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June is around the corner! Is summer finally upon us? Here in San Francisco, not quite. But you can stave off June gloom in the warmth of our galleries, where we have a packed month of programs. Read on for your June plans.
June Free Saturdays Programs
A Conversation with Leilah Babirye
June 22, 1 pm
de Young
In this conversation with Leilah Babirye, hear about the new exhibition Leilah Babirye: We Have a History and the artists practice. If you can't make it in person, tune in for the livestream here.
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A Conversation on San Franciscos Retail Landscape
June 1, 1 pm
Learn about the evolution of retail in San Francisco from the unique perspectives and experiences of local store owners, including high- fashion and vintage sellers.
Drag Story Hour with Per Sia
June 1, 11 am1:45 pm
Bring the whole family to Drag Story Hour, where glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer storyteller Per Sia uses the art of drag to read books to kids.
Family Art Making
June 8, 11 am3 pm
Join us on the Caf Terrace for a special art-making activity inspired by Bouquets to Art. Come make prints using leaves, grasses, and ink and create a one-of-a-kind collage.
Lasting Letters Writing Workshop
June 29, 13 pm
Join us for a letter-writing workshop with letter midwife Frish Brandt. This workshop coincides with the exhibition Lee Mingwei: Rituals of Care.
Sketching in the Galleries
Select Saturdays, 11 am3 pm
Drop in and make art!Experiment with materials and enjoy our collections from a creative perspective. All materials are provided.
More Art from Our Friends
Megan Lowe Dances presents Just a Shadow
Friday, May 31Sunday, June 9
Joe Goode Annex
Just a Shadow is a performance journey that celebrates lifeand honors memories of lost loved ones.
Essential Threads: Make Do and Mend Workshops
Saturday, June 1 and 22, 2024
Galera de la Raza
Participate in mending circle workshops to learn mending techniques from 20232024 R.A.I.C.E.S. fellow Ariana Martinez-Cruz.
Juneteenth Reality Hack
June 1416, 2024
Downtown Oakland
Come out for a community-run augmented reality (AR) art hackathon co-hosted by Black Terminus AR and vision-aligned art, tech, and culture organizations.
Irving Penn
Through July 21, 2024
Fashioning San Francisco
Through August 11, 2024
Leilah Babirye: We Have a History
Opening June 22
Lee Mingwei: Rituals of Care
Through July 7, 2024
Legion of Honor
Japanese Prints
Through August 18
Zuan-cho: Kimono Design in Modern Japan
Through August 25
Free Saturdays admission is generously underwritten by Diane B. Wilsey, and programming is supported by the Koret Foundation and Wells Fargo.
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
Open TuesdaySunday
9:30 am5:15 pm
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100 34th Avenue (at Clement Street)
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Image 1: Leilah Babirye "Senga Muzanganda (Auntie Muzanganda)," 2020 Glazed ceramic, wire and found objects, 55 x 22 1/2 x 17 1/8 in. (139.7 x 57.15 x 43.51 cm) Property of a Private Collection, Boston, Leilah Babirye "Nakatiiti from the Kuchu Grasshopper Clan," 2020, Wood, copper, nails, found objects, 63 3/4 x 29 1/2 x 8 in. (161.93 x 74.93 x 20.32 cm), Courtesy Gordon Robichaux, New York. Photos by Greg Carideo. Courtesy of the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York and Gordon Robichaux, New York.
Image 2: Photograph by Timoteo Rodriguez
Image 3: Installation view of Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style, de Young, San Francisco, 2024. Photograph by Randy Dodson
Image 4: Photograph by Anu Vaalas, Courtesy of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Image 5: Courtesy of Unseen Studio
Image 6: Courtesy of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Image 7: Photograph by RJ Muna
Image 8: Courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Image 9: Selection fromFashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style
Image 10:Leilah Babirye "Senga Muzanganda (Auntie Muzanganda)," 2020 Glazed ceramic, wire and found objects, 55 x 22 1/2 x 17 1/8 in. (139.7 x 57.15 x 43.51 cm) Property of a Private Collection, Boston, Leilah Babirye "Nakatiiti from the Kuchu Grasshopper Clan," 2020, Wood, copper, nails, found objects, 63 3/4 x 29 1/2 x 8 in. (161.93 x 74.93 x 20.32 cm), Courtesy Gordon Robichaux, New York. Photos by Greg Carideo. Courtesy of the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York and Gordon Robichaux, New York.
Image 11:Lee Mingwei, The Mending Project, 2009present. Mixed media interactive installation: tables, chairs, thread, fabric items, dimensions variable. Photo courtesy of Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Image 12:Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave) (detail), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, ca. 18301832. Color woodcut, 9 1316 x 14 in. (25 x 36.9 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund, 1969.32.6. Photograph by Randy Dodson
Image 13:Unidentified artist, active Kyoto (Japan, 19th20th centuries), Textile design pattern from the book Sono no kaori (The Fragrant Garden) (pp. 1516) (detail), 1903. Color woodcut, 255 x 180 x 8 mm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 x 5/16 in.). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Prints and Drawings Art Trust Fund, 2016.38.6.6
