SF Artists Alumni

SF Artists Alumni SF Artists Alumni (SFAA) is an independent non-profit organization founded and run by SFAI Alumni.

Our aim is to promote a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive creative community of SFAI alumni worldwide. We build upon SFAI's 150-year legacy with a commitment to its core values of critical thinking, artistic exploration, and personal expression.

Happening TODAY → SFAA Spotlight | Cristóbal Martínez⁠Join us in a few hours for a talk with Cristóbal Martínez, former...
02/09/2026

Happening TODAY → SFAA Spotlight | Cristóbal Martínez
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Join us in a few hours for a talk with Cristóbal Martínez, former Chair of SFAI Art & Technology in conversation with Antonia Wright.

What happens when an artist treats sites of conflict, borders, contested lands, controversial histories, not as places to avoid, but as raw material for curiosity and public dialogue?

Cristóbal Martínez, PhD, is a Genizaro artist, digital media systems designer, scholar, Professor of Expanded Arts at Arizona State University, and former Associate Professor and Chair of SFAI's Art & Technology Department. Martínez is a member of the internationally acclaimed collective Postcommodity, co-founder of the artist-hacker ensemble Radio Healer (2003), and co-creator, with post-Mexican artist-composer Guillermo Galindo, of the experimental electronic music ensemble Red Culebra (2018).

His work has been exhibited around the world, including:

* documenta14 (Athens & Kassel) and the 2017 Whitney Biennial
* San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, including Cosmovisión Torneo de la Bahia (2025)
* 18th Biennale of Sydney, 57th Carnegie International, Walker Art Center, Art Institute of Chicago, and Desert X
* Repellent Fence, Postcommodity's landmark land art installation spanning the U.S./Mexico border
* In SFAA's own backyard, at the San Francisco Art Institute and Southern Exposure

Martínez will discuss his interdisciplinary, collaborative practice and how he transforms sites of contest and consequence into spaces of generative public pedagogy, followed by an audience Q&A.

The conversation will be moderated by Antonia Wright, a Cuban American multimedia artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute from fall 2021 until its closure, going on to complete a second MFA in Art Practice at the School of Visual Arts (2024). She also holds an MFA in Poetry from The New School (2004). Wright is the recipient of the 2025 Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship, with solo exhibitions at Pérez Art Museum Miami, Faena Miami Beach, and Locust Projects, and work shown at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Havana Biennial, and Getty's Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.
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🗓 Today, September 2
🕗 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 5 PM UTC
🎟️ Free with RSVP (suggested donation supports SFAA programs)⁠
🖥️ Live on Zoom⁠
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🔗 RSVP link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sfaa-spotlight-cristobal-martinez-tickets-1994258135768
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Image Credit: ⁠Cosmovisión Torneo de la Bahia – 2025 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA. Photos by Barak Shrama, Courtesy of Postcommodity, SFMOMA, and Leonardo/ISAST.

🗣️ SFAA Spotlight is a free monthly online talk series featuring San Francisco Art Institute alumni. Each conversation explores themes of community, connection, and creative practice. Talks are recorded and available on our YouTube channel.⁠ Presented by SF Artists Alumni.

Martínez

Studio 8 Film Festival, Call for Entries is open.A younger Babeth Mondini VanLoo, SFA Eye, December 1976. This year's fe...
29/08/2026

Studio 8 Film Festival, Call for Entries is open.
A younger Babeth Mondini VanLoo, SFA Eye, December 1976. This year's festival celebrates her legacy in experimental + personal doc cinema.
Open to SFAI Alumni, Faculty + Staff. Entries close September 15, 2026. Full details and submission link in bio and at SFAA.ART.

Got a film that fits? We'd love to see it.
SFA EYE cover courtesy of SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive.

SFAA Spotlight | Cristóbal Martínez📅 Wednesday, September 2 | 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 5 PM UTC📍 Online | Free with RSVPJoin...
22/08/2026

SFAA Spotlight | Cristóbal Martínez
📅 Wednesday, September 2 | 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 5 PM UTC
📍 Online | Free with RSVP

Join SFAA for a talk with Cristóbal Martínez, former Chair of SFAI Art & Technology in conversation with Antonia Wright.

What happens when an artist treats sites of conflict, borders, contested lands, controversial histories, not as places to avoid, but as raw material for curiosity and public dialogue?

Cristóbal Martínez, PhD, is a Genizaro artist, digital media systems designer, scholar, Professor of Expanded Arts at Arizona State University, and former Associate Professor and Chair of SFAI's Art & Technology Department. Martínez is a member of the internationally acclaimed collective Postcommodity, co-founder of the artist-hacker ensemble Radio Healer (2003), and co-creator, with post-Mexican artist-composer Guillermo Galindo, of the experimental electronic music ensemble Red Culebra (2018).

His work has been exhibited around the world, including:

* documenta14 (Athens & Kassel) and the 2017 Whitney Biennial
* San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, including Cosmovisión Torneo de la Bahia (2025)
* 18th Biennale of Sydney, 57th Carnegie International, Walker Art Center, Art Institute of Chicago, and Desert X
* Repellent Fence, Postcommodity's landmark land art installation spanning the U.S./Mexico border
* In SFAA's own backyard, at the San Francisco Art Institute and Southern Exposure

Martínez will discuss his interdisciplinary, collaborative practice and how he transforms sites of contest and consequence into spaces of generative public pedagogy, followed by an audience Q&A.

The conversation will be moderated by Antonia Wright, a Cuban American multimedia artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute from fall 2021 until its closure, going on to complete a second MFA in Art Practice at the School of Visual Arts (2024). She also holds an MFA in Poetry from The New School (2004). Wright is the recipient of the 2025 Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship, with solo exhibitions at Pérez Art Museum Miami, Faena Miami Beach, and Locust Projects, and work shown at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Havana Biennial, and Getty's Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.

🎟️ Free with RSVP (suggested donation supports SFAA programs)
🖥️ Live on Zoom
🔗 RSVP link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sfaa-spotlight-cristobal-martinez-tickets-1994258135768

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🗣️ SFAA Spotlight is a free monthly online talk series featuring San Francisco Art Institute alumni. Each conversation explores themes of community, connection, and creative practice. Talks are recorded and available on our YouTube channel.⁠ Presented by SF Artists Alumni.

Martínez

Happening TODAY → SFAI Memory Collection: Starring 800 Chestnut⁠Join us in a couple hours for a special SFAI Memory Coll...
19/08/2026

Happening TODAY → SFAI Memory Collection: Starring 800 Chestnut
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Join us in a couple hours for a special SFAI Memory Collection event with archivists Becky Alexander and Jeff Gunderson, the archivists behind the SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive.

“Starring 800 Chestnut” is a screening of films and other media where the 800 Chestnut Street campus made an appearance over the decades, paired with their live insights and stories from the archive.

** This event will not be recorded, you’ll need to join live to see it. RSVP below to save your spot **

🗓 Today, August 19
🕗 August 19 | 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 6 PM UTC
🎟️ Free with RSVP (donations appreciated)⁠
🖥️ Live on Zoom | Auto-captioning enabled⁠
🔗 RSVP link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sfai-memory-collection-starring-800-chestnut-tickets-1994395839644

Part of the SFAI Memory Collection series, presented by SF Artists Alumni in collaboration with the SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive |

Image courtesy of SFAI Legacy Foundation & Archive

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Have a story, image, or video related to 800 Chestnut Street? We invite you to submit your memory to the archive.⁠
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🔗 Memory Collection submission Link in bio⁠

📣 OPEN CALL: Studio 8 Film Festival is officially open for submissions!This year’s fest celebrates the legacy of Babeth ...
16/08/2026

📣 OPEN CALL: Studio 8 Film Festival is officially open for submissions!

This year’s fest celebrates the legacy of Babeth Mondini VanLoo, honoring her contribution to experimental and personal documentary cinema. We want to see work that carries that same spirit — bold, personal, unafraid of the form.

🎬 Eligibility: SFAI Alumni, Faculty & Staff only
🎥 Genre: Experimental + Personal Doc Cinema
⏱️ Length: 10 minutes max
📅 Deadline: September 15, 2026, 11:59 PM PDT
💵 Submission fee: $20 (facing a hardship? no one will be turned away for lack of funds — reach out)

Festival dates:
🗓️ Oct 18 — Kick Off Screening @ SFMOMA
🗓️ Nov 6-7 — Juror Night & Open Call Selection Screening @ 4 Star
🗓️ Nov 8 — Legacy Award Screening @ Roxie

Submit your film — link in bio 🔗 or https://airtable.com/appzFRJXKcWj2rbai/pagBk24PgaSIEp7mv/form

NOTE TO SELF at TRYST 2026 raised $2355 for SFAA programming, thanks to everyone who bought a Post-it off this wall.Than...
12/08/2026

NOTE TO SELF at TRYST 2026 raised $2355 for SFAA programming, thanks to everyone who bought a Post-it off this wall.

Thank you to the curators, all the artists who donated their work, and everyone who supported SFAA by buying post-its. Special thanks to the SFAI Legacy Foundation for giving the remaining post-its a home in their archive.

Want your own copy of the catalog? Order it here: https://www.peecho.com/print/en/2310392 or via link in bio.



Photo: Annie Reiniger-Holleb

Join us in a few hours for an SFAA Spotlight with Cristina Victor, to talk ceramics, textiles, and challenging binary vi...
12/08/2026

Join us in a few hours for an SFAA Spotlight with Cristina Victor, to talk ceramics, textiles, and challenging binary views of culture.

SFAA Spotlight welcomes Cristina Victor, a Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist and educator who earned her MFA in Studio Art from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2011.

Born in Miami and now based in Charleston, South Carolina, Victor works across drawing, ceramics, textiles, installation, and social practice to expose, critique, and challenge binary perspectives on culture and history. Her work is maximalist in aesthetic, celebrates contradiction, and responds to the environments she experiences.

In 2020, she founded Sabia Ceramics, a functional ceramics line and ceramics education business. She's a recent recipient of the Artist Business Initiative Grant through the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Dean's Excellence Grant through the College of Charleston.

Victor holds an AA from New World School of the Arts / Miami Dade Community College, a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

Join us for a conversation about her practice, process, and the ideas driving her work.
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🗓 Today, August 12, 2026
🕗 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 5 PM UTC
🎟️ Free with RSVP (suggested donation supports SFAA programs)⁠
🖥️ Live on Zoom⁠
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🔗 RSVP link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sfaa-spotlight-cristina-victor-tickets-1994590967276
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Presented by SF Artists Alumni as part of our ongoing Spotlight series.⁠

🗣️ About SFAA Spotlight Talks⁠
SFAA Spotlight is a monthly online talk series featuring a San Francisco Art Institute alum. Talks are recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Through these conversations, artists explore themes of community, connection, and artistic practice.

🎥 Free with RSVP 🌐 Zoom link provided upon registration❤️ A special thank you to our donors who make this program possible.

08/08/2026

Meet Joan Wulf. 📓

Joan graduated from SFAI in ‘93 with her MFA in Painting, and her Post-it works come straight out of her own written journals. Pages she’d kept private for years, cut up, repurposed, and turned into something entirely visual. “More a visual art piece,” she told us, “rather than a verbal dialogue of my past self.”

Her other pieces started somewhere harder: a stretch where painting, drawing, even writing felt impossible. So she crumpled paper instead, and painted the crumpled pages, for three or four years. What’s in the show are the micro versions of that work.

Two very different starting points, journals and desperation, both landing on the same three-inch square.

Watch Joan talk through it in our latest reel. 🎥

📍 Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA. Sat + Sun 12-6PM.
Curated by Annie Reiniger-Holleb, Claire H Tom and Toban Nichols.

ArtFair TorranceArtMuseum SFAIAlumni

SFAI Memory Collection: Starring 800 Chestnut📅 August 19 | 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 6 PM UTC📍 Online (Free with RSVP)Join us...
08/08/2026

SFAI Memory Collection: Starring 800 Chestnut
📅 August 19 | 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 6 PM UTC
📍 Online (Free with RSVP)

Join us for a special SFAI Memory Collection event with archivists Becky Alexander and Jeff Gunderson, the archivists behind the SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive.

“Starring 800 Chestnut” is a screening of films and other media where the 800 Chestnut Street campus made an appearance over the decades, paired with their live insights and stories from the archive.

** This event will not be recorded, you’ll need to join live to see it. RSVP below to save your spot **

🎟️ Free with RSVP (donations appreciated)
🖥️ Live on Zoom | Auto-captioning enabled
🔗 RSVP link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sfai-memory-collection-starring-800-chestnut-tickets-1994395839644

Part of the SFAI Memory Collection series, presented by SF Artists Alumni in collaboration with the SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive |

Image courtesy of SFAI Legacy Foundation & Archive

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Have a story, image, or video related to 800 Chestnut Street? We invite you to submit your memory to the archive.⁠
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🔗 Memory Collection submission Link in bio⁠

08/08/2026

Meet Rebecca Chou. 🎨

Rebecca usually paints large, we’re talking 52” x 48” acrylic on canvas. So when she sat down with a stack of Post-its for “Note to Self,” it meant working at a scale she’d never touched before.

Her piece brings her signature geometric abstraction down to postage-stamp size: paper cuts, four Post-its joined into one larger square, thread-thin strips glued by hand. “After a while, they don’t feel so small anymore,” she told us, “because they’re my world, my little universe in that space.”

Rebecca’s connection to SFAI runs deep, she studied in the public education program, then served on the Board of Trustees from 2016 to 2019. Ten years with the school, more students and faculty than she can count, and now, one square of paper telling the whole story.

Watch her talk through the process in our latest reel. 🎥

📍 Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA. Sat + Sun 12-6PM.
Curated by Annie Reiniger-Holleb, Claire H Tom and Toban Nichols.

ArtFair TorranceArtMuseum SFAIAlumni

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