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de Youngsters Open Studio: A Scavenger Hunt of Bay Area Perspectives

Learn how to make a viewfinder that brings visibility to neighborhoods that are restorative rather than depleting.

By Hannah Waiters, artist

Video Kids + families
New Interpretive Lenses and Updating In-Gallery Texts

We at the Fine Arts Museums are engaged in the ongoing work of personal reflection and dialogue.

By Melissa Buron, Lauren Palmor, Thomas Wu, and Isabella Holland

Article Anti-racism + DEIA
Writing American History: The Poetic Jars of David Drake

The Fine Arts Museums have acquired the “Catination” Storage Jar (April 12, 1836).

By Timothy Anglin Burgard

Article Acquisitions
A Testimony to These Times: “The de Young Open” Art Acquisitions

The three American art curators describe why they find these acquisitions personally meaningful.

By Timothy Anglin Burgard, Emma Acker, and Lauren Palmor

Article Community Acquisitions
de Youngsters Studio: Fruit Still Life Sculpture

Create a bigger-than-life fruit sculpture

By Jennie Smith, senior teaching artist

Video Kids + families
de Youngsters Studio: Signs of Spring

Create a simple composition to hang in your window, with a focus on colors, shapes, and lines found in nature.

By Hannah Freeman, senior teaching artist

Video Kids + families
Acquisitions of Contemporary Textiles from “The de Young Open”

Introducing works by two Bay Area artists.

By Jill D’Alessandro

Article Community Acquisitions
Statement of Solidarity with AAPI Communities

We write today in solidarity with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and join those condemning the appalling acts of racism, violence, and discrimination committed against these communities across the nation.

By Thomas P. Campbell and Meghan McCauley

Article Community Anti-racism + DEIA AAPI voices
Anti-Racist Parenting: Starting the Marathon

How to start and keep the practice of being anti-racist going for yourself and your family at home as well as in a museum setting.

By Jenjii Hysten and Ariana Bayer

Article Power Kids + families
The Wild Inventiveness of Barbara Dietzsch: a Dandelion with a Tiger Moth, a Snail, A Beetle, and a Butterfly

Earth Day reminds us that the natural world is a powerful source of wonder and delight.

By Furio Rinaldi

Article Works on paper Environment Women in art
Local Voices S3 E1: Introducing Season 3: Bay Area Public Art and Monuments

Local Voices Season 3, Episode 1, examines the issue of power and representation through art in our public spaces.

Audio Community
The Necessity of Resourcefulness: Lessons from Traditional Japanese Textiles

This rag merchant’s bag offers a window into Japanese history that can teach us valuable lessons about sustainability today.

By Ana Matsubara with Jill D’Alessandro

Article Environment

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de Youngsters Open Studio: A Scavenger Hunt of Bay Area Perspectives

New Interpretive Lenses and Updating In-Gallery Texts

Writing American History: The Poetic Jars of David Drake

A Testimony to These Times: “The de Young Open” Art Acquisitions

de Youngsters Studio: Fruit Still Life Sculpture

de Youngsters Studio: Signs of Spring

Acquisitions of Contemporary Textiles from “The de Young Open”

Statement of Solidarity with AAPI Communities

Anti-Racist Parenting: Starting the Marathon

The Wild Inventiveness of Barbara Dietzsch: a Dandelion with a Tiger Moth, a Snail, A Beetle, and a Butterfly

Local Voices S3 E1: Introducing Season 3: Bay Area Public Art and Monuments

The Necessity of Resourcefulness: Lessons from Traditional Japanese Textiles

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Legion of Honor

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de Youngsters Open Studio: A Scavenger Hunt of Bay Area Perspectives

New Interpretive Lenses and Updating In-Gallery Texts

Writing American History: The Poetic Jars of David Drake

A Testimony to These Times: “The de Young Open” Art Acquisitions

de Youngsters Studio: Fruit Still Life Sculpture

de Youngsters Studio: Signs of Spring

Acquisitions of Contemporary Textiles from “The de Young Open”

Statement of Solidarity with AAPI Communities

Anti-Racist Parenting: Starting the Marathon

The Wild Inventiveness of Barbara Dietzsch: a Dandelion with a Tiger Moth, a Snail, A Beetle, and a Butterfly

Local Voices S3 E1: Introducing Season 3: Bay Area Public Art and Monuments

The Necessity of Resourcefulness: Lessons from Traditional Japanese Textiles