The deadline to vote for our District 7 Participatory Budgeting project is TODAY Sunday April 14 at 11:59pm! Vote now for street safety and to support youth printmakers!

We have been selected as a project for District 7 Participatory Budget voting for a District 7 visual street safety campaign (“D7 Street Safety Poster + Transit Campaign Project”) focusing on 10 strategies for pedestrian and street safety. In partnership with the Office of District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee and Vision Zero partners, high school youth printmakers and a faculty artist will develop a series of easily read, graphic posters to promote street safety featuring District 7 priorities and neighborhood safety concerns to people of all ages and backgrounds. Posters will be translated into multiple languages and developed into a transit campaign that will run throughout District 7 public transportation shelters, buses, and trains.

Vote online by April 14 or in person at Ingleside and West Portal libraries as well as Supervisor Yee’s office at City Hall (room 268).

Vote for: “D7 Street Safety Poster + Transit Campaign Project” under “Neighborhood Services”

Voting eligibility: Anyone 16 or older who lives in D7 is eligible to vote (Do I live in District 7?)

*A print collage by Naomi, previous scholarship recipient in 2018.*

College-bound public high school senior girls, apply by Monday April 15 for the OWA + YAX Scholarship! Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals and Youth Art Exchange are partnering to support graduating high school seniors from YAX architecture and visual arts programs to advance their study of architecture and design related fields in higher education. OWA will award an annual scholarship of at least $1,000 to graduating public high school senior girls who are present or former Youth Art Exchange students and intend to continue their education at a four-year college or university. Consideration will be given to artistic and academic achievement and financial need.

Students must submit a 500 word essay on the importance of women in architecture or other design-related fields and 3 work samples of their architecture or design projects and complete a brief application with demographic information. Scholarships will be awarded on an annual basis in August. Students must continue to attend classes and maintain no lower than a 3.0 grade-point average (or equivalent). The application deadline is April 15th. Email info@youthartexchange.org for an application.

(415) Public Gallery
[x]space arts hub, 5137 Mission Street
Exhibit April 1-21
Mixer April 15 6:30-8:30pm

With (415) Public Gallery, we have opened our walls to art made by everyone living/working/loving in San Francisco, all ages and backgrounds (exhibit runs April 1-21). Join us for artmaking, learn more about our open curation concept, and buy a work of art or donate to YAX at our final exhibit event, a mixer this Monday April 15 from 6:30-8:30pm. See some of the pieces for sale (some proceeds benefit YAX) on our Instagram.

Our monthly [x]space volunteer day is this Thursday 4/18* to help with installations, gallery prep, and spring cleaning. Sign up to join us here or just stop by 10am to 2pm. Find out more about volunteer opportunities at youthartexchange.org/volunteer. *Note that it is NOT 4/25 as we mistakenly said in our April newsletter!

Mapping Memory: Free Printmaking Workshops
Thursday, April 18 4-6pm
Saturday, April 27 10-1pm
[x]space arts hub, 5137 Mission Street

Come on down to [x]space and join faculty printmaker Alyssa Aviles and YAX youth printmakers in an interactive project to create a map of San Francisco using block prints - and you! Free artmaking for the whole family!

Our partner organization ArtSpan is looking to fill one artist studio at [x]space! If you’re an artist interested in working with the Excelsior community and with YAX and are looking for a studio space, click here to read more about the opportunity.