Video: Mexican artist makes his mark on Valencia street art wall
Cova tries something elaborate on the ephemeral art wall.
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Neighborhood Notes: 25 years of Women’s Building mural, ‘Maestrapeace’
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Mission’s biggest mural, the Maestrapeace that covers the Women’s Building at 3543 18th St. Now the seven artists who created the mural are releasing a book.
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Despite fears of an end to the Mission art scene, an influx of galleries indicates a boom
Despite fears that rent hikes and the influx of the younger tech community would push out artists and diminish their core audience, galleries in the Mission and lower Potrero are popping up at a pace not seen for years.
Art spaces now number 37 compared to 27 in 2017 when Mission Local last did a count.
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René Yañez’s son, Rio, exhibits father’s personal sketchbooks
Tucked into the corner of Thacher Art Gallery’s ‘Studio Misión: the Art Studio as Medium,’ sits an empty wooden work table and chair. Before his death at age 75 in May 2018, renowned Mission District artist René Yañez had planned for this gallery space, located on the University of San Francisco campus at 2130 Fulton Street, to be a workspace where he would create art to be displayed on the walls.
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Foreign Cinema and Sherwood Design unveil massive new Jet Martinez mural
After about three-and-a-half weeks, the paint has finally dried on Jet Martinez’s new mural shared...
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Pride 2019: Mission photo exhibit highlights ‘the beauty of queer families’
Dr. Meghan Lewis manages to keep busy. She’s a professional counselor, a doula, a former...
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Special Report: ‘Toxic donors’ are coming under fire at art museums — but not in liberal San Francisco. What will SFMOMA do?
A new wave of institutional critique threatens to land in San Francisco, starting with this...
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Musician Lester Chambers boogies his birthday away
Richard Segovia walks around the music studio basement of his house wearing a grey ball cap with...
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Cuba Caribe festival, the alternative to a life without dancing
For Ramon Alayo, it’s hard to imagine a life without dancing. “I don’t know how to do other things...
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Now playing at a Mission District peephole near you, it’s I Wanna Dance in a Moment Like This
When I stop by the Creativity Explored studio, Makeya Kaiser greets me wearing a jacket she...
Read MoreVideo: World premiere of ‘Coloring’ at ODC Theater is a vivid dance take on the modern world
Chuck Wilt grew up in San Francisco, and even had his first show performance at ODC Theater. Now,...
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At the Mission Cultural Center, producing art may be the best revenge
“Postcolonial Revenge” at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Art closes this...
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Brava’s ‘Overlooked Latinas’ defies the elements needed for a dang good show
When many of us think of “good theater,” a live telenovela with a lone actress in Adidas warm-up...
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The best photos in Mission Local in 2018
Our 12-month orbit around the sun is nearly complete. And to commemorate the end of the year,...
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Six female choreographers paint in dance tonight at ODC
ODC’s Pilot Program brings together emerging and mid-career Bay Area choreographers to create six...
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Big Hair, Protest, Dancing in the Street: Such Was the Mission in the ’80s
Janet Delaney moved to the Mission in 1982 from the South of Market neighborhood, where she’d...
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Tue
15
Manny’s: October Presidential Debate Watch Party at Manny’s (Day 1)
October 15 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Tue
15
18 Reasons: Beginning Cheesemaking: Feta, Fromage Blanc, Creme Fraiche
October 15 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
