The San Francisco Arts Commission's Artist in Residence (AIR) program builds partnerships with city departments in order to provide unique residency opportunities that result in strengthening the value of artists participating in and responding to the advancement of civic dialogue. Since it's inception in 2015, the SFAC's AIR program has placed local artists in SF City Hall, SF Planning, SF COVID Command Center, SF Public Library, and SF Recreation and Park Department.
AIR opportunities are open to artists residing in the Bay Area.
Image: 2022 Artist in Residence James Q. Chan filming at the SFPL Main Branch
Current and Past Artists in Residence
Current Artist in Residence
2026 SF Environment
Past Recipients
2024 Recreation and Parks Department at India Basin Waterfront Park
Afatasi the Artist
Conni McKenzie
Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen
2023 San Francisco Public Library
Christopher Burch
Celeste Chan
Tossie Long
Preethi Ramaprasad
2022 San Francisco Public Library
James Q. Chan
tanea lunsford lynx
Gazelle Samizay
Xandra Ibarra
2020 SF Planning
2020 SF COVID Command Center
Bo (Luengsuraswat) Rittapa Mabel Jiménez
Ajuan Mance
S. Renee Jones
2018 SF Planning
2015 San Francisco City Hall