SF Art & Film believes a steady stream of contact with the arts gives young women and men a context through which they can begin to understand their own lives and discover their own creative energies.

A group of students gather at the Martin Luther King Jr fountain in Yerba Buena Park before visiting the brand new SFMOMA building on 3rd Street.

1996

Founding director Ronald Chase introduces the evening's film at a Cine Club screening of Apocalypse Now at Dolby Lab's screening room.

1998

A group of students on an Art Saturday gallery walk discuss the show at Modernism.

1999

Students dress up as writers Hart Crane, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway to make a film about 1920's Paris (available here: https://vimeo.com/82336733)

2001

Ronald Chase and Director Isaiah Dufort lead students on our tour of downtown art galleries.

2016

Mentors help a young director prepare the first shot of her film while other students set up equipment.

2017

Ronald Chase discusses Stravinsky with students following a concert at Davies Symphony Hall

2018

Art & Film's motto is, “we give you what school can’t” which they deliver on by making first-rate cultural events available to all interested Bay Area students. These include film screenings, gallery walks, museum tours, and free tickets to the symphony, opera and theater, to name a few.

Here's a two minute video that puts Art & Film in a nutshell. Come on and watch. Thanks.

Alumni Justine's Spot

To celebrate their 25 Year Anniversary, SF Art & Film is having a benefit party at the San Francisco Art Institute on Saturday September 8th. There will be live music, short films, food and cocktails, and a special performance by San Francisco jazz great, Paula West.

To learn more about this worthy and valuable organization, and their 25th Anniversary event, click here:
https://artandfilm.org/25years/