Main Gallery
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About Main Gallery Exhibitions and Programs
SOMArts is a critical resource for contemporary arts production in San Francisco. The organization produces three of its own curated exhibitions annually, along with numerous collaborative programs, and provides space for four guest-curated exhibitions annually through the Commons Curatorial Residency Program, which includes a stipend for selected curators and/or artist groups in addition to outreach and production support. The vaulted, 2-story gallery is 3,100 sq feet, a majestic space and the largest open gallery space in the city.
Through its Affordable Space Program, SOMArts annually hosts group exhibitions for ArtSpan Open Studios (October), the National Queer Arts Festival (June) and the United States of Asian America Festival (May).
The SOMArts Main Gallery exhibits the work of over 1,000 Bay Area artists each year, providing them with dynamic opportunities to take risks, find new collaborators, reach a wider audience, and achieve their vision. SOMArts’ Curator & Gallery Director Justin Hoover annually curates 2–3 exhibitions and supports curatorial residencies.
Recent exhibitions include:
I Am Crime: Art on the Edge of Law
At War
Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance
Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze
SF Open Studios Exhibition
Frontrunners: The San Francisco Foundation 2011 Murphy & Cadogan Awards Exhibition
The Book
Queer It Yourself: Tools for Survival
A Place of Her Own
Mobile Arts Platform: Cherry Blossom Festival
Breathed … Unsaid …
A Sensory Feast
It’s All A Blur
I Live Here: SF
What Cannot Be Taken Away: Families and Prisons Project
Night Light: Multimedia Garden Party
Moments (Bringing Back The Now)
Prints Byte: the cutting edge of printmaking
In 2009, SOMArts created the RAMP gallery, a smaller space located in the Center’s lobby to provide a highly visible display space for smaller spontaneous shows proposed by community members.The RAMP consists of two secure wall-mounted cases (24.75″ x 37″ and 137″ x 37″). Exhibitions range from a week to a month. For more information email gallery@somarts.org.
