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Join SFAI LF+A next Sunday, March 26, for a fantastic event at Minnesota Street Project! We are so grateful to be the beneficiaries of this fundraising auction and celebration organized by alumni and dear friends of SFAI.
The benefit art auction is now LIVE online! View the incredible artworks at the link HERE. The event will feature a recreation of the famed Pete’s Cafe and live music with the Steve Nelson Jazz Quartet, the Ethan Wiley and Mandocello Experience, Penelope Houston (of the Avengers) with Tom Heyman and Blues with Cabin Fever, featuring Jon Otis, John Rogstad and Mike Henderson. Performances include an unplanned event by Jennifer Locke, A Different Bird (Anne McGuire) and Tom Marioni’s “Drinking Beer with Friends.” A special treat will be the screening of archival treasures such as films by the legendary George Kuchar and others. |
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Welcome to the new home of the SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive (SFAI LF+A), an independent non-profit formed to support the preservation of the San Francisco Art Institute archives, coordinate the proper transfer of its contents to a permanent home, and ensure future access. Our organization emerged from conversations with SFAI community members in the waning days of the school and we are dedicated to safeguarding the cultural legacy of SFAI.
The institutional archives of the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) is an unparalleled resource, chronicling the 150-year history of the school and its vital role—as hub, incubator and repository—in the development of 19th, 20th, and 21st century art and culture. Central to this preservation effort are legendary SFAI archivists Becky Alexander and Jeff Gunderson. They are working with us to secure a new home for the archives which will ensure these irreplaceable materials are safe, accessible, and discoverable. Their work is bolstered by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) which supports archival processing and organization to facilitate scholarly research and public access.
Simultaneous to announcing our formation, we are also launching a major capital fundraising campaign. Our goal is to raise a minimum of $250,000 to outfit a permanent workspace where the archives can be safely stored and where Jeff and Becky can meet with members of the SFAI and Bay Area community–alumni, scholars, former staff and faculty–and share treasures of the archive. Future plans include: expanding the website to include a special archival resource page with historic images, documents, and related materials; continuation of the archival work above and beyond the NEH project, with a focus on digitization in particular; paid fellowships, public programming, publications, and much more!
We welcome gifts of any size. Find out more about the foundation and join our mailing list at the link HERE and click the red button below to donate today!
Thank you for being here with us! We are excited for what the future holds.
Warmly,
SFAI LF+A Board
Charles DeSantis, Gale Elston, and Katie Hood Morgan
The institutional archives of the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) is an unparalleled resource, chronicling the 150-year history of the school and its vital role—as hub, incubator and repository—in the development of 19th, 20th, and 21st century art and culture. Central to this preservation effort are legendary SFAI archivists Becky Alexander and Jeff Gunderson. They are working with us to secure a new home for the archives which will ensure these irreplaceable materials are safe, accessible, and discoverable. Their work is bolstered by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) which supports archival processing and organization to facilitate scholarly research and public access.
Simultaneous to announcing our formation, we are also launching a major capital fundraising campaign. Our goal is to raise a minimum of $250,000 to outfit a permanent workspace where the archives can be safely stored and where Jeff and Becky can meet with members of the SFAI and Bay Area community–alumni, scholars, former staff and faculty–and share treasures of the archive. Future plans include: expanding the website to include a special archival resource page with historic images, documents, and related materials; continuation of the archival work above and beyond the NEH project, with a focus on digitization in particular; paid fellowships, public programming, publications, and much more!
We welcome gifts of any size. Find out more about the foundation and join our mailing list at the link HERE and click the red button below to donate today!
Thank you for being here with us! We are excited for what the future holds.
Warmly,
SFAI LF+A Board
Charles DeSantis, Gale Elston, and Katie Hood Morgan
Image: View from SFAI's Chestnut Street campus, photographed by Ansel Adams, c. 1939. Collection SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive.
© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.