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San Francisco Museum Exhibits - April 2008
Listings updated annually.
April exhibits at San Francisco museums. Museums outside of the city are listed at the end.
** Note: Museums not listed are temporarily closed or do not have special exhibitions this month.
The Guide to San Francisco Museums has a more extensive list of venues, with full address and location information. The San Francisco Museum Map shows locations of museums within the city.
See the guide to Free Museum Days in San Francisco for monthly freebies.
11. Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)
© Ingrid Taylar
Location: SoMa/South of Market - (SoMa Information)
Profile of the Museum of the African Diaspora
See also: San Francisco Museum Map and Guide to SF Museums
Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
Apr 4, 2009 to Jun 14, 2009
Presented by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, “Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits” consists of 70 modern prints selected from the National Portrait Gallery’s collections highlighting 150 years of African American resistance in the U.S.
12. Museum of Craft and Folk Art
© Ingrid Taylar
Location: SoMa/South of Market - (SoMa Information)
MOCFA Website
See also: San Francisco Museum Map and Guide to SF Museums
Inside/Outside: Artist Environments
To May 24, 2009
Examines the artist environment builders who generally transform their homes, yards, or other aspects of their personal surroundings into multifaceted works of art that embody and express the locale—time, era, place—in which each of them live and work.
13. Presidio Officers' Club
Location: Presidio
San Francisco Presidio Information
See the Presidio on a San Francisco Neighborhood Map
Water+Color: California Watercolor Association 40th Annual National Exhibition
To May 24
Features 100 paintings selected from a pool of entries submitted by artists from around the world.
Goldsworthy at the Presidio
To May 3
Preparatory drawings, color photographs by the artist of spires he has created at other sites, and a 10 foot model of the Presidio spire will provide an informative context for this sculpture
See more events at the Presidio calendar page.
14. San Francisco Botanical Garden
Location: Golden Gate Park (9th Avenue)
SF Botanical Garden Website
In Bloom at the Botanical Garden
See the regularly featured plants in spring bloom at the San Francisco Botanical Garden. Check out the free guided walks available from trained docents at the garden.
15. San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design
Location: Union Square
Museum of Craft + Design Website
See also: San Francisco Museum Map and Guide to SF Museums
San Francisco Graphic Design
To Apr 26, 2009
Exhibition is composed of twelve mini-exhibitions featuring fresh, bigger-than-life designs by each studio. This cross-disciplinary work showcases print, packaging, exhibit, and website design produced in San Francisco.
16. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
© Ingrid Taylar
Location: SoMa - (SoMa Information)
Profile of SF MOMA
See also: San Francisco Museum Map and Guide to SF Museums
Face of Our Time
To Apr 26, 2009
Presents the work of four artists aligned for their shared interest in making pictures about the current condition of our world.
The 1000 Journals Project
To Apr 5, 2009
Celebrates The 1000 Journals Project, an ongoing collaborative and participatory experiment that follows 1,000 blank journals as they journey around the world.
One on One: Curator Talks
Thursdays, ongoing
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
See the SF MOMA's upcoming exhibitions for more events.
17. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
© Ingrid Taylar
Location: SoMa - (SoMa Information)
See also: San Francisco Museum Map and Guide to SF Museums
Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art
To Apr 12
Featuring a new generation of craft artists from Scandinavia. Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish artists challenge the aesthetics and principles of Scandinavian Modernism.
Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
To Jul 5
Featuring 50 of Cave's "soundsuits"—multi-layered mixed-media, wearable sculptures.
Additional exhibit information at ybca.org
18. Oakland Museum of California (Downtown Oakland)
Location: Downtown Oakland
Oakland Museum Website
Future of Sequoias: Sustaining Parklands in the 21st Century
To Aug 23, 2009
Features photographs by Jeff Jones and prose by retired National Park Interpretative Ranger William C. Tweed. Their shared respect and concern for the parks, and their heartfelt tribute is a call for environmental action.
19. Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
2626 Bancroft Way in Berkeley, CA
See also: Map of Berkeley and Guide to SF/Bay Area Museums
See additional exhibits at the museum website
Taking Refuge: Buddhist Art From the Land of White Clouds
To May 3
A selection of rare and beautiful objects from Tibet, Nepal, and northern India.
Galaxy: A Hundred or So Stars Visible to the Naked Eye
To Aug 30
Creates new constellation of works from the Berkeley Art Museum's eclectic collection, including pieces from Rembrandt, Pollock and Warhol.
20. Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (Berkeley)
Berkeley - Kroeber Hall on Bancroft Way at College Avenue
See also: Map of Berkeley and Guide to SF/Bay Area Museums
Traje de la Vida: Maya Textiles of Guatemala
From Sep 25, 2008
From the Maker's Hand: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Ongoing
Visitors will see the living and historical cultures of China and Africa in one section.
Native Californian Cultures Gallery
Ongoing
Dedicated exclusively to displays drawn from the Museum's permanent collections from California, the world's largest and most comprehensive devoted to this region.