Neighborhood Arts Festival:
Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts
We thank YOU, our Advisory Board, and our Community Partners for making the Neighborhood Arts Festival a huge success!
Neighborhood Arts Festival documentation:
Mapping Survival panel discussion
The Money and the Madness panel discussion
Unveiling the Future town gathering
Poetry Potluck reading
40th Anniversary Bash
Press Coverage
La Raza Chronicles, April 29, 2008, Roberto Vargas with Nina Serrano (fast forward to 29 minutes in)
San Francisco Examiner, April 26, 2008, "3-Minute Interview: Roberto Vargas"
Cover to Cover, April 25, 2008, Diane di Prima on Open Book with Nina Serrano
Community Arts Network, April 24, 2008, "S.F. Neighborhood Arts, 40 Years Later"
San Francisco Chronicle, April 21, 2008, "S.F. Neighborhood Arts: 40 years of art for all"
San Francisco Chronicle, April 18, 2008, mentioned in column by Jon Carroll
La Raza Chronicles, April 15, 2008, (about 10 minutes in) NAF panelist, Marga Gomez, interviewed by NAF advisory board member, Nina Serrano
Neighborhood Arts Festival commemorative art and illustration by commissioned artist Favianna Rodriguez.
Festival photos taken by Derek Chung and Victoria Petersen. Images from the Neighborhood Arts Program archives are here.
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About the Neighborhood Arts Festival
In 1967 a group of artists and arts activists brought a radical notion to the San Francisco Arts Commission: fund artists and arts organizations to work in neighborhood and community settings. The program was called the Neighborhood Arts Program. Its tagline was, "Nurturing arts for and by the people where they live and work," and the total budget for the first fiscal year was $25,000, which was provided by the Arts Commission President at the time, Harold Zellerbach.
To honor the 40th anniversary of the program (now called the Community Arts and Education Program), the Neighborhood Arts Festival will feature a series of free events showcasing the dynamic artistic and cultural legacy that defines San Francisco neighborhoods today. The celebration culminates in a reunion party with CETA artists and founding members of the Neighborhood Arts Program. In conjunction with the celebration, a special-edition program guide will be distributed highlighting performances, exhibitions, panel discussions, and walking tours taking place throughout the city this spring. It will also include a guide to San Francisco-based community artists and arts organizations.