Cultural center featuring contemporary art exhibits, film screenings & dance performances.
Offerings
GaHee Park: Behind the CurtainBoth visually captivating and subtly unsettling, GaHee Park’s paintings are enigmas of suggestive surrealism.
Dread Scott: The Body PoliticThe exhibition reflects Dread Scott’s longtime commitment to art that confronts political issues and interrogates American patriotism.
Rael San Fratello: Prototypes and ProvocationsThe most comprehensive presentation to date of the renowned Bay Area design studio Rael San Fratello.
The Haunt: A Halloween hangout crafted by artists$25The Haunt mixes Halloween tradition, B-movies aesthetics, and SF’s creative undead—for an event that’s part netherworld labyrinth and part laser-lit speakeasy, entirely crafted by human artists.
The Red Shoes$15See The Red Shoes (1948) as part of a weekly film series exploring voyeurism and theatricality, cocktail charm and social taboos.
RyliFree with RSVPKnown for their melodic yet melancholic sound, Ryli will provide a sonic juxtaposition to Gahee Park’s moody and introspective paintings.
Jam Session with Creativity ExploredFree with RSVPJoin us for an afternoon jam session featuring Creativity Explored artists and their handmade instruments.
The World of Black Film: Revolutions
Free Art Workshop: Pop-up Mini Haunted HouseFree with registrationConstruct a pop-up mini haunted house in light of Halloween.
Gallery Tour & Sketching Activity: Dread Scott & Rael San FratelloFree with registrationLearn more about the exhibitions in this guided tour and sketching activity.
2026 World Deaf & Disabled Dance Film Festival$28.52, single ticket event. Full Saturday Festival Pass is $87.21This groundbreaking festival celebrates the creativity, cultural perspectives, and artistic visions of Deaf and Disabled dance filmmakers from around the world.
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty$15Join us for an afternoon screening of Med Hondos West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (1979).
Progressive Art Studio Models: A Lecture By Cléa MassianiA lecture on Progress Art Studios (PAS); radical spaces that support artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities while disrupting normative assumptions about art, labor, and value.
Touki Bouki$15Join us for an afternoon screening of Djibril Diop Mambetys Touki Bouki (1973).
The Velveteen Rabbit$30-$125ODC/Dance returns to the stage with the 40th anniversary of the beloved Bay Area holiday tradition.
Black Girl$15Join us for an afternoon screening of Ousmane Sembenes Black Girl (1966).
La femme au couteau (The Woman with the Knife)$15Join us for an afternoon screening of Timite Bassoris La femme au couteau (The Woman with the Knife) (1969).
Mud Frontier: Film Screening & Talkback with Rael San FratelloFree with registrationJoin this screening and artist talk exploring Rael San Fratellos innovative fusion of 3D-printing technology and traditional adobe architecture.
Sambizanga$15Join us for an afternoon screening of Sarah Maldorors Sambizanga (1973).
Mortu Nega$15Join us for an afternoon screening of Flora Gomes Mortu Nega.
Pressure$15Join us for an afternoon screening of Horace Ovés Pressure.
Burning an IllusionFree with RSVPJoin us for an afternoon screening of Menelik Shabazzs Burning an Illusion.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: Why? Why Not?Explore Stauffacher Solomons relationship with California through her art, writing, and landscape work.
DreamA public art installation commissioned by YBCA and co-sponsored by San Francisco Public Works.
SoMa Mahal Kita (SoMa I Love You)A message of love for the SoMa neighborhood and community, inspired by weaving practices in the Phillipines and the colors of the Filipino flag.
We fly for a liberated we, we rooted in flightA public artwork inviting passerbyers to join in the journey of collective flight
Location
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA San Francisco, CA 94103
