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2026 Mentorship and Exhibition Fellowship with SFAC Galleries
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Galleries is pleased to announce the second Mentorship and Exhibition Fellowship for emerging artists. The purpose of this RFQ is to identify two artists—one artist residing in San Francisco and the other in the San Francisco Bay Area—to engage with a curator/mentor over the course of eight months, culminating in a two-person exhibition opening in summer 2026 in the SFAC Main Gallery.
The Fellowship program will provide meaningful professional and career development for two emerging artists through a mentorship relationship with a local curator. The fellowship will provide unique opportunities for the artists to learn and seek guidance from the curator and the resources at the San Francisco Arts Commission. For eight months, the artists and curator will conduct regular studio visits, working to develop new work to be part of the exhibition at the SFAC Main Gallery. SFAC will also work with the curator to develop networking opportunities with local and regional curators and artists for the selected artists, deepening their connections in the arts community with the goal to build substantial roots of networks for future possible collaborations.
Deadline to submit application: August 25, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT
San Francisco Fire Department Division of Training: Request for Qualifications
The San Francisco Arts Commission invites artists and artist teams residing in the United States or represented by a US based gallery to submit qualifications for the San Francisco Fire Department Division of Training. The art opportunity calls for a cohesive, integrated design that includes two components: a sculpture or grouping of sculptures located in the project’s mid-block focus area along Carroll Avenue, and approximately 120 linear feet of sculptural or two-dimensional artwork integrated into wall niches within the concrete bioretention planter walls fronting the facility.
Deadline to submit application (EXTENDED): September 1, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT