RSVP / POTLUCK LOCATIONS (if there's no location, email us to offer your space to host!)

Let's eat! Monthly Excelsior Artist Potlucks happen on the first Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm. Youth Art Exchange is excited to bring together artists in the Excelsior to build community by breaking bread.

We have created a monthly rotation to have different people host in spaces and homes throughout the neighborhood so we can get to know each other over delicious food and good conversation. If you’re interested in hosting a potluck at your organization, studio, or home, email info@youthartexchange.org!

Please bring a dish to share and plates/utensils/cups for your own use. Families/kiddos welcome. Please RSVP on Eventbrite for each date you plan on coming to so we know how many people to expect.

RSVP / POTLUCK LOCATIONS (if there's no location, email us to offer your space to host!)

Let's eat! Monthly Excelsior Artist Potlucks happen on the first Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm. Youth Art Exchange is excited to bring together artists in the Excelsior to build community by breaking bread.

We have created a monthly rotation to have different people host in spaces and homes throughout the neighborhood so we can get to know each other over delicious food and good conversation. If you’re interested in hosting a potluck at your organization, studio, or home, email info@youthartexchange.org!

Please bring a dish to share and plates/utensils/cups for your own use. Families/kiddos welcome. Please RSVP on Eventbrite for each date you plan on coming to so we know how many people to expect.

YAX TRAX is a monthly social justice youth art + music hang out for teens with youth performers, artmaking activities, and free food on the last Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm at [x]space. 🎉

Open to all teens, bring your friends!

YAX TRAX is supported by Youth Leadership Institute B.L.I.N.G. 🙌 #yaxtraxsf

(415) Public Gallery is postponed until further notice due to YAX COVID-19 closure and will not be happening in April.

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Happy hour for (415) Public Gallery at [x]space. More info coming soon!

Learn more about (415) Public Gallery

Come to YAX’s monthly volunteer orientation at [x]space on the first Tuesday of every month from 6-7pm! Meet staff and learn about programming and how you can get involved to help our space and our programs. Bring a friend, meet new people, and eat popcorn! All ages welcome.

(415) Public Gallery is postponed until further notice due to YAX COVID-19 closure and will not be happening in April.

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Opening of (415) Public Gallery at [x]space. More info coming soon!

Learn more about (415) Public Gallery

(415) Public Gallery is postponed until further notice due to YAX COVID-19 closure and will not be happening in April.

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Free arts workshops for (415) Public Gallery led by YAX Youth Advisory Board members. More info coming soon!

Learn more about (415) Public Gallery

The April 1 potluck is cancelled due to YAX’s closure until April 6.

RSVP / POTLUCK LOCATIONS (if there's no location, email us to offer your space to host!)

Let's eat! Monthly Excelsior Artist Potlucks happen on the first Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm. Youth Art Exchange is excited to bring together artists in the Excelsior to build community by breaking bread.

We have created a monthly rotation to have different people host in spaces and homes throughout the neighborhood so we can get to know each other over delicious food and good conversation. If you’re interested in hosting a potluck at your organization, studio, or home, email info@youthartexchange.org!

Please bring a dish to share and plates/utensils/cups for your own use. Families/kiddos welcome. Please RSVP on Eventbrite for each date you plan on coming to so we know how many people to expect.

This workshop is postponed due to COVID-19 closures.

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Ready or Not! is a visual art exhibition and workshop series by Lacey Johnson, exploring Disaster Preparedness in the Excelsior and Beyond. Ready or Not! is a residency at Youth Art Exchange's [x]space arts hub, 5137 Mission Street at Geneva Ave in the Excelsior. All events are free and open to the public, materials provided.

Preparedness Life Hacks during Sunday Streets
Sunday, March 29, 12-4pm
RSVP

Make DIY pepper spray and more at Excelsior Sunday Streets.

This workshop is postponed due to COVID-19 closures.

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Ready or Not! is a visual art exhibition and workshop series by Lacey Johnson, exploring Disaster Preparedness in the Excelsior and Beyond. Ready or Not! is a residency at Youth Art Exchange's [x]space arts hub, 5137 Mission Street at Geneva Ave in the Excelsior. All events are free and open to the public, materials provided.

Youth Vs. Apocalypse presentation, DIY Gas Mask Workshop and Nature Walk
Saturday, March 28, 1-4pm
RSVP

Youth Vs. Apocalypse: Environmental Justice IS Emergency Preparedness, 1-2pm
Youth Vs. Apocalypse is a diverse group of young climate justice activists working together to lift the voices of youth, in particular, youth of color, and fight for a livable climate and an equitable, sustainable, and just world.

DIY Gas Mask Workshop & Gas Mask Nature Walk, 2-4pm
We will learn about air filtration methods and make our own gas masks. Ending in a Nature Walk, we will experience the neighborhood while wearing our masks and observe things to look for related to Preparedness.

*WORKSHOP POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 CLOSURE*

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Join Youth Art Exchange for the 2nd annual Diaspora show as we celebrate Black art at [x]space on March 28 from 11am-1pm. There will be a free metalsmithing workshop with Karen Smith.

Karen Smith — Oakland-based metalsmith, jewelry maker, and founder of We Wield the Hammer (WWTH)— will be leading a metalworking workshop followed by a Q+A.

Please RSVP to guarantee a spot. Free and open to the public, materials provided.

Karen Smith's work looks to empower young women of African descent, “offering an opportunity for artistic equity, economic empowerment and access to a vocation which is, worldwide, traditionally unavailable to women."

Karen Smith, who founded WWTH, is a self-taught metalsmith. A longtime Oakland resident, she was inspired to start WWTH after a short apprenticeship in Dakar, Senegal in 2018. Her mission is to bring this vocation to women and girls of African descent around the globe.

KQED Article: An Oakland Metalsmith Risks Instability to Bring Metal Arts to Black Girls

This YAX TRAX is cancelled due to YAX’s COVID-19 closure until April 6.

YAX TRAX is a monthly social justice youth art + music hang out for teens with youth performers, artmaking activities, and free food on the last Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm at [x]space. 🎉

Open to all teens, bring your friends!

YAX TRAX is supported by Youth Leadership Institute B.L.I.N.G. 🙌 #yaxtraxsf

This workshop is postponed due to COVID-19 closures.

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Ready or Not! is a visual art exhibition and workshop series by Lacey Johnson, exploring Disaster Preparedness in the Excelsior and Beyond. Ready or Not! is a residency at Youth Art Exchange's [x]space arts hub, 5137 Mission Street at Geneva Ave in the Excelsior. All events are free and open to the public, materials provided.

Imagined Futures: Post Apocalyptic Snowglobes & Diorama Workshop
Saturday, March 21, 1-4pm
RSVP

You stayed ready and rode it out. This workshop envisions what it looks like after you were prepared. We will look at images of Post Disaster Growth and create imagined landscapes using found objects from the neighborhood.

RSVP / POTLUCK LOCATIONS (if there's no location, email us to offer your space to host!)

Let's eat! Monthly Excelsior Artist Potlucks happen on the first Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm. Youth Art Exchange is excited to bring together artists in the Excelsior to build community by breaking bread.

We have created a monthly rotation to have different people host in spaces and homes throughout the neighborhood so we can get to know each other over delicious food and good conversation. If you’re interested in hosting a potluck at your organization, studio, or home, email info@youthartexchange.org!

Please bring a dish to share and plates/utensils/cups for your own use. Families/kiddos welcome. Please RSVP on Eventbrite for each date you plan on coming to so we know how many people to expect.

Come to YAX’s monthly volunteer orientation at [x]space on the first Tuesday of every month from 6-7pm! Meet staff and learn about programming and how you can get involved to help our space and our programs. Bring a friend, meet new people, and eat popcorn! All ages welcome.

Join resident artist Alyssa Aviles for the closing reception of Ascension. Photos of the Excelsior will be exhibited in [x]space. Go to instagram.com/ascension94112 to learn more about how to submit your photos.

Alyssa Aviles is a visual artist and arts educator who received a BFA in Printmaking at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Working primarily in this medium, Alyssa explores the symbolic relationship between the graphic arts and her Latinx heritage. Alyssa’s work connects pre-colonial spirituality and cosmology to contemporary urban experiences through a metaphorical, mythological realm.

Alyssa teaches YAX’s after school and in school printmaking program at [x]space.

YAX TRAX is a monthly social justice youth art + music hang out for teens with youth performers, artmaking activities, and free food on the last Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm at [x]space. 🎉 This month we are celebrating Black History Month.

Open to all teens, bring your friends!

YAX TRAX is supported by Youth Leadership Institute B.L.I.N.G. 🙌 #yaxtraxsf

RSVP for a spot

Join resident artist Alyssa Aviles in learning how to make block prints. This workshop is FREE, has materials provided and is open to all ages.

Alyssa Aviles is a visual artist and arts educator who received a BFA in Printmaking at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Working primarily in this medium, Alyssa explores the symbolic relationship between the graphic arts and her Latinx heritage. Alyssa’s work connects pre-colonial spirituality and cosmology to contemporary urban experiences through a metaphorical, mythological realm.

Alyssa teaches YAX’s after school and in school printmaking program at [x]space.

Join resident artist Alyssa Aviles in making zines. This workshop is FREE, has materials provided and is open to all ages. RSVP

Alyssa Aviles is a visual artist and arts educator who received a BFA in Printmaking at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Working primarily in this medium, Alyssa explores the symbolic relationship between the graphic arts and her Latinx heritage. Alyssa’s work connects pre-colonial spirituality and cosmology to contemporary urban experiences through a metaphorical, mythological realm.

Alyssa teaches YAX’s after school and in school printmaking program at [x]space.

Celebrate Valentine's Day by learning to paint a seascape with wine and chocolate fondue, hosted by [x]space resident artist KB. Take home a beautiful painting of your own!

Learn, love and splash in!
Learn how to express yourself using paint...
Love the beauty of colors.
Splash in to the deep waters of your imagination.

When: Friday, February 14, 6-8pm

Where: [x]space arts hub, 5137 Mission St, San Francisco CA 94112

What's included: Art Supplies, Wine, Chocolate Fondue

Price: $45 for 1, $80 for 2

**Group discount available for groups of 5 or more, email info@youthartexchange.org for more information.

Earlybird price (before February 1): $35 for 1, $60 for 2

Join resident artist Alyssa Aviles in celebrating the iconic street names of the Excelsior by learning how to screen print them on to paper, t-shirts and tote bags. This workshop is FREE, has materials provided and is open to all ages.

This workshop is sold out.

Alyssa Aviles is a visual artist and arts educator who received a BFA in Printmaking at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Working primarily in this medium, Alyssa explores the symbolic relationship between the graphic arts and her Latinx heritage. Alyssa’s work connects pre-colonial spirituality and cosmology to contemporary urban experiences through a metaphorical, mythological realm.

Alyssa teaches YAX’s after school and in school printmaking program at [x]space.

RSVP / POTLUCK LOCATIONS (if there's no location, email us to offer your space to host!)

This potluck is hosted by Alyssa Aviles, YAX printmaking faculty artist who is the resident artist at [x]space this February.

Let's eat! Monthly Excelsior Artist Potlucks happen on the first Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm. Youth Art Exchange is excited to bring together artists in the Excelsior to build community by breaking bread.

We have created a monthly rotation to have different people host in spaces and homes throughout the neighborhood so we can get to know each other over delicious food and good conversation. If you’re interested in hosting a potluck at your organization, studio, or home, email info@youthartexchange.org!

Please bring a dish to share and plates/utensils/cups for your own use. Families/kiddos welcome. Please RSVP on Eventbrite for each date you plan on coming to so we know how many people to expect.

Come to YAX’s monthly volunteer orientation at [x]space on the first Tuesday of every month from 6-7pm! Meet staff and learn about programming and how you can get involved to help our space and our programs. Bring a friend, meet new people, and eat popcorn! All ages welcome.

RSVP / POTLUCK LOCATIONS (if there's no location, email us to offer your space to host!)

Let's eat! Monthly Excelsior Artist Potlucks happen on the first Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm. Youth Art Exchange is excited to bring together artists in the Excelsior to build community by breaking bread.

We have created a monthly rotation to have different people host in spaces and homes throughout the neighborhood so we can get to know each other over delicious food and good conversation. If you’re interested in hosting a potluck at your organization, studio, or home, email info@youthartexchange.org!

Please bring a dish to share and plates/utensils/cups for your own use. Families/kiddos welcome. Please RSVP on Eventbrite for each date you plan on coming to so we know how many people to expect.

Come to YAX’s monthly volunteer orientation at [x]space on the first Tuesday of every month from 6-7pm! Meet staff and learn about programming and how you can get involved to help our space and our programs. Bring a friend, meet new people, and eat popcorn! All ages welcome.

Come to YAX’s monthly volunteer orientation at [x]space on the first Tuesday of every month from 6-7pm! Meet staff and learn about programming and how you can get involved to help our space and our programs. Bring a friend, meet new people, and eat popcorn! All ages welcome.

Bring in object[s] of sentimental value to be photographed and added to a growing archive of images.

Please join Youth Art Exchange on Saturday, November 16th from 1-3pm at [x]space for a special workshop led by artist Kija Lucas.

Objects to Remember You By: An Index of Sentiment examines the objects we carry through our lives and the memories and meanings we attach to them, qualities that surpass their initial usefulness. Something held by a loved one allows us to feel close to that person, even without their presence. While these objects can offer a sense of safety or closeness, they can also be heavy and difficult. When creating a place to live, we commonly introduce these objects to make our spaces our own and to remind us of what matters from our past. For this project, I ask participants to bring in object [s] of sentimental value to my studio or a designated place be photographed and added to a growing archive of images. This project has taken place throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as upstate New York, Grinnell, Iowa, and Pittsburgh, PA. Future exhibitions will be entitled the Museum of Sentimental Taxonomy and are scheduled at Montalvo Art Center and California Institute of Integral Studies in 2020. - Kija Lucas

Kija Lucas is an artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She uses photography to explore ideas of home, heritage and inheritance. She is interested in how ideas are passed down and seemingly inconsequential moments create changes that last generations.

This Youth Art Exchange workshop is part of our Excelsior Public Art monthly workshop series (third Saturday of each month, [x]space arts hub, 1-3pm) and is funded by the Excelsior Collaborative.

All activities are FREE, so come on by!

RSVP / POTLUCK LOCATIONS (if there's no location, email us to offer your space to host!)

Let's eat! Monthly Excelsior Artist Potlucks happen on the first Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm. Youth Art Exchange is excited to bring together artists in the Excelsior to build community by breaking bread.

We have created a monthly rotation to have different people host in spaces and homes throughout the neighborhood so we can get to know each other over delicious food and good conversation. If you’re interested in hosting a potluck at your organization, studio, or home, email info@youthartexchange.org!

Please bring a dish to share and plates/utensils/cups for your own use. Families/kiddos welcome. Please RSVP on Eventbrite for each date you plan on coming to so we know how many people to expect.