John Spencer Stanhope, Love and the Maiden, 1877 It took museum curator Dr. Lynn Federle Orr nearly ten years to pull together the “Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde, 1860–1900” exhibition that opened last weekend at the Legion of Honor.… Continue Reading
The Y2Y Gallery, located on Balboa at 4th Avenue Turns out that tucked inside the offices of Jeff King & Co – General Building Contractors at 251 Balboa Street, there is a small art gallery. It’s called the Y2Y Gallery… Continue Reading
Park Presidio United Methodist Church (4301 Geary) is offering a free painting and drawing class for adults, beginning February 14. The class meets every Tuesday night from 6:30 until 8pm, through April 17. The class is designed for beginner and… Continue Reading
RichmondSFBlog reader Claudine sent me the news last week of a new mural that is brightening up the Star of the Sea schoolyard on 9th Avenue. The mural is a collaboration between USF student artists and the first graders at… Continue Reading
Starting today, the Balboa Theater is showing a new documentary, Eames: The Architect and the Painter, about innovative designers and artists – and husband and wife team – Charles and Ray Eames. The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames… Continue Reading
A special sculpture has taken up temporary residency at the Legion of Honor. It’s the Baroque masterpiece The Medusa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The loan is part of The Musei Capitolini’s program The Dream of Rome, a project initiated by… Continue Reading
Registration begins December 1 for the free weekend winter art workshops at the Richmond District Neighborhood Center for kids age 5 to 12 years. This winter’s courses include: Saturdays in January with Donna Ozawa Every Saturday from 1-3pm, artist Donna… Continue Reading
An interesting tweet from the Western Neighborhoods Project reminded me of a fun exhibition that took place in September, 2008 at Ocean Beach. But first we have to go back more than 100 years to September 1902, when Bill Cody… Continue Reading