Read through news features and press releases that celebrate SOMArts’ groundbreaking work; upcoming, current and past exhibition information; and organizational announcements that keep our community up to date. For press inquiries, please contact media@somarts.org
2025 Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition Spotlights 15 Emerging Artists Transforming the Bay Area Arts Landscape
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dara Katrina Del Rosario Communications Director media@somarts.org 2025 Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition Spotlights 15 Emerging Artists Transforming the Bay Area Arts Landscape On view: November 7–December 7, 2025 Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony: November 6, 7–9 PM PST Monday, August [...]
SOMArts Cultural Center Awarded Inaugural Culture Forward Grant from the Svane Family Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE media@somarts.org SOMArts Cultural Center Awarded Inaugural Culture Forward Grant from the Svane Family Foundation Upcoming programming to include fashion workshops, a community runway show, and a ball in downtown San Francisco April 23, 2025, San Francisco, CA — SOMArts Cultural Center is thrilled to [...]
SOMArts launches 2025 with “From the River to the Bay” exhibition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dara Katrina Del Rosario Communications Director media@somarts.org SOMArts launches 2025 with From the River to the Bay exhibition Curated by Chris Gazaleh Opening Reception Thursday, January 30, 6–9 PM PST On view January 31–March 30, 2025 Monday, December 30, San Francisco, CA–SOMArts Cultural [...]
SOMArts presents Artist As Witness, an evening of film, dialogue, and dreaming
Artwork credit: Adrian L. Burrell, The Game God(S) film still, 2022. Image courtesy of the artist. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dara Katrina Del Rosario Communications Director media@somarts.org SOMArts presents Artist As Witness, an evening of film, dialogue, and dreaming Saturday, January 25, 7:30 PM | Free, all [...]
Press Release: SOMArts’ Sounds Like Home: Longing and Comfort through Lullabies brings together international artists to examine childhood songs and stories
June 17, 2021
Press Release: HERE 4 U: Pre–Pride Happening, SOMArt’s first in-person event in a year, celebrates queer dreaming and imagination
June 10, 2021
Sounds Like Home: Meet the Artists
May 5, 2021
LUSH Film Edition celebrates queer filmmaking
March 31, 2021
Meet the Artists
March 16, 2021
Press Release: CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984 – Present) uplifts the legacy of Central American solidarity
February 18, 2021
SOMArts Receives $100,000 NEA Grant to Support Arts Sector Recovery in 2021
January 1, 2021
Press Release: Bay Area Deaf Arts asks what truths are we willing to listen to
December 22, 2020
