The one-off. It’s a famous debate. What is the first element of hip hop? The most contested answers will be between graffiti, breakdancing or djing. But hands-down the conversation is always celebrated in the cypher or on a wall. The city has expressed its highs and woes through this culture – the world began to [...]

featured imaged: Mark Ellinger adjusts his camera to photograph some of his favorite architecture in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times / March 18, 2012) Our bi-weekly blog series featuring our resident photographer, Mark Ellinger continues with his ongoing series titled,”Where Is It?”, invites our readers to find a mystery landmark [...]

Intersection for the Arts is a leading collaborator on the 5M Project – a four-acre mixed-use development project in the heart of San Francisco. At 5M, more than 2,000 creative organizations have linked together through a network of tenant partners: TechShop, Hub, SoMa Central, SFMade, Off the Grid, SOCAP and Intersection, among others. Together, we [...]

Intersection’s Innovation Studio program, aims to play a leadership role in supporting the pursuit of meaningful, permanently integrated cross-sector, cross-disciplinary collaboration that leads to a level of creativity that can change people’s lives; the places we live, work, play and learn in together; and the way we practice our work locally and globally. We would [...]

Intersection for the Arts presents another feature post as a part of a bi-weekly blog series from our resident photographer, Mark Ellinger. His series titled,”Where Is It?”, invites our readers to find a mystery landmark within our neighborhood. No one has yet identified “Where is It #1″. Let us know if you need more hints! [...]

“Each city has its own fingerprint of style and story. However, here in the Mission, in San Francisco, I see a level of Cultura that inspires the world.”-Carlos Santana  FIRST ELEMENT: COMIN’ AT YA! Theater as you know it is about to be FLIPPED. Campo Santo’s First Element happy hour vis-a-vis mobile theater project that [...]

featured image of Howard Wile- photo credit Daniel Atkinson This Friday Afternoon hit the right spot with satiable music and soulful eats @ OFF THE GRID, Fridays 12-3pm – Minna Street, btwn Mary & 5th Street. Intersection for the Arts curates live music and theater performances to appear at Off The Grid’s lunch market at [...]

Here at Intersection, we are spoiled with an insanely talented and brilliant cast of interns. We love that they come in with their own passions and ideas and enhance our work in all kinds of ways. Mirsha Heredia is one of these bright individuals who has been a valuable energy in our visual arts & [...]

Before the meme, the pandora station ads, QR codes, and email marketing…EVEN BEFORE the billboard, bansky, or club flyers….there was the BROADSIDE.  Closer to what we see on Haight Street, the light posts clad with homemade printed flyers for DJ nights and band performances stapled on to death. These can pass as the modern broadside. [...]

“Come explore the possibilities of how you can use poetry to map your life story. If you had to track your life journey through traffic signs, what symbols  or words would you choose ? What bus line, neighborhood, intersection in San Francisco helps you tell a story? How would you walk someone from a different [...]