Galería de la Raza Holiday Office Closure
2025-12-22 00:00 - 2026-01-02 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Galería de la Raza will be closed for the winter holiday from Monday, December 22, 2025 through Friday, January 2, 2026. We will be back in the office on Monday, January 5, 2026. ¡Felices Fiestas!

Dragiarte
2026-01-10 19:00 - 22:00 | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Celebrate all things queer, Latine, and DRAG with hostesses Sally Limón and La Chucha Rude as they transform the one and only Rio Yañez for his first time in drag as the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce!

Bring your dollar bills and join us on Saturday, January 10 to experience this highly anticipated performance!

Get your presale tickets at the link below for $15 or at the door for $20. This is a 21+ event.

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Bay Windows: Scavenger Hunt
2026-01-24 11:00 - 14:00 | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Galería de la Raza invites you to experience Bay Windows: Illuminating Immigrant Women’s Perspectives, a citywide public art installation by Christine Wong Yap that brings immigrant women’s stories across neighborhoods. Fifteen sculptural lanterns glow from storefront windows bridging Chinatown and the Mission District, each a papercut created by a Chinese or Latina immigrant woman. Together, these works illuminate shared experiences around workers’ rights, housing, public safety, and mental health.

Join Galería and the other partner organizations for a free scavenger hunt throughout San Francisco. Find 15 unique lanterns in Chinatown and the Mission District. Interact with the makers, gather trivia, and collect stamps for the chance to win prizes.Fun, free, and family-friendly!

Start your adventure at:– Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco’s Design Store, 41 Ross Alley– Galería de la Raza’s Studio 24, 2779 Folsom Street Suite A

Please RSVP to receive updates. Encouraged, but not required.

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Actividad de Búsqueda del tesoro: sábado, 24 de enero de 2025, 11:00 AM a 2:00 PM.

Encuentra 15 linternas de diseño único en Chinatown y el Distrito Misión. Convive con sus creadoras, realiza la trivia y colecta las estampillas para tener la oportunidad de ganar premios.

¡Divertido, gratuito y para toda la familia!

Comienza tu aventura en:– Tienda de diseño del Centro Cultural Chino de San Francisco, 41 Ross Alley– Galería de la Raza, Studio 24, 2779 Folsom Street Suite A

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REGÍSTRATE AQUI

尋寶遊戲

2025年1月24日(星期六) 上午11點至下午2點

在華埠(Chinatown)與米慎區(Mission District)尋找15盞獨具特色的燈籠。與燈籠製作者互動，了解趣味知識並收集印章、獲得贏取獎品的機會。

趣味十足、免費參加、闔家同樂！

開啟冒險之旅：– 舊金山中華文化中心舊呂宋巷41號，41 Ross Alley– Galería de la Raza’s Studio 24, 2779 Folsom Street Suite A

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On view: The Living Altars by Ivan Lopez
2026-01-30 00:00 - 2026-03-31 23:59 | California
Galería de la Raza is proud to present The Living Altars by ReGen Artist Fund grantee, Ivan Lopez. The Living Altars is a public art project consisting of six outdoor sculptures inviting our Mission community to pause, reflect, and contribute by interacting with the sculpture in a public space. Rooted in the belief that words and images have the power to shape our dreams, our healing, and the future of our neighborhood, visitors can engage with the accompanying medicinal plant and can contribute to the shared journals at each sculpture. Over time, the altar becomes a living archive—a collective vision built from the hopes, dreams, and voices of our neighbors. The six sculptures are stewarded by local businesses along Mission Street to encourage the public to reflect on their relationship with the commons, public space, and community.

Visit each sculpture on Mission Street and contribute to the shared journals! Follow the map above for a self-guided tour of the project.

ReGen Artist Fund: The Living Altars Sculpture Walk
2026-01-30 15:00 - 17:00 | California
Galería de la Raza is proud to present The Living Altars by ReGen Artist Fund grantee, Ivan Lopez. The Living Altars is a public art project consisting of six outdoor sculptures inviting our Mission community to pause, reflect, and contribute by interacting with the sculpture in a public space. Rooted in the belief that words and images have the power to shape our dreams, our healing, and the future of our neighborhood, visitors can engage with the accompanying medicinal plant and can contribute to the shared journals at each sculpture. Over time, the altar becomes a living archive—a collective vision built from the hopes, dreams, and voices of our neighbors. The six sculptures are stewarded by local businesses along Mission Street to encourage the public to reflect on their relationship with the commons, public space, and community.

Join us on a sculpture walk on January 30th to launch the project and visit all six altars in the neighborhood. A celebration follows at Artillery Ceramics at 2751 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110.

Closing Reception & Artist Talk
2026-01-31 13:00 - 16:00 | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Our Language, Our Story & The Window Project

Join us for an afternoon in conversation with Our Language, Our Story in dialogue with The Window Project – two powerful visual art projects that center immigrant voices, community wisdom, and collective resilience.

This conversation brings together artists and collaborators to celebrate these projects while engaging in an important dialogue on immigration, language accessibility, and the lived experiences of migrant communities. Joyce Xi and Sergio de la Torre will be joined by guest speaker Winnie Kao from the Asian Law Caucus to reflect on how art can amplify voices, build understanding, and inspire meaningful action.

RSVP by clicking the button below. Please note, seating is limited. Seating priority will be given to early arrivals, elders, and people with disabilities.

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About the Projects

Our Language, Our StoryPresented by Galería de la Raza in collaboration with photographer Joyce Xi and the Asian Law Caucus, Our Language, Our Story is a call toward a more inclusive future. The exhibition honors the insight, strength, and lived experiences shared by community members whose stories shape the Bay Area.

The Window ProjectAs you visit, we also invite you to also make a pit stop by Galería’s Studio 16, where The Window Project remains on view for a limited time.You won’t want to miss the stunning window displays filled with powerful photographs and bold artwork. This project serves as an accessible community hub—offering know-your-rights information alongside stories of immigration, remittances, street vending, and cultural pride.

The AO Series - Alexa Treviño & Anthony Jimenez
2026-03-07 00:00 - 2026-05-09 23:59 | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Galería de la Raza is proud to present Part One of The AO Series, the first installment of a three-part exhibition celebrating the culmination of the ReGen Artist Fund Cohorts 1 and 2.

The AO Series represents a significant investment in San Francisco’s creative arts sector, directly funding 15 artists and regranting $250K over the past two years. This series highlights the work of six grantees, offering the public an opportunity to experience the depth, regenerative spirit, and at times collaborative nature of each artist’s completed body of work.

These projects were made possible through the ReGen Artist Fund, a small grants program that pairs financial support with professional development. In addition to funding, participating artists receive training in grant writing and program planning, equipping them to develop competitive proposals for future opportunities. The fund is as much a commitment to artistic growth as it is to community investment. Encouraged to think critically about how art can reshape societal narratives, these artists examine their roles as cultural bearers while addressing stories and perspectives often overlooked in today’s politically charged climate.

Through exploring portraiture through traditional painting and technology, in this series, artists Alexa Treviño and Anthony Jimenez explore how we carry and honor family and community, memories, and place.

Join us in celebrating the kick off of The Artist Oeuvres

Opening

Saturday, March 7, 2026

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Dragiarte
2026-03-28 19:00 - 22:00 | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
✨Get your hairspray, comb, and shag ready, it’s time for another edition of Dragiarte.✨

Join Galería de la Raza and Chillonas on Saturday, March 28 to celebrate all things queer, Latine, and DRAG! Find out how hostesses Sally Limón and La Chucha Rude transform Mission homeboy, Norman Zelaya into their drag alter ego. You don’t want to miss out!

Get your presale tickets at the link below for $15 + fees or at the door for $20. This is a 21+ event.

Please note: seating is limited. Priority will be given to early arrivals, elders, and people with disabilities.

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Lunada New Moon Fest 2026
2026-04-17 17:00 - 22:00 | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
For the past 25 years, Lunada Literary Lounge has gathered on the full moon to honor spoken word, poetry, musica, and literatura. On its silver anniversary, Galería will instead gather under the new moon, holding three seasonal gatherings on April 17, June 14, and October 10, 2026.

Although shrouded in darkness, the new moon signifies new beginnings, limitless possibilities, and rejuvenation.This lunar phase allows us to set intentions with a blank slate, and give ourselves and our community moments to re-energize with art and the words of our community during destabilization and high anxiety.

Embrace the new moon. Celebrate creativity. Connect with community.

This season we will feature twice the features, music, vendors and a stacked open mic. The 2026 season kick off is on Friday, April 17th. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the remainder of the fest happening Sunday, June 14th and Saturday, October 10th.

Open mic sign ups for April 17 are starting now, visit the link below to claim a spot in the line up.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

Free admission.

About the Features

Andrea Cruz—a.k.a. Diabbla—was born in Chicago, Illinois, and possesses deep Mexican roots. She is a multifaceted artist who brings a fresh, new versatility to the music scene. She inherited her singing talent from her family at a young age and as she grew and honed her vocal skills, she began to branch out into the world of rap at age 15.

Steeped in the “old school” traditions of the genre, Diabbla draws inspiration from artists such as Cypress Hill, Control Machete, Akwid, West Coast legends, Molotov, and many others. Over the years, she has seamlessly blended rapping with singing, incorporating elements of R&B, Jazz, Boom Bap, Trap, Drill, and more.

Diabbla is currently based in San Francisco, California area where she continues to expand her reach across new horizons, firmly believing that no border can ever contain her sound or her name. She promises to be an artist who offers far more than just a particular image; her true desire is to leave a lasting legacy through her compositions, ensuring that listeners can truly feel and connect with every single bar she delivers from her own personal life.

Karina Gamez is an emerging writer, born to Salvadoran immigrants and raised in the Bay Area, CA. She is a recent graduate of New York University, where her academic and literary work has been grounded in El Salvador, exploring themes of state violence, historical memory, war, exile, migration, caretaking, illness, and love. Her writing has appeared in rhizomag, Confluence, among other publications. She is also an organizer with the Bay Area chapter of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES).

En Pie Lucha: Miro y Aprendo + The AO Series - Anna Colom & Nayelli Rosas
2026-06-06 00:00 - 2026-08-22 23:59 | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Galería de la Raza is excited to present a double feature this summer showcasing the work and legacy of the late Rini Templeton in En Pie De Lucha: Miro y Aprendo, and the second installment of The AO Seriesfeaturing ReGen grantees Anna Colom and Nayelli Rosas.

En Pie De Lucha: Miro y Aprendo, co-curated with Ed McCaughn, Galería marks the 40th anniversary of Templeton’s passing with a selection of original prints from the artist’s portfolio Donde hay vida y lucha, printed in 1985 in collaboration with El Mixton, a political collective of artists in Guadalajara. We explore her bold and graphic images of people fighting for justice, working the fields, or living life, in conversation with a group of 40+ artists who answered a call from Espacio Zapata in Oaxaca, Mexico to pay homage to Templeton and her commitment to capturing a people in service of social justice through art.

The AO Series represents a significant investment in San Francisco’s creative arts sector, directly funding 15 artists and regranting $250K over the past two years. This series highlights the work of six grantees, offering the public an opportunity to experience the depth, regenerative spirit, and at times collaborative nature of each artist’s completed body of work.

These projects were made possible through the ReGen Artist Fund, a small grants program that pairs financial support with professional development. In addition to funding, participating artists receive training in grant writing and program planning, equipping them to develop competitive proposals for future opportunities. The fund is as much a commitment to artistic growth as it is to community investment. Encouraged to think critically about how art can reshape societal narratives, these artists examine their roles as cultural bearers while addressing stories and perspectives often overlooked in today’s politically charged climate.

Within Part Two of The AO Series, artists Anna Colom and Nayelli Rosas explore gender expression, safe placemaking, and cultural ties through portraiture and design, using tattooing and photography as forms of resistance, empowerment, and self-expression.

Join us in celebrating

En Pie De Lucha: Miro y Aprendo and The Artist Oeuvres

Opening

Saturday, June 6, 2026

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Lunada New Moon Fest 2026
2026-06-14 17:00 - 22:00 | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
For the past 25 years, Lunada Literary Lounge has gathered on the full moon to honor spoken word, poetry, musica, and literatura. On its silver anniversary, Galería will instead gather under the new moon, holding three seasonal gatherings on April 17, June 14, and October 10, 2026.

Although shrouded in darkness, the new moon signifies new beginnings, limitless possibilities, and rejuvenation.This lunar phase allows us to set intentions with a blank slate, and give ourselves and our community moments to re-energize with art and the words of our community during destabilization and high anxiety.

The ritual of gathering transforms to fulfill what we as a community need to thrive. As we lead up to each seasonal gathering, poets will join us along the way providing offerings of their work in digital format. Join Galería de la Raza on Wednesday, November 5 at Studio 24 for the third installment of Lunada Literary Lounge this season! Returning to host and curate our Fall lineup is Mission homeboy and writer Norman Zelaya.

Have something to share? Sign ups for our June Open Mic are now open!

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Free admission.

About the Features

Andrea Amezcua Porras, {yAyA} is an indigiqueer, 2Spirit ChicanIndia Coahuilteje descendant y culture cura transdisciplinary movimiento artist with 3 decades of cultivating creativity in comunidades between Sacramento, San Francisco and Oakland and beyond world borders.

Recently they have been co-creating site specific performances work as MovimientoyAyA brigade; through commissions, invitations & research opportunities. When Aligned, they bring sound, movement or readings in with their curated exhibitions where they provide direct engagement and performance ritual. Their last produced play was held at 7th West with Actors from LA, supporting Jesse Bliss and The Roots and Wings Project. The last play they directed was Smart People at Sacramento’s Celebration Arts.

Porras was amongst the first cohort to receive BAAITS Artist/Culture Bearer grants. yAyA has recently completed a year -long dance community residency at Luna Dance Creativity in Berkeley, as well as graduating from the first Native American & Alaska Native Women Leadstrong Leadership Fellowship in Oakland. They currently reside as a relative and guest in Huichin.

Baruch Porras – Hernandez, is the author of the small poetry collections I Miss You, Delicate, and Lovers of the Deep Fried Circle from Sibling Rivalry Press. His solo show won “Best Solo Comedy” at the New York City Fringe Festival in 2025.

He is the creator and host of Donde Esta Mi Gente? Latinx Literary Performance showcase, is the creator of the online comic Tiny Baruch, and has preformed his sold-out solo shows all over San Francisco where he lives, eats donuts, and is a regular host of literary shows for KQED.

Dragiarte
2026-06-20 19:00 - 22:00 | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Galería de la Raza and Chillonas bring DRAGIARTE to Studio 24 with featured icon, Lito Sandoval, being put in drag for the first time!

Join Galería de la Raza and Chillonas on June 20 to celebrate all things queer, Latine, and DRAG with hostesses Sally Limón and La Chucha Rude as they transform Chicano icon Lito Sandoval.

Chillonas is a Latinx+ Queer nightlife event produced by La Chucha Rude and Sally Limón. Birthed in San Francisco, Chillonas fosters a space centering, but not exclusive to, Latinx music, drag, and other forms of art.

Get your presale tickets at the link below for $15 + fees or at the door for $20. This is a 21+ event.

Please note: seating is limited. Priority will be given to early arrivals, elders, and people with disabilities.

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Artist Talk - The Artist Oeuvre Series: Part 2
2026-08-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Galería de la Raza Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Gay Now, Gay Later & Amor No Binario

Join us for an afternoon of conversation with the Anna Raquel & Nayelli Rosas the artist behind Gay Now, Gay Later & Amor No Binario, respectively.

This conversation takes us through the creation and curation of each powerfully stunning art project that celebrate queer joy. Raquel & Rosas reflect on their exploration of gender expression, safe placemaking, and cultural ties; while amplifying the importance of queer visibility.

RSVP by clicking the button below. Please note, seating is limited. Seating priority will be given to early arrivals, elders, and people with disabilities.

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About the Projects

Gay Now, Gay Later explores tattooing as a form of community care, queer expression, and cultural storytelling within San Francisco’s queer Latinx communities. The project reinterprets the classic Chicano phrase “Smile Now, Cry Later” — popularized through Chicano tattoo culture and artist Freddy Negrete — to center queer Latino identities and experiences through Chicano-style tattooing.

Rooted in the artist’s Latina heritage, queer identity, and Bay Area upbringing, the work combines Chicano and American traditional tattoo aesthetics with queer visual culture. Through hand-drawn tattoo flash sheets, documentary-style video, and film photography, the project highlights themes of gender affirmation, bodily autonomy, self-expression, and collective healing. One flash sheet references drag, ballroom, and leather cultures, while another draws from San Francisco iconography including Victorian houses, local wildlife, area codes, and street culture.

Developed through free tattoo sessions with queer BIPOC participants across neighborhoods such as the Mission District, Tenderloin, Bayview, and Excelsior, the project foregrounds tattooing as an intimate, service-based practice rooted in storytelling and human connection. Participants shared how tattoos can memorialize personal histories, affirm identity, and create confidence and belonging. By documenting these experiences, Gay Now, Gay Later positions the body as an archive and tattooing as a practice of visibility, care, and cultural preservation.

Amor No Binario explores the intersections of queer identity, relationships, and cultural expectations within the Latinx community in the Bay Area. Through interviews and portrait photography, Rosas documents the lived experiences of six queer Latinx participants with diverse identities, including nonbinary, femme, masc, and trans individuals.

Centered on storytelling and intimacy, the project combines hour-long recorded conversations with portraits created in spaces personally meaningful to each participant. Emerging from discussions around queer love, chosen family, gender exploration, rejection and acceptance, public visibility, and intergenerational memory, the work examines how identity is shaped through culture, environment, and community.

The resulting photo series captures moments of vulnerability, confidence, and connection while reflecting resistance to restrictive ideas surrounding gender, sexuality, and cultural norms within Latinx communities. Clothing, jewelry, religious objects, and personal style become visual markers of memory, nostalgia, and self-expression. By foregrounding authentic experiences of queer Latinx life, the project invites viewers to reconsider conventional understandings of identity and embrace the complexity and many forms of queer love, belonging, and selfhood.

About The AO Series

The AO Series represents a significant investment in San Francisco’s creative arts sector, directly funding 15 artists and regranting $250K over the past two years. This series highlights the work of six grantees, offering the public an opportunity to experience the depth, regenerative spirit, and at times collaborative nature of each artist’s completed body of work.

These projects were made possible through the ReGen Artist Fund, a small grants program that pairs financial support with professional development. In addition to funding, participating artists receive training in grant writing and program planning, equipping them to develop competitive proposals for future opportunities. The fund is as much a commitment to artistic growth as it is to community investment. Encouraged to think critically about how art can reshape societal narratives, these artists examine their roles as cultural bearers while addressing stories and perspectives often overlooked in today’s politically charged climate.
