Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

News

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to Reopen After Pro-Palestine Intervention

Following weeks of closure, the center says it will open March 15 and show the work of artists who altered their pieces with “Free Palestine” and “Ceasefire Now” messages.

News

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts CEO Resigns Over Pro-Palestine Action

Sara Fenske Bahat cited the “Love Letter for Gaza” intervention on February 15 “and its unending repercussions.”

News

Artists Alter Their Work, Protesting San Francisco Institution's "Silence" on Gaza

Two of the artists in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’s triennial allege that they were asked not to advocate for Palestine in their artwork and supporting text.

News

San Francisco’s Program to Pay Artists $1K Per Month Has Been Extended and Expanded

Launched in March, the Guaranteed Income Pilot was set to provide recurring payments over six months to 130 San Franciscan artists.

News

10 Artists Will Collaborate on Racial Equity and Climate Justice Projects in the Bay Area

Each member of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts cohort will receive $50,000 and additional funding for materials to realize their projects.

Art

A User-Friendly Website Offers Support for Artists Seeking COVID-19 Relief

The Artist Power Center, created by the Yerba Center for the Arts, provides one-on-one guidance on applications and a community forum where artists can discuss subjects like health and wellness.

Opinion

Why the 2020 US Census Matters for the Arts

Deborah Cullinan, CEO of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, discusses the importance of the 2020 census in the creative field and the center’s efforts to promote it through the arts.

Announcement

YBCA Presents Come to Your Census: Who Counts in America?

Join the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts online as they develop programming committed to offering the Bay Area inspiration and hope around the 2020 US Census.

Announcement

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Announces an Open Call for Artists and Curators

The application process is now open for curatorial and public art to be presented at YBCA in San Francisco. Applications are due by October 20, 2019.

Announcement

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Presents The Body Electric

The West Coast debut of this exhibition by an intergenerational and international group of artists explores technology's impact on our collective understanding of the body and sense of self. On view through January 26, 2020.

Art

Suzanne Lacy's Powerful Legacy of Feminist Collaboration

What struck me most in moving through the arc of Lacy’s career is what varied and thoughtful work she’s produced decade after decade, no doubt the result of her preference for collaboration.

Announcement

YBCA Presents Futurefarmers: Out of Place, in Place

Futurefarmers' environmentally-conscious projects provoke audiences to question the many ways that humans try to control nature, or imagine themselves as separate from it.