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Your Guide to the CASTRO Art WalkTOMORROW, June 6, 5-8 pm |
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We can’t wait to see you tomorrow!
The June and Pride 🏳️🌈 edition of the Castro Art Walk is tomorrow with 17 art exhibits all across the amazing Castro Arts District in San Francisco. You don’t want to miss it!
The Castro Art Walk is 5 - 8, and some businesses stay even later.
Paper maps can be picked up in any of the participating stores. Feel free to tag us in any social media posts @castroartwalk and use hashtags #CAW #CastroArtWalk.
Castro Art Walk is proudly sponsored by the Castro Merchants Association and San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
Castro Art Walk
www.castroartwalk.com
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Guided And Self-Guided Tours! |
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The Guided Tour with our volunteer, Sophie starts at 5pm at 2095 Market St (1st location on the map) and you’ll visit most locations with the most optimal route.
The Self-Guided Tour you can start at any of the specified locations on the map. |
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#1 Chartreuse by Roje (2095 Market St):
We are thrilled to exhibit new artwork by Saniya Sayyad, Sebastien Pridmore. We are also introducing new New artists, Alexis Buhrman and a ceramicist, Jo Ko and new ceramic Bougie Sheep Candles by French artist, Magali. |
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#2 Blackbird (2124 Market St): Blackbird will feature the photography of Gareth Gooch, "Eye of the Beholder"
This show captures a ten-year journey through San Francisco, exploring the vibrant intersections of queer politics, performance, and community. From the serious to the playful, these photographs celebrate the beauty and resilience of our city’s diverse scene, featuring iconic shots of performers, drag kings, drag queens, and the legendary sisters of perpetual indulgence. |
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#3 The Academy (2166 Market St): Join us for the monthly Castro Art Walk as we premiere our latest exhibit featuring works by TC Moore (@tc_moore_art) and Dylan Clendenin (@deepthawtz_studios), curated by Bill Samios. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 5pm. |
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#4 Flore Dispensary (258 Noe St):
Flore Dispensary will feature Ethan Barnes Glass art design |
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#5 Art House SF (2324 Market St):
“Persian Miniatures from the Silk Road” by Feruz Temirov and Davron Toshev.
Art House SF would like to introduce the beautiful art of miniature painting. The art of intricate painting technique, handmade paper, folklore and fables, arabesque patterns, vibrant mineral pigment colors, and legendary Persian poetry. |
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#6 Loom + Ten (2323 Market St):
For the upcoming Castro Art Walk, Loom + Ten is proud to present Unseen Boundaries, the first United States solo exhibition by Berlin-based Chinese artist Musk Ming. Spanning works from 2007 to 2024, the show explores the intersections of queer identity, cultural memory, and masculinity through a bold and deeply personal visual language. |
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#7 FAVE (329 Noe St):
Come visit FAVE, a Queer Mall and Screen Print Shop, to learn the basics of screen printing and make your own t-shirt. |
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#8 MAG Galleries (3931 18th St):
TRUONG TRAN is a Vietnamese-American poet, visual artist, and teacher. He is an author of eight collections of poetry, artist book, and a children's book. As a visual artist Tran is best known for mixed media pieces and light installations.
“Loud: because sometimes you just have to live!” Expressions by Truong Tran |
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#9 Moby Dick Bar (4049 18th St):
Moby Dick will feature "The Putinate: Tsar Wars" from Robert Lowrey |
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#10 Ruby’s Clay Studio & Gallery (552A Noe St):
"Duets" Recent work by Anna Sapozhnikova On view Sunday, June 1 to Sunday, June 29 Opening Reception Castro Art Walk, Friday, June 6, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM |
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#11 Queer Arts Featured (575 Castro St):
Positives & Negatives: Memories from Castro Camera in the Time of Harvey Milk
This unprecedented collection of photographs, most never exhibited, find their way back to their origins at the former site of Milk’s Castro Camera at 575 Castro Street, where they were processed during the radical and transformative 1970s. |
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#12 Aegean Delights (545 Castro St):
Aegean Delights will feature art by Alan Beckstead and Luke Andahazy |
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#13 Welcome Castro (525 Castro St):
Katie Gilmartin founded City Art Cooperative Gallery, a thriving artspace on Valencia Street, and the Queer Ancestors Project, which is devoted to forging sturdy relationships between young LGBTQ people and their ancestors.
My prints frequently interweave the visual and the verbal. The Queer Words explores the multiple meanings of Queer slang – retooled epithets, secret codes, and camp – as a record of creative resistance. My “Pulps” are faux pulp fiction covers: art for novels I’ve invented that are set in 1950s San Francisco and celebrate the city’s history. |
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#14 Fabulosa Books (489 Castro St):
Chasindoodles - whimsical gay bear paintings with a mid-century modern twist. |
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#15 Poesia (4072 18th St):
Poesia will feature a new exhibit by Nicole Hanusek |
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#16 Blush Wine Bar (476 Castro St):
Michael Bruno photography exhibit.
"THE City is a combination of my photo projects from various neighborhoods throughout San Francisco. All of the photos here are from different, ongoing series that share a main theme between them; my passion and pride for growing up in this amazing place. Photos are printed on classic pro lustre and beautiful museum archival textured rag paper." |
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#17 STRUT (4690 18th St):
For the month of June we are exhibiting the art of Rolando Saenz! Join us Friday, June 6th at 8PM for the art opening reception! Light snacks, wine, and non alcoholic drinks will be provided! Come for the free wine, stay for the incredible queer art!
This series explores vulnerability through dynamic portrayals of nude bodies, using minimalism to emphasize both the figure and empty space. |
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Photos from our past events |
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See all of you Friday night! |
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