Aesthetic Union

The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill


Upgrade from kitten posters to frame-worthy original SF artworks hand-printed in this working printmakers' studio. Watch prints pulled from a vintage Heidelberg machine, and find inspiration with no words at all (in James L Tucker's sublime California coastal landscapes or Maria Forde's Hwy 1 bikers) or a few choice letterpressed ones ('Let's Be Humans Together', 'Can't believe we still have to protest this shit', or the quiet but firmly embossed 'enough') printed as posters and/or greeting cards.

Transportation

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Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill attractions

1. Southern Exposure

0.21 MILES

Art really ties the room together at nonprofit arts center Southern Exposure, where works are carefully crafted not just with paint and canvas, but a…

2. Jack Fischer Gallery

0.34 MILES

Strange fascination is showcased at Jack Fischer Gallery – for example, sketches made by Agelio Batle's graphite skeleton as it jitters across a lab table…

3. Hosfelt Gallery

0.37 MILES

Trancelike states are often induced by Hosfelt, where visitors step from gritty sidewalks into dreamy, finely detailed interior worlds. Close inspection…

4. Catharine Clark Gallery

0.38 MILES

Art revolutions are instigated at Catharine Clark, a showcase for such gorgeous provocations as Masami Teraoka's paintings of superheroine geishas and…

5. Clarion Alley

0.48 MILES

The Mission District has a long history of street art and muralismo – an oft-political school of public art prevalent throughout South and Central America…

6. California College of the Arts

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A generous endowment and whip-smart curators allow the Wattis Institute to take on ambitious, sweeping shows – for example, an exhibition reimagining…

7. 826 Valencia

0.55 MILES

Avast, ye scurvy scallywags! If ye be shipwrecked without yer eye patch or McSweeney's literary anthology, lay down ye doubloons and claim yer booty at…

8. Incline Gallery

0.56 MILES

Ramp up your art collection at Incline, a sloping gallery at the rear of an ex-mortuary where bodies were once transported for embalming. Today this is…

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