San Francisco Art Institute provides its students with a rigorous education in the fine arts and preparation for a life in the arts through an innovative, intensive studio environment; a vital liberal arts experience; and engagement with the world at large. SFAI also strives to be a leader in promoting awareness of the relevance of the arts in contemporary culture.
SFAI encourages art making that reflects a broad spectrum of forms and philosophical and aesthetic approaches; fosters critical thinking and creative development through ongoing intensive critiques; promotes artistic and intellectual freedom, imagination, creativity, experimentation, and risk taking in a diverse and heterogeneous environment; engages a broad cross-section of local, national, and international artists, scholars, and communities in mutual exploration of art, and of the roles, responsibilities, and integrity of art and the artist in society and more.
The San Francisco Art Institute is pleased to welcome New York City–based artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles as the inaugural Ann Chamberlain Distinguished Fellow in Interdisciplinary Studies.
April 27, 2010
Of decisive importance to SFAI's overall educational mission, the artists and scholars who visit SFAI each semester to present their work and research include a broad spectrum of internationally renowned theorists and pr[...]
February 16, 2010
The San Francisco Art Institute's MFA, Low-residency MFA (starting Summer 2010), Dual Degree MA/MFA, Post-Baccalaureate (PB), and MA programs are now accepting applications for Fall 2010.
January 6, 2010
Of decisive importance to SFAI's overall educational mission, the artists and scholars who visit SFAI each semester to present their work and research include a broad spectrum of internationally renowned theorists and pr[...]
September 28, 2009
In 1985, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors backed a resolution designating San Francisco a sanctuary city--one of the first in the US--for certain Central American refugees. The resolution decreed that police, schoo[...]
May 28, 2009
Graduate Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer and Fall 2009 San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) 800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 800 345 SFAI / 415 749 4500 http://www.sfai.edu Applications for enrollm[...]
December 15, 2008
SFAI's MA Programs Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2009 San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 800 345 SFAI / 415 749 4500 http://www.sfai.edu The San Francisco Art Institute's gradu[...]
October 6, 2008
SFAI Accepting Applications for Fall 2008 San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 800 345 SFAI/415 749 4500 http://www.sfai.edu SFAI has extended deadlines for Master of Fine Arts programs[...]
April 11, 2008
SFAI Launches New Ceramics Program in Fall 2008 San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 800 345 SFAI/415 749 4500 http://www.sfai.edu SFAI Launches New Ceramics Program in Fall 2008 In th[...]
February 25, 2008
San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 800 345 SFAI / 415 749 4500 http://www.sfai.edu Visiting Artists and Scholars at SFAI in Fall 2007 The San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) [...]
September 28, 2007
