Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Facility Rentals - Each year YBCA partners with dozens of local nonprofits and performing arts companies for Community Rentals, opening our stages for their home seasons, festivals, and events. YBCAs landmark state-of-the-art facilities are also a valuable resource for the communities of the Bay Area. Through our Commercial Rentals program, the arts and creativity that characterize YBCA become a compelling backdrop for corporate events held in our Lobby, Theater, Forum, and other available venues.

Civic Engagement Civic Engagement at YBCA is grounded in an ethos of inclusion and radical hospitality. Beyond the walls of the art center, YBCA partners with city government, schools, private enterprise, and community organizations, building cross-sector neighborhood coalitions that use their collective resource and creativity to make a difference in the future of our city and the world. Offerings include K-12 in-school programming within the San Francisco Unified School District, creative placemaking initiatives in public space, and so much more. Also, from large festivals and convenings, to experiential Public Squares and opening night parties, to YBCAs annual YBCA 100 Summit, each year YBCA hosts a series of events that serve as a public platform and laboratory for collaboratively exploring the urgent issues we face.Continued on Schedule O

Visual Arts Through a schedule of temporary exhibitions each year, YBCA showcases artists from the Bay Area and beyond who are working at the intersection of fine art and social impact. In addition to curating compelling shows in our galleries, YBCA commissions artists to create exhibitions and public artworks designed for the outdoor spaces surrounding YBCAs buildings and for community settings across our city. Visual Arts at YBCA brings together artists and community participants to collectively shape the public life of our region and beyond.