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Built in 1886 for William and Bertha Haas, it survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire. The Victorian era house is a San Francisco Designated Landmark and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was converted into a museum with period furniture and artifacts, which as of 2016 received over 6,500 ...
63 Bluxome was an artist run space created by John Behanna, Brian McPartlon, Bill Quinlan, Katherine Quinlan, Doug Gower, and Alex Buys and located in the South of Market area of San Francisco that emerged in the mid 1970s, [1] which became recognized as an “alternative space” that presented works of various mediums of art from neighboring artists in a casual and social environment.
[5] [6] McElroy was a wood miller by trade and he built the house between 1860 and 1861. [3] [5] Originally the house was designed with two floors (four rooms on each floor) with a winding staircase in the middle of the building. [7] The McElroy family lived in the house until around the 1880s when the house became a rental property. [5]
Bernice Bing (10 April 1936 – 18 August 1998) was a Chinese American lesbian artist involved in the San Francisco Bay Area art scene in the 1960s. [1] [2] She was known for her interest in the Beats and Zen Buddhism, and for the "calligraphy-inspired abstraction" in her paintings, which she adopted after studying with Saburo Hasegawa.
Bernard Ralph Maybeck (February 7, 1862 – October 3, 1957) was an American architect. He worked primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, designing public buildings, including the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and also private houses, especially in Berkeley, where he lived and taught at the University of California.
The Laundry SF, or simply The Laundry, is a contemporary art gallery, event space and cafe, founded in 2015 and located in San Francisco’s Mission District. [1] [2] [3] The Laundry curates exhibitions, which includes public programming around civics, fine arts, music, comedy, and live performances. The Laundry hosts a mix of works by emerging ...
Brian McCarty (born July 22, 1974) [1] is a contemporary artist and photographer known for his work with toys. [2] McCarty's approach is based upon integrating toy characters into real-life situations through the use of forced perspective in carefully crafted scenes.
Fred Thomas Martin (June 13, 1927 – October 10, 2022) was an American artist, writer and arts administrator and educator who was active in the San Francisco Bay Area art scene since the late 1940s. [1] He was a driving force of the Bay Area art scene from the mid 1950s until his retirement from the San Francisco Art Institute.