The RED POPPY ART HOUSE

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WEBSITE GUIDE

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The Red Poppy Art House is a working artists’ studio, gallery, classroom, and performance space. We are dedicated to providing an accessible and intimate experience of the arts, and are convinced that the joy and power of the arts lie in the creative process much more than in the creative product. We are committed to bringing that process to public light. The Art House hosts interdisciplinary arts events, collaborative exhibitions, workshops, small concerts, and private parties.

When it comes to an intimate experience of the arts, the Red Poppy Art House is one of the most unique venues in San Francisco. This little place, (approx. 650 sq. ft.) on the corner of Folsom Street and 23rd Street, has become a thriving center for interdisciplinary activity. It is often likened to small cafés found on the backstreets of European and South American cities. During the week, the Art House is an artists’ work studio with paintings in progress and tarps and materials spread out around the room. By weekend, it is transformed into a colorful, candlelit concert hall, hosting an array of top-caliber artists/performers—both locally and from around the world. Even the bathroom has more than 15 original paintings and a printing press!

CONCERTS & SPECIAL EVENTS/PROJECTS

International Small Concert Series - Current Schedule

Film Night at the Poppy - Film screenings and informal discussions

Current Exhibit and Workspace  - Art openings and open studios

The MAPP: Mission Arts & Performance Project - schedule for upcoming event and meetings

MOSS - Mission Open Studios Showcase schedule (still under development)

Red Poppy Art House Art Auction & Benefit - Our biggest fundraiser supporting the Art House

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

Visual Artists - Indira urrutia, Carlos Castillo, Todd T. Brown

Performing Artists - VidyA, Meklit Hadero

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Workshops - Visual Arts I - Painting & Mixed Media, Color, Non-Toxic Oil Painting

Workshops - Visual Arts II - Experimental Mark making with the Nude

Workshops - Visual Arts III - Printmaking: Intro to Monotype

Workshops - Visual Arts IV - Digital Photography

Workshops - Performing Arts - Tango-Ceviche, Argentine Tango, Flamenco Performance,

                                         Sushi-Soukous, Songwriting & Performance, Voice

FAMILY ACTIVITIES

Family Art Day - Weekly schedule and activities

Music for Children - (still under development)

ABOUT US

Our Staff

A brief history of the Art House

PRESS

Painting Red Poppies - Independent Student Film by Gisselle Kennedy. December 2006.

Sidewalk Salon - SF Chronicle article by Paul Kilduff on the Family Art Day. 11/2/06.

Best of the Bay - The MAPP gets "BEST ART ALL OVER THE HOOD" by the SFBG 2006

Topsy-Turvy** - SF Chronicle article on the Red Poppy Art House, by Daniel King.

KALW Radio Documentary - The December 2005 MAPP

**please note correction regarding SF Chronicle article "Topsy-Turvy": the Art House did not purchase the building as is stated in the article. It is under lease.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Online Donation - To make an online one-time or monthly donation to the Art House

Volunteering - Volunteer at one of our events or tell us your skill and how you think you can

                     help.

RED POPPY ART HOUSE FISCAL SPONSOR

Intersection for the Arts

Best of the Bay

We are a Member of the Intersection Incubator, a program of Intersection for the Arts providing fiscal sponsorship, incubation and consulting services to artists. Intersection is San Francisco's oldest alternative arts space, presenting groundbreaking works in the literary, performing, visual and interdisciplinary arts. Visit www.theintersection.org.