Art Produce

Art Produce Art Produce is a laboratory in building community and developing creative social space.

Our mission is to build community and foster civic engagement through arts, education and public culture. Art Produce is an activist business enterprise and community cultural center that connects artists, cultural organizations, schools, urban farmers and local businesses with public institutions and public culture. Art Produce Gallery is a unique artist run storefront exhibition space and public

art experience in North Park, a diverse and historic urban community of San Diego. The gallery is entirely visible from the sidewalk and was designed to accommodate sculptural installations, cross-disciplinary works, digital media, and performance events. The space allows for unconventional presentation opportunities for artists and unexpected art encounters for viewers. Intended to enliven the experience of the pedestrian it is an experiment in public art that is accessible to everyone in the community - an attempt to render visibility and transparency into the art process itself. Originally built as a market, Art Produce now houses the storefront gallery, an edible urban garden, resident artists studios, and Stone Paper Scissors. The Garden is utilized for public meetings, classes and workshops, film screenings and performance events.

ATTENTION, FUTURE CHANGEMAKERS!⁠⁠We’re inviting high school and college students to enter the “Get Out the Vote” Poster ...
08/14/2026

ATTENTION, FUTURE CHANGEMAKERS!⁠
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We’re inviting high school and college students to enter the “Get Out the Vote” Poster Contest. This project is sponsored by San Diego 350 through its Stand Up For Democracy initiative.⁠
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With the midterm elections coming up on November 3rd, poster designs need to convey to the public the urgency of protecting our democracy and exercising our right to vote despite Trump's efforts to subvert free and fair elections.⁠
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📅 Deadline for submissions is Monday, September 14. ⁠
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Artists may submit up to two entries. Honorariums will be given to the first, second, and third place winners as follows: 1st place - $300; 2nd place - $200; 3rd place - $100. The first-place design will be printed and distributed throughout San Diego in multiple locations and neighborhoods.⁠
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🔗 LINK IN BIO for submission guidelines and more info, or visit artproduce.org.⁠
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Mayor Gloria and City Council representatives, We implore you to continue funding Arts & Culture in San Diego. What kin...
04/20/2026

Mayor Gloria and City Council representatives,
We implore you to continue funding Arts & Culture in San Diego. What kind of city would San Diego be without the arts? What will happen to our small arts organizations, our after school arts programs, our performers, and cultural creators if future funding disappears. There are cultural workers in every neighborhood contributing to the local economy and helping make this a beautiful, healthy, vibrant city.
It is short sighted and dehumanizing to eliminate an entire sector of support. This feels like DOGE SD! Is this what you want as your legacy to San Diego?
Please consider how this affects the lives of all of your constituents, our region and our reputation as a cultural destination and “Finest City”.
We implore you not to cut Arts & Culture funding.

Next up in the Gallery!⁠⁠Instructions for Unrest: Art Against Complacency⁠Curated by Alessandra Moctezuma⁠⁠🗓️ Exhibition...
04/07/2026

Next up in the Gallery!⁠
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Instructions for Unrest: Art Against Complacency⁠
Curated by Alessandra Moctezuma⁠
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🗓️ Exhibition Dates: April 18 – May 14⁠
📍Space 4 Art @ Art Produce Gallery⁠
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🗓️ Opening Reception: Saturday, April 18, 4-7 p.m.⁠
🗓️ Conversation with the Artists: Thursday, May 14, 6-8 p.m.⁠
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Gallery Hours: Fridays 1-7 p.m.; Saturdays 12-6 p.m.; and by appointment⁠
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This exhibit brings together artists who view art as a tool to disrupt and to sound an alert. Emerging from a moment of heightened political and social tension, the exhibition reflects on a year marked by widespread protest and renewed public resistance to policies that have caused national and global instability.⁠
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This is the third exhibit in Space 4 Art's year-long residency at Art Produce - part of a series of seven exhibitions that will spotlight the bold, innovative spirit of San Diego's contemporary art scene.⁠
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Learn more at artproduce.org or sdspace4art.org.
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3139 University Avenue
San Diego, CA
92104

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm

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+16195002787

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