SAVE THE DATE!
Community Day Opening of YAX Studios at La Fénix
Sunday, October 15, 2023
1-4pm
YAX Studios at La Fénix
1950 Mission, SF

More info coming soon! Save the date of August 19th.

Our apologies! This event has been canceled.

RSVP to artBUILD the exhibition reception at Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco

POP UP EXHIBITION
Saturday, July 29th - Sunday, July 30th
12-5pm

RECEPTION
Saturday, July 29th
3-5pm

Join faculty and youth artist interns for an end-of-the-session celebration of the artBUILD program - an interdisciplinary program in architecture, fashion design, and illustration.

Friday, July 14th
4-6pm
YAX Studios at La Fénix
1950 Mission, SF

YAX Alumni! You are your friends are invited to celebrate YAX, art, and yourself on July 12, at 1950 Mission. From 5-7pm, we will have food, artmaking, and a tour of our space. RSVP for the event at button below. 

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YAX + Proposition Chicken
Mondays in May
San Francisco Location: 3465 California Street at Laurel Village
Eat yummy food and support YAX May 29th! YAX gets 10% of dine in sales as a Nonprofit-Monday partner of the San Francisco Proposition Chicken in May!

YAX’s spring student exhibition is from 1-4 PM on Saturday May 6 at [x]space, (5137 Mission, at Mission and Geneva) featuring the work of our Printmaking, Fashion Design, Dark Room Photography, Architecture, Animation, and Video Art students. Friends and family are welcome and encouraged to attend and celebrate our student-artists’ work!

There will be two special offerings during the afternoon event: an improv workshop by LWHS students at 2 PM, and a runway walk by Fashion Design at 3 PM!

Accessibility: [x]space is on the ground level and is wheelchair accessible. You can travel to [x]space on public transit using the 8, 8BX, 43, 54, 91, 14, and 14R MUNI bus lines, or from the Balboa Park BART station (a 12 minute walk from the venue.)

Art Slam, YAX’s monthly social art-making event,  returns to [x]space this month on April 28th. Come through for live music, DJ sets, and a special cartooning workshop by Mr. B, YAX’s Animation Studio faculty. Finally, San Francisco Department of Elections will have a voter registration table set up as a part of Voter Education Weeks. All are welcome!

Join us for the opening of
(𝟜𝟙𝟝) 𝕻𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖈 𝕲𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖗𝖞: a community art show
ft. work by 60+ artists | DJ sets by Vicky Vella and Mobby Sonidero | Live music by Esonus, Dave Ward, and Karman Liang

Light Refreshments 🍿
Art for Sale 🎨
Masks Encouraged 😷👍

Accessibility: [x]space is on the ground level and is wheelchair accessible. You can travel to [x]space on public transit using the 8, 8BX, 43, 54, 91, 14, and 14R MUNI bus lines, or from the Balboa Park BART station, a 12 minute walk from the venue

(𝟜𝟙𝟝) 𝕻𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖈 𝕲𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖗𝖞 is a part of @sfusdarts Citywide Youth Arts Festival

Interested in helping out at YAX?

Spring Volunteer Orientation
Monday, February 13th
5-6pm via Zoom

RSVP HERE

Zoom link will be provided upon registration. Email info@youthartexchange.org with any questions.

Join Youth Art Exchange's staff to learn more about how to get involved by volunteering in programs, for events, facilities, fundraising, marketing and more!

Interested in take a FREE studio art class at Youth Art Exchange but want to learn more as a student or parent?

Parents of SFUSD High School Students
Monday, January 23rd
5-6pm via Zoom

RSVP HERE

Zoom link will be provided upon registration. Email info@youthartexchange.org with any questions.

Join Youth Art Exchange's program staff to learn more about what it’s like to take classes at YAX from logistics of the session to learning more about the types of studio art classes available!

Interested in take a FREE studio art class at Youth Art Exchange but want to learn more as a student or parent?

SFUSD High School Students
Tuesday, January 17th
4-5pm via Zoom

RSVP HERE

Zoom link will be provided upon registration. Email info@youthartexchange.org with any questions.

Join Youth Art Exchange's program staff to learn more about what it’s like to take classes at YAX from logistics of the session to learning more about the types of studio art classes available!

Join artist Rachel-Anne Palacios for an artmaking project connected to Día de los Muertos at [x]space. RSVP here.

Inspired by The Obama Portraits Tour, we invite you to a daylong celebration of art, fashion, and activism with a pop-up art exhibition, hands-on artmaking, fashion show, and live music sets showcasing the creativity of Youth Art Exchange (YAX) students — DJs, designers, creatives — and faculty artists. Plus, hear from Bay Area youth activists at the forefront of today’s social justice movement. 

This event is part of a three-part series celebrating The Obama Portraits Tour at the de Young museum in collaboration with long-standing Bay Area youth organizations: Youth Art Exchange, First Exposures, and 826 Valencia, showcasing youth art, creativity, and activism in the Bay Area.

Schedule

• 11–4pm: Pop-up YAX exhibition, Wilsey Court

• 11–4pm: Artmaking activity (all ages), Wilsey Court 

• 11–4pm: YAX DJ sets, de Young Café terrace

• 11–11:30 pm: Fashion show, de Young Café terrace

• 1:30–2 pm: Fashion show, de Young Café terrace

• 2–3 pm: Youth activism panel, Koret Auditorium

About Youth Art Exchange

Youth Art Exchange sparks a shared creative practice between professional artists and public high school students, furthering youth as leaders, thinkers, and artists in San Francisco. With over 20 years of youth-centered arts learning, YAX staff and faculty have expertise in program delivery that supports and enhances youth development, working at the intersection of arts education and youth development that expands with the needs of constituencies. YAX’s vision is that every public high school student in San Francisco will have access to meaningful, in-depth arts education that amplifies their voices.

About the Exhibition

From the moment of their unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in February 2018, the official portraits of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama became iconic. The artists behind the portraits, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, have throughout their careers addressed the lack of Black representation in Western art history, using portraiture to explore complex issues of identity. Wiley and Sherald are the first African Americans to be commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery to create official portraits of a president or first lady. The Obama Portraits Tour is a nationwide tour expected to reach millions who might not otherwise have an opportunity to view these remarkable paintings.

COVID-19 Guidance 

Masking is strongly recommended but no longer required for members of the public or employees while in the museum.

Ticket Information

This is a free activity, taking place during The Obama Portraits Tour.

Contact Information

Public Programs
publicprograms@famsf.org
(415) 750-7694