Reimagining San Francisco’s public monuments through equity and engagement
Launched by the San Francisco Arts Commission in 2023 and funded by the Mellon Foundation, Shaping Legacy is a groundbreaking initiative reimagining the city’s monuments to reflect more inclusive.
Art in Transit: How San Francisco is integrating public art into its transportation infrastructure
San Francisco’s 2% for Art Program transforms transit infrastructure into cultural landmarks, embedding site-specific artworks that celebrate neighbourhood identity and weave creativity into the city’s daily rhythms of movement.
Tourism Tax: How San Francisco leverages its hotel tax to fund the arts
Launched in 2018, San Francisco’s Proposition E law redirects a portion of the city’s hotel tax to directly fund arts and culture. This voter-backed initiative created a virtuous circle:.
WORLD CITIES TO TACKLE CREATIVE SPACE CRISIS AT INAUGURAL CREATIVE LAND TRUST SUMMIT
From 27-30 May 2025, cultural city leaders, funders, and developers from over 15 cities - including London, Sydney, Calgary, Helsinki, Austin - will be attending the inaugural Creative Land.
How is San Francisco using tourism tax to boost arts and culture?
San Francisco is a global “bucket list” destination and one of the top five tourism destinations in the U.S. Historically, the city has drawn tens of millions of visitors.
What makes Minnesota Street Project a solution to San Francisco’s property costs?
The City of San Francisco needed to address the challenges faced by artists and art organisations due to the booming property market, emphasising the urgent need to prevent artists.
San Francisco responds to demands for positive representation of indigenous communities
Over the past few decades, Indigenous communities have organised to demand for their rights for self-determination and positive representation. Increasingly, these cities have been working to address the issue,.
TRENDS
Sharing Space
Space sharing has become a popular solution to affordability. Arts organisations share back office services and spaces for common activities such as exhibitions, events, packing and shipping as.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The new Salesforce Transit Centre, located in downtown San Francisco, features several large-scale public art projects by notable artists including Jenny Holzer, Ned Kahn, Julie Chang and James Carpenter..
Preserving heritage: communities in San Francisco their cultural identities
Communities are collaborating with the City to help preserve the cultural and social fabric of San Francisco's historic neighbourhoods.