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- Sat Jun 27 '26 – Sun Jul 26 '26showThe Moleskine Project XIII@ Hashimoto Contemporary / Harman Projects
- Sat Jun 27 '26 – Sun May 14 '28museumNengi Omuku: The Gathering@ de Young
- Sat Jun 27 '26 – Sat Aug 1 '26showIntroductions@ Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.
- Mon Jun 29 '26 – Fri Jul 10 '26workshopTablet Animation@ The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Mon Jun 29 '26 – Fri Jul 10 '26workshopStorytelling Adventures@ The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Thu Jul 2 '26 – Sat Aug 15 '26showThe Ultramarine Layer: Meditations in Blue@ Wessling Contemporary
- Thu Jul 2 '26 – Sat Aug 15 '26showThe Ultramarine Layer@ Wessling Contemporary
- Thu Jul 2 '26 – Sat Aug 15 '26showThe Ultramarine Layer: A Group Invitational Exploring a Favorite Hue@ Wessling Contemporary
- Mon Jul 6 '26 – Fri Jul 10 '26workshopCartoon Camp 2026 (July)@ Cartoon Art Museum
- Tue Jul 7 '26 – Sat Aug 22 '26showWave Comes In, Wave Goes Out@ Municipal Bonds
- Wed Jul 8 '26workshopHybrid Live Coding: Designing Systems for Audiovisual Performance@ Online
- Wed Jul 8 '26 – Sat Jul 18 '26openingFraenkel Film Festival@ Fraenkel Gallery
- Thu Jul 9 '26art fairCore Session: Art + Tech@ SFMOMA
- Thu Jul 9 '26experimentalFuture Tables: An Art + Tech Fine Dining Convergence@ SFMOMA
- Thu Jul 9 '26art fairCore Session: Art + Science@ SFMOMA
- Thu Jul 9 '26poetryQueer Bedtime Stories@ Queer Arts Featured
- Fri Jul 10 '26art fairFutureCast@ SFMOMA
- Fri Jul 10 '26workshopGrow + Gather: Free Gardening Workshop!@ West Berkeley Family Wellness Center
- Sat Jul 11 '26art fairSincerely, San Francisco@ SFMOMA
- Sat Jul 11 '26art fairCore Session: Art + Nature@ SFMOMA
- Sat Jul 11 '26art fairCore Session: Art + Us@ SFMOMA
- Sat Jul 11 '26 – Sun Nov 29 '26showGraciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds@ SFMOMA
- Sat Jul 11 '26workshopPersonal Worldbuilding with 3D Modeling in Blender@ Online
- Sun Jul 12 '26showQueer Ancestors Project presents UNDER PRESSURE@ SOMArts
- Sun Jul 12 '26workshopFamily Studio: Circus Animals@ SFMOMA
- Mon Jul 13 '26 – Fri Jul 24 '26workshopImagining Worlds: Creating Miniature Sets@ The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Mon Jul 13 '26 – Fri Jul 24 '26workshopAnimal Anatomy@ The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Mon Jul 13 '26 – Fri Jul 24 '26workshopImagining Worlds@ The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Thu Jul 16 '26experimentalRooftop Radio: Noise Pop@ SFMOMA
- Thu Jul 16 '26experimentalMax Cooper - 3D/AV Live - Feeling Is Structure Tour@ Gray Area
- Fri Jul 17 '26experimentalMax Cooper - 3D/AV Live - Feeling Is Structure Tour@ Gray Area
- Fri Jul 17 '26art fairOpen Sauce Industry Day@ Registration Tent / Industry Stage / Main Expo Hall
- Sat Jul 18 '26art fairOpen Sauce Day 1@ Gate A / Registration Tent
- Sun Jul 19 '26art fairOpen Sauce Day 2@ Gate A / Registration Tent
- Fri Jul 24 '26 – Sun Jul 26 '26experimentalTerrapin Roadshow - San Rafael@ Forest Meadows Amphitheatre
- Sat Jul 25 '26workshopVirtual Studio Series | Animate a Deck of Cards (Adult Session)@ Virtual
- Sat Jul 25 '26workshopVirtual Studio Series | Animate a Deck of Cards (Youth Session)@ Virtual
- Mon Jul 27 '26 – Fri Aug 7 '26workshopDeveloping a Sketchbook@ The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Mon Jul 27 '26 – Fri Aug 7 '26workshopDigital 2D Animation@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Thu Jul 30 '26artist talkBLKNWS: Terms & Conditions with Filmmaker Kahlil Joseph@ SFMOMA
- Thu Jul 30 '26salonWorks on Paper Book Club: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein@ SFMOMA
- Sat Aug 1 '26 – Sun Jan 31 '27museumTreasures of the Pharaohs@ de Young
- Wed Aug 5 '26 – Sun Jul 25 '27showArt Wall / Marcel Pardo Ariza: Las Frutas del Labor@ BAMPFA
- Wed Aug 5 '26 – Sun Jul 11 '27museumSome Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA Collection@ BAMPFA
- Thu Aug 6 '26 – Sat Aug 29 '26residencyResident Artist Shows: golden lionheart collier@ Audium
- Sat Aug 8 '26showWave Comes In, Wave Goes Out - Summer Party@ Municipal Bonds
- Wed Aug 12 '26 – Sun Nov 15 '26showLotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces@ BAMPFA
- Wed Aug 12 '26 – Sun Nov 15 '26showCampus Collaborations / Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces@ BAMPFA
- Sat Aug 15 '26workshopVirtual Studio Series | Animate a Giant Peach Sailing Across the Sea (Adult Session)@ Virtual
- Sat Aug 15 '26experimentalMatmos with Dick Slessig Combo@ Gray Area
- Sat Aug 15 '26workshopGrow + Make: Everything is Jewelry!@ SF Botanical Garden
- Sat Aug 15 '26workshopVirtual Studio Series | Animate a Giant Peach Sailing Across the Sea (Youth Session)@ Virtual
- Thu Aug 20 '26 – Sat Sep 26 '26showYari Ostovany@ Wessling Contemporary
- Sat Aug 22 '26workshopIn-Person Studio Series | Animate a Giant Peach Sailing Across the Sea (Youth Session)@ The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Aug 22 '26workshopIn-Person Studio Series | Animate a Giant Peach Sailing Across the Sea (Adult Session)@ The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Aug 22 '26showJacob Hashimoto: Giant Arc@ SFMOMA
- Sun Aug 23 '26 – Sun Oct 4 '26workshopColor Theory (Adult Session)@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sun Aug 23 '26 – Sun Oct 4 '26workshopColor Theory (Grades 6–10 Session)@ The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Mon Aug 24 '26art fairSFZF Zine Picnic@ Yerba Buena Gardens
- Wed Aug 26 '26art fairSFZF Zine Picnic@ Yerba Buena Gardens
- Thu Aug 27 '26workshopSip and Sketch | Painting a Western Landscape@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Aug 29 '26workshopIn-Person Studio Series | Animate a Mouse Taking a Bow (Adult Session)@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Aug 29 '26workshopIn-Person Studio Series | Animate a Mouse Taking a Bow (Youth Session)@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Aug 29 '26showAmbrose Trataris: Daisy-Chain<><><>Star-Connection@ Gray Area
- Sun Aug 30 '26poetrySFZF Thinking Captions Zine Reading@ Silver Sprocket
- Mon Aug 31 '26otherSFZF Kick-off Party@ Mission: Comics & Art
- Tue Sep 1 '26workshopClasses and Art Instruction@ Art + Water
- Tue Sep 1 '26otherSFZF After Party@ Silver Sprocket
- Tue Sep 1 '26openingArt + Water Opening@ Art + Water
- Tue Sep 1 '26showFORCED PERSPECTIVE: The World of Boots Riley@ Art + Water
- Tue Sep 1 '26poetrySFZF Thinking Captions Zine Reading@ Silver Sprocket
- Wed Sep 2 '26receptionSFZF Kick-off Party@ Mission: Comics & Art
- Sat Sep 12 '26workshopVirtual Studio Series | Animate a Duck Trio (Youth Session)@ Virtual
- Sat Sep 12 '26workshopVirtual Studio Series | Animate a Duck Trio (Adult Session)@ Virtual
- Thu Sep 17 '26workshopSip and Sketch | Underwater Scene@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Sep 19 '26workshopIn-Person Studio Series | Animate a Duck Trio (Adult Session)@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Sep 19 '26workshopIn-Person Studio Series | Animate a Duck Trio (Youth Session)@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Sep 26 '26workshopIn-Person Studio Series | Animate an Eccentric Inventor (Adult Session)@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Sep 26 '26workshopIn-Person Studio Series | Animate an Eccentric Inventor (Youth Session)@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Thu Oct 1 '26showDía de Los Muertos Annual Exhibition@ SOMArts
- Thu Oct 1 '26 – Sat Oct 3 '26showRM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me - Member Previews@ SFMOMA
- Thu Oct 1 '26 – Sat Nov 7 '26showChromatic Deviations: New West Coast Colorism@ Wessling Contemporary
- Sat Oct 3 '26 – Sun Feb 7 '27museumRM x SFMOMA@ SFMOMA
- Thu Oct 8 '26experimentalEraserhead Xiu Xiu@ Gray Area
- Sun Oct 11 '26 – Sun Nov 15 '26workshopVisual and Written Storytelling (Grades 6–10 Session)@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sun Oct 11 '26 – Sun Nov 15 '26workshopVisual and Written Storytelling (Adult Session)@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Nov 7 '26residencyFree Crucible Tours@ The Crucible
- Tue Dec 1 '26art fairHoliday Market 2026@ 1890 Bryant Street Studios
- Fri Dec 11 '26art fairSunset Night Market: Dong Zhi/Holiday Market@ Irving Street
- Fri Jan 1 '27residencyArt Residencies@ Art + Water
- Fri Jan 1 '27residencyArt + Water Residencies@ Art + Water