WELCOME TO ARC GALLERY & STUDIOS​

Arc supports the making of quality art in all media, provides a supportive environment for artists to create their work, nurtures a community of artists, and promotes public awareness and appreciation of the visual arts in the city of San Francisco. Arc Gallery & Studios is a mixed-use art center in San Francisco’s South of Market district consisting of three galleries, ten artist studios, The Kearny Street Workshop office, and Café Suspiro.
We are located at 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, California and open from 1-6 pm on Wednesdays & Thursday and 12-3 pm on Saturdays.
Arc Main Gallery

The Birds & The Bees

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Spring signifies hope for renewal, new love, romance, and fresh beginnings. As the days get longer and warmer, the world around us comes back to life with blooming flowers, chirping birds, and buzzing bees. It's a season that reminds us that change is possible and there is always room for growth. Culturally, the Birds and the Bees serve as symbols of Spring as well as a metaphoric euphemism to relay the human rite of passage, sexual awakening, fertility, birth and rebirth. Arc studio and guest artists celebrate the Spring season by presenting a visual context for these vernal themes.


Curators: Nathalie Fabri & Dianne Hoffman



Featured Arc Studio Artists
Henry Bortman, Quin de la Mer, Nathalie Fabri, Angela Han, Dianne Hoffman, Yasmin Lambie-Simpson, Rachel Leibman, Pamela Mooney, Priscilla Otani, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, and Heather Robinson.

Featured Guest Artists
Angelique Benicio, Andrea Bergen, Raul D'Mauries, Natasha Dikareva, Eden Gallanter, Stephanie Jucker, Linda Larson, Krisztina Lazar, Bianca Levan, Maja Planinac, Felipe Soltero, Delma Soult, Paulette Traverso.

Opening Reception:  Friday, April 11th, 7-9pm

Live Poetry Event
Saturday, April 26, 2025 7-9pm
In conjunction with and support for The Birds & The Bees group art exhibition, Arc Gallery is pleased to host an evening of poetry featuring Virginia Ramos, Peter Kline, and Cintia Santana, three outstanding Bay Area-based poets. 
Limited seating & light refreshments will be served.
Details Here 
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Closing Reception:   Saturday, May 3rd, 12-3pm

Exhibition: April 11 - May 3, 2025

Arc Project Gallery
Scraps of Time
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​The medium of collage explores how our perceptions can constructively change over time.  Artists manifest new stories from old scraps that reflect the fleetingness of nostalgia.  Accumulated and manipulated bits of memorabilia and ephemera serve to compose the indefinite, continued progress of existence. It’s a practice of synthesis where images and materials from the past are placed together to create a new whole - manifesting our present and pointing ideas towards the future. 

Featured Artists 
Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison, Carrington Arredondo, Glenn Bachmann, Susan Birnbaum, Valerie Harris, Dianne Hoffman, Mary Kecskemeti, Maureen Letton, Stephen Lewis, Priscilla Otani, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Clare Schmehl, Steve Sweetser, Anna Walters, Airy Waters, and Tanya Wilkinson

Dianne Hoffman, Curator


Opening Reception:  Friday, April 11th, 7-9pm
Closing Reception:   Saturday, May 3rd, 12-3pm
Exhibition:  April 11 - May 3, 2025
SPOTLIGHT EXHIBITIONS
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​Spotlight exhibitions at the Arc Spotlight Gallery, the Infinity, and Vedder Price highlight artist works in longer exhibitions, often 3-4 months.  These exhibitions not only feature artists that we have curated in the gallery, but also spotlight our consulting capabilities. Click the image for more information on all of the Spotlight venues.

CALL FOR ART AT ARC GALLERY​

Word Play National Juried Exhibition Call for Artists Is Open!

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Word Play invites artists to influence the viewer through the interplay between text and visual elements in contemporary art. Today, we no longer have the patience to read long blogs or books; we expect fast, attention-getting imagery and memes to stimulate our senses. In Word Play, we are looking for artworks that creatively engage with text, whether through words, letters, phrases, or entire narratives. The text can serve as a message, a visual texture, a conceptual element, or even as the main subject. We encourage submissions that explore themes such as language, identity, culture, politics, and the interaction between words and image.  

Go HERE to apply.

ARC STUDIOS

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Arc houses twelve artists in ten artist studios. The Arc artists have formed a friendly community that includes participation in SFOS, monthly newsletters, studio artist and curatorial exhibitions, workshops, pizza party and potlucks, and other social events.  For more information about these artists, click the image on your left.  

BUSINESSES AT ARC

KEARNY STREET WORKSHOP

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Founded in 1972, during the height of the Asian Pacific American cultural movement, Kearny Street Workshop (KSW) is the oldest Asian Pacific American multidisciplinary arts organization in the country.
Through collaborations with other arts organizations and cultural communities, both locally and nationally, KSW provides a forum for Asian Pacific American artists of different media to reach a wide, diverse audience. 
KSW is located in the first floor of Arc Gallery & Studios. Visit KSW's website by clicking on their logo.

CAFE SUSPIRO

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Come by for a cup and browse through our records and books! 
​Store Hours: Monday to Thursday 8-4, Friday 8-3, Saturday 9am-3pm
Visit Cafe Suspiro's website by clicking on their logo.
We were featured in a Redfin article! Check it out here: ​15 Hidden Gems in San Francisco, CA  You’ll Love, According to Locals