Mission

The Red Poppy Art House is a neighborhood micro-center for artistic and intercultural knowledge production located in San Francisco’s Mission District. It is an innovative small-scale transdisciplinary creation and performance space that has been an alternative model for community engagement and arts inquiry. Operating from a neighborhood storefront of 650 square feet, the Red Poppy is a unique and intimate space of encounter, facilitating diverse and meaningful relationships that work towards social transformation and health.

Vision

Operating from a neighborhood storefront in San Francisco’s Mission District, we demonstrate the unique, powerful and irreplaceable capacity of intimate community spaces through hosting over 150 diverse performances, exhibitions, workshops, and artist residencies annually.

The Poppy exists as a true hub, facilitating relationships among cultural visionaries, institutions, communities, arts advocates and, of course, artists. Acting as an incubator for artists of multiple disciplines, we provide a fertile, informal space for gathering, discussion, and artistic cross-pollination, out of which myriad collaborations form. The intent of Red Poppy Art House is to forge a bridge between high caliber artistic work and community life through visibility and inclusiveness.