• San Francisco Art
  • Art Education
  • Art Organizations
  • Museums and Cultural Centers
  • Public Art and Murals
  • Support for the Arts
• San Francisco Architecture
• San Francisco Crafts and Photography
• San Francisco Music
  • Chamber Music
  • Choirs and Choruses
  • Historic and Biographical Resources
  • Music Associations, Festivals, and Clubs
  • Music Education and Lessons
  • Musicians' Resources
  • Opera and Music Theater Companies
  • Orchestras and Concert Bands
• San Francisco Event, Concert, and Club Listings
  • Calendars
  • Presenters
• San Francisco Theater
  • Theater Companies
  • Theater Resources
• San Francisco Film and Video
  • Film Festivals
  • Film Repertory Theaters
  • Filmmaker Resources
• San Francisco Broadcasting
• San Francisco Dance
  • Ballet and Dance Companies
  • Dancing Clubs and Dance Lessons
  • Dance Resources

San Francisco Art

Art Education

• Academy of Art University
• Art Institute International at San Francisco
• San Francisco Art Institute
• Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts
• Sharon Art Studio

Art Organizations

• ArtHouse - information about artists' studio and live/work space.
• Artspan - presenters of San Francisco Open Studios
• Business Arts Council - affiliated with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
• CELLSpace - Collectively Explorative Learning Labs, a volunteer-based collaborative art center
• San Francisco Art Dealers Association
• San Francisco Women Artists
• SCRAP - Scroungers' Center for Re-usable Art Parts
• Southern Exposure - a non-profit artists organization in San Francisco
• Spring Open Studios
• Visual Aid - support for artists with life-threatening illnesses

Museums and Cultural Centers

• African American Art & Culture Complex
• Asian Art Museum
• At The Presidio - exhibitions at the Presidio Officer's Club
• California Historical Society - includes exhibitions and painting collections
• Cartoon Art Museum
• Chinese Cultural Center
• Contemporary Jewish Museum
• Exploratorium
• The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - home page of the M. H. de Young Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor
• The Musee Mecanique
• Museo Italo-Americano
• Museum of the African Diaspora
• Museum of the City of San Francisco
• Museum of Craft and Folk Art
• Pacific Heritage Museum
• Russian Center of San Francisco
• San Francisco International Airport Museums
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• Slavonic Cultural Center
• SomArts Cultural Center
• Zeum - an art and technology center for youth

Public Art and Murals

• Diego Rivera Mural Project - a bi-lingual guide to the mural at the City College of San Francisco
• The Mission's oldest murals - S.F. Bay Guardian superlist #704
• Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center

Support for the Arts

• Artist Resource San Francisco Bay Area
• California Arts Council
• California Lawyers for the Arts
• The Creative Work Fund - funding for artists and writers
• Foundation Center - San Francisco Office and Library
  • 2004 Bay Area NEA Grants recipients from the December 18, 2003 Chronicle
  • 2003 Bay Area NEA Grants recipients from the May 14, 2003 Chronicle
  • 2002 Bay Area NEA Grants recipients from the April 24, 2002 Chronicle
  • 2001 Bay Area NEA Grants recipients from the April 26, 2001 Chronicle
  • 2000 Bay Area NEA Grants recipients from the April 19, 2000 Chronicle
  • 1998 Bay Area NEA Grant Recipients from the December 16, 1998 Chronicle
• San Francisco Arts Commission
• San Francisco Hotel Tax Grants for the Arts
  • 2000 Grants for the Arts Recipients from the San Francisco Hotel Tax - San Francisco Chronicle, August 17, 2000.
  • 1999 Grants for the Arts Recipients from the San Francisco Hotel Tax - Chronicle, August 19, 1999.
  • 1998 Grants for the Arts Recipients from the San Francisco Hotel Tax - Chronicle August 12, 1998
  • 1997 Grants for the Arts Recipients from the San Francisco Hotel Tax - from the August 20, 1997 Chronicle

San Francisco Architecture

• American Institute of Architects - San Francisco chapter
• The Cliff House
• The Cliff House Project
• Conservatory of Flowers
• Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage
• Friends of 1800 Market (The Fallon Building) - a non-profit dedicated to architectural preservation
• Grace Cathedral
• Palace of Fine Arts History from the Exploratorium
• Panama Pacific International Exhibition
• SFMOMA Building: Architectural Overview
• San Francisco Modern Architecture - A guide to interesting homes and commercial buildings
• San Francisco Theaters, Cinemas, Dancehalls, after 1906 - a listing by address
• Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco
• Victorian Alliance of San Francisco
• Victorian Walking Tour - a San Francisco historical walking tour

San Francisco Crafts and Photography

• Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California
• Clay Media's San Francisco Bay Area Ceramic Resources
• Darkrooms available to the public - S.F. Bay Guardian superlist #728
• Northern California Council of Camera Clubs
• Public Glass - glass art in the San Francisco Bay Area
• San Francisco Bay Area Postcard Club

San Francisco Music

Chamber Music

• Chamber Music Partners lists several San Francisco chamber groups
• Earplay
• Noe Valley Chamber Music
• San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

Choirs and Choruses

• Coro Hispano de San Francisco
• Golden Gate Men's Chorus
• Lesbian and Gay Chorus of San Francisco
• San Francisco Bach Choir
• San Francisco Bay Area Choral Archive
• San Francisco Boys Chorus
• San Francisco Choral Artists
• San Francisco Choral Society
• San Francisco City Chorus
• San Francisco Concert Choral
• San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
• San Francisco Girls Chorus
• San Francisco Lyric Chorus
• Volti San Francisco

Historic and Biographical Resources

• Archive - Musicians' Union Local 6
• California Folk Music - a Library of Congress produced documentation of the WPA California Folk Music Project
• California Sheet Music Project - imprints of California sheet music published before 1900
• A Finding List of Northern California Composers compiled by the Art and Music Center, San Francisco Public Library
• The History of Experimental Music in Northern California by Jim Horton
• - an S.F. Rock Zine, 1966-7
• Trumpet Players of the San Francisco Symphony 1911-1995 from the International Trumpet Guild Magazine, February 1996

Music Associations, Festivals and Clubs

• American Guild of Organists - San Francisco Chapter
• The Audium - a multi-media electronic music space
• Bay Area Improvisers Network
• Chamber Musicians of Northern California
• Harmony - The Website of the San Francisco Folk Music Club
• New Orleans Jazz Club of Northern California
• Northern California Bluegrass Society
• San Francisco Alternative Music Festival
• San Francisco Early Music Society
• San Francisco Association of Instructors in Music
• San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-time Festival
• San Francisco Blues Festival
• SFJAZZ: San Francisco Jazz Organization and the San Francisco Jazz Festival
• The San Francisco Style Polka Hall of Fame
• San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation
• Sister SF - women DJs and MCs in San Francisco

Music Education and Lessons

• Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute at San Francisco
• Blue Bear School of American Music
• Free and low-cost music lessons - S.F. Bay Guardian superlist #717
• Music in Schools Today
• San Francisco Community Music Center
• San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Musicians' Resources

• Music Center of San Francisco
• Musicians Union Local No. 6
• SFMusician.com
• Sunset Music

Opera and Music Theater Companies

• Bay Area Cantonese Opera
• Beach Blanket Babylon
• 42nd Street Moon - a Broadway musical revival troupe
• Goat Hall Productions - presenters of opera and music theater
• Golden Gate Opera
• Lamplighters Music Theatre - productions of Gilbert and Sullivan
• Pocket Opera
• San Francisco Opera

Orchestras and Concert Bands

• Association of California Symphony Orchestras
• Golden Gate Park Band
• New Century Chamber Orchestra
• Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
• San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band
• San Francisco Symphony
• Symphony Parnassus

San Francisco Event, Concert, and Club Listings

Calendars

• Bay Area Improvisers Network Calendar
• Early Music Concerts in the Bay Area/
• Irish Music in San Francisco
• Meridian Music - contemporary music series at the Meridian Gallery
• San Francisco Arts Online - a calendar of San Francisco art and performing arts events
• San Francisco Bay Area Salsa
• SF Rave Guide
• SFStation - includes listings in entertainment and the arts

Presenters

• Bayview Opera House
• Best of Broadway - San Francisco
• Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens
• 848 Community Space
• Fort Mason Center
• Intersection for the Arts
• Jon Sims Center for the Arts
• Luggage Store Gallery
• Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
• New Langton Arts
• Old First Concerts
• Stern Grove Festival
• Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

San Francisco Theater

Theater Companies

• African-American Shakespeare Company
• Afro Solo - a theatre and performing arts company
• American Conservatory Theater
• Asian American Theater Company
• Brava! for Women in the Arts
• Experimental Performance Institute at the New College of San Francisco
• Foghouse Productions
• George Coates Performance Works
• The LAB
• Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
• Magic Theatre
• Make a Circus
• The Marsh
• New Conservatory Theatre Center
• San Francisco Mime Troupe
• S. F. Fringe Festival / Exit Theatre
• ShadowLight Productions - shadow puppetry
• Shotgun Players
• Theater Artaud
• Theatre Flamenco San Francisco
• Thick Description
• Theatre on the Square
• Theatre Rhinoceros
• A Traveling Jewish Theatre
• Z Space Studio

Theater Resources

• AcroSports
• Circus Center San Francisco
• The Dramatic Web - Bay Area Index
• How to find the major Bay Area theater companies from the February 23, 1997 Examiner
• San Francisco Cacophony Society
• San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum
• San Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival
• Theatre Bay Area

San Francisco Film and Video

Film Festivals

• Arab Film Festival
• San Francisco Film Society / San Francisco International Film Festival
• National Asian American Telecommunications Association
• San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
• San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Film Repertory Theaters

• Pacific Film Archive
• Red Vic Movie House
• Roxie Theater
• San Francisco Cinematheque

Filmmakers Resources

• Artists Television Access
• Bay Area Video Coalition
• The Casting Connection - a network for Northern California independent filmmakers
• Film Arts Foundation
• The Reel Directory
• San Francisco Film and Video Commission

San Francisco Broadcasting

• SFGTV, Cable Channel 26
• Educational Access Television, Cable Channel 27
• KALW 91.7 FM
• KPOO 89.5 FM
• KQED 88.5 FM / Channel 9
• KUSF 90.3 FM
• Media Alliance - an organization for media workers and community activists
• Noncommercial radio stations - S.F. Bay Guardian superlist #740
• San Francisco Radio History

San Francisco Dance

Ballet and Dance Companies

• California Contemporary Dancers
• Chitresh Das Dance Company & Chhandam School of Kathak Dance
• Deborah Slater Dance Theater
• Lines Contemporary Ballet
• ODC San Francisco
• San Francisco Ballet
• Smuin Ballets - SF
• Zaccho Dance Theatre

Dancing Clubs and Dance Lessons

• Adult tap-dancing lessons - S.F. Guardian superlist #717
• Barrio Tango
• Metronome Ballroom - dancing lessons in San Francisco
• Omulu Capoeira Group
• Places to learn line dancing - S.F. Bay Guardian superlist #745
• Rhythm & Motion Dance Center - dance classes
• Sonic Swing - San Francisco Lindy Hop and Swing Dance

Dance Resources

• Bay Area Country Dance Society
• Dancers' Group - includes In Dance, a calendar of dance events
• Voice of Dance