On January 18, 2020, [x]space arts hub resident artist KB held a free painting workshop as part of Youth Art Exchange’s EPA: Excelsior Public Art quarterly event. More than 20 people, including families and children, came to learn how to paint at our meat market-turned-arts space at Mission and Geneva – one mother and child even traveled from San Jose for the workshop! Photos by Xavier Brockman.

EPA is a collaborative effort to celebrate, present, and promote the arts in the Excelsior District of San Francisco. Established in 2019, EPA is rooted in over a decade of community-based efforts to create free public arts experiences for the neighborhood. During 2019-2020, EPA is a collection of FREE events occurring regularly in the Excelsior with quarterly events on October 19, January 18, April 18, and June 20 and monthly events throughout the neighborhood.

Led by Youth Art Exchange (YAX), partners include ArtSpan, Green Art Workshop, Engine 43, and the Excelsior Action Group. All community artists, venues (formal and informal), and organizations interested in presenting or hosting arts activities are invited to participate. If you are interested in hosting quarterly events or want to promote your regularly occurring monthly events, please email info@youthartexchange.org. We want to promote what’s happening in the Excelsior! EPA events are funded by San Francisco Grants for the Arts’ San Francisco Neighborhood Arts Collaborative, the Excelsior Collaborative, and B.L.I.N.G.