Note: the Legion of Honor is opening at 10:30 am on 6/11, due to the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon.
Open today 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
Learn about Judy Chicago's Birth Hood.
By Jena Hirschbein
Explore the key role women played in the development and evolution of pastel.
By Furio Rinaldi
Learn how Pomo women created and used baskets to gather and prepare native plant foods for themselves and their families.
By Sherrie Smith-Ferri
Understanding the less tangible aspects of an artwork, especially when it is created within a culture different than our own, requires incorporating varied viewpoints and experiences that museums have too often ignored.
By Tamia Anaya, Jena Hirschbein, and Jane Williams
Understanding the political and social weight a textile can carry.
By Julieta Fuentes Roll
Consider Patrick Kelly's use of racist iconography in his designs.
By Kibwe Chase-Marshall
Artist Enrique Chagoya on his works and the history behind them.
By Enrique Chagoya
In FAMSF's development department, the institutional goal of becoming an anti-racist institution is surfacing new ideas.
By Alison Bowman and Matt Sussman
Laura L. Camerlengo interviews Dilys E. Blum to celebrate the Patrick Kelly exhibition.
By Laura L. Camerlengo in conversation with Dilys E. Blum
Consider Patrick Kelly's reappropriation of racist imagery.
By Abram Jackson
Learn about pastels on view in Color into Line: Pastels from the Renaissance to the Present.
The Museum Stores recognizes and embraces the clear institutional call to evolve into an anti-racist institution.
By Tim Niedert and Stuart Hata