosystem
3pm: the Art of Design Collecting
5pm: Whose art is it? How AI impacts Intellectual Property
15-Minute Object Tours led by Museum Docents
Anderson Collection
12:00 - 12:15PM & 12:30 - 12:45PM
Join a 15-minute docent led tour exploring one object in the Anderson Collection
Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects Variety Show Extravaganza
Cantor Arts Center
5:00 - 9:30 PM
The Museum of Trans Hirstory and Art (MOTHA), the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, and Stanford Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies present an evening of performance, discussion, music, and readings to celebrate the release of the book Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects.
Thursday After Hours at OMCA
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
5:00 - 8:00 PM
Explore the galleries which come alive at night with a mix of pop-up performances, chats, live drawings, and more–just for adults!
YBCA Late 3rd Thursday ‘Sip & Sketch: José Figueroa’
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
5:00 - 8:00 PM
Kicking off the 2024’s YBCA Late 3rd Thursdays, grab your sketching tool of choice, your beverage of choice, and a seat for Sip & Sketch with ‘Bay Area Now 9’ artist José Figueroa.
Annual FOG Party - Exhibition Opening and Artists Reception
Saint Joseph's Arts Society
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wine Reception with Designers and Curators
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday, January 19 2024
Artist & Curator Tour of "with what eyes?"
CCA Wattis Institute
10:00 AM
Artist Rodrigo Hernández and Wattis assistant curator Diego Villalobos give a tour of our current exhibition "with what eyes?," discussing the themes and ideas behind Hernández's artistic practice. Coffee and bagels will be served.
FOG Design+Art | General Admission
Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Programming:
4pm: Books by the Bay
5:30pm: A Director's Journey: Co-Creating a Leadership Vision
Presented by Bank of America
Christopher Bedford, Helen and Charles Schwab Director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Moderated by Jori Finkel, Cultural Journalist, The New York Times and The Art Newspaper
Exhibition walkthrough with curator Meghan Smith and artist Charles Lee
SF Camerawork
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
ICA SF Members Walkthrough of FOG Design+Art with Ali Gass, ICA SF Founding Director
FOG Design+Art
3:30 PM
Exhibition Tour
Hosfelt Gallery
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Tour the solo exhibition SPILL/from 1 to 29 with LOT-EK artist team Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano at Hosfelt Gallery.
Artist Talk | Observing the Unknown: Rohini Devasher and Kim Beil in Conversation
Minnesota Street Project Foundation
5:30 PM
Delhi-based artist Rohini Devasher and Stanford art history professor Kim Beil discuss their shared interests in the intersections of art and astronomy, including the histories of observation, photography, and mapping.
Conversations at The Guardhouse with Curator Lisa Ellsworth, Urbanist Johanna Hoffman & Artist Tanja Geis
FOR-SITE at The GuardHouse, main entrance of Fort Mason Center
6:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Join FOR-SITE Curator Lisa Ellsworth, Urbanist Johanna Hoffman & Artist Tanja Geis during the Fort Mason Center Art Walk on Friday, January 19 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. FOR-SITE will present two back-to-back talks starting at 6:30pm and 7:30pm.
Opening Reception – Adia Millett: Reflections on Black
Haines, Fort Mason Center
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fort Mason Art Walk
Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Haines
FOR-SITE
SF Camerawork
Museo Italo Americano
SF Children's Arts Center
CULT Turns 10 Artist Opening and Anniversary Celebration
CULT Aimee Friberg
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Join us to celebrate this milestone, and to applaud all the artists and collaborators working to make the Bay Area a rich and nutritive environs for creative work and open dialogue.
Please email info@cultexhibitions to RSVP.
Adam Swig + Value Culture + Jewish Community Center of San Francisco + On Approval Invite you to SF Art Week Shabbat.
OSMANTHUS DIM SUM LOUNGE
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
$49 per person | Get tickets.
Following dinner is a private party, a 6 minute walk away in Chinatown.
On Approval + Value Culture + Altman Siegel + AUTRE + Exhibited.at Private Party
57 Wentworth Place | Chinatown | San Francisco
9:00 PM – Late
On Approval + Value Culture + Altman Siegel + AUTRE + Exhibited.at
Invitee you to a Private Party during FOG Design+Art
Music By:
EUG (Public Release)
Jeremy Castillo (Bar Part Time)
Password required for entry follow and DM @ivalueculture on instagram or contact ivalueculture@gmail.com
Saturday, January 20 2024
FOG Design+Art | General Admission
Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Programming:
12:30pm: we Start With The Things We Find
3pm: 3 Wheel Motion: A conversation with Mario Ayala, Rafa Esparza, and Guadalupe Rosales
5pm: Art, Collecting, and Musings with David Hornik and Troy Carter
Old Master Frame Making Demonstration and Exhibition Tour
Contour Art Gallery at AEDICULE
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Highlight tours of the Anderson Collection led by Museum Docents
Anderson Collection
12:30 - 1:15PM & 2:30 - 3:15PM
Into View: New Voices, New Stories Opening Celebration
Asian Art Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Michaela Yearwood-Dan in Conversation with Emma Fineman
Saint Joseph's Arts Society
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for a conversation with artists Michaela Yearwood- Dan and Emma Fineman, moderated by Aimee Le Duc!
Meet the Artists Reception: Resonance In Light
Heron Arts
6:00 - 9:00 PM
This is a unique opportunity to experience the exhibition and speak with the artists about their work.
Sunday, January 21 2024
FOG Design+Art | General Admission
Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Programming:
1pm: Reshaping Narratives: Asian and Asian American Voices
3pm: Workshopping the Outside In: Creativity Explored, Creative Growth and NIAD
Highlight tours of the Anderson Collection led by Museum Docents
Anderson Collection
12:30 - 1:15PM & 2:30 - 3:15PM
Sunday Brunch
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
11 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday Brunch: At OMCA's Town Fare Cafe
Spotlight Sundays
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
11:00 AM
Take a deep dive into topics generated by California culture-makers. Tickets are available on a sliding scale from $1 to $30.