2019 marked 40 years of the organization and the anniversary programming kicked off with RUBY: A Cabaret and Dance Party Extravaganza celebrating 40 Years of SOMArts. Following RUBY was 4Waves: 40 Performances in the Hole, an abbreviated version of Justin Hoover’s/Collective Action Studio’s 100 Performances for the Hole: A Marathon of Artistic Moments, and Rebooting the Future: Multimedia and Performance Festival that brought together Bay Area artists who leverage technology and new media to access the imagination, futurity, and the divine. In the Main Gallery, Kevin B. Chen and Rio Yañez curated Building the Building. This multidisciplinary exhibition contemplated SOMArts as a microcosm of the Bay Area, whose identity is greatly shaped by the region’s artists, collectives, movements, and rebellions.