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Enrollment closing soon for our free after school arts programs! Our fall classes meet twice a week for San Francisco public high school students. Topics include: Architecture Firm, Industrial + Product Design, Black + White Photography, Fashion Design, Filmmaking, Music Production, and Printmaking. Sign up by August 30!



All of the following events are at [x]space arts hub: 5137 Mission Street unless otherwise noted. 

Free Printmaking Workshop
Wednesday, August 28, 2-4pm

FREE printmaking workshop with YAX faculty artist Alyssa Aviles. Make block print patches/postcards/art pieces to take home. All ages! This workshop is funded by Spin.



YAX TRAX
Wednesday, August 28, 4-6pm

A monthly social justice youth art + music hang out with youth performers, live artmaking activities, and free food. Open to all teens! YAX TRAX is supported by B.L.I.N.G.



Monthly Artist Potluck
Wednesday, September 4, 6-8pm
@ Engine 43, 724 Brazil Street


Let's eat! We are hosting the next Monthly Excelsior Artist Potluck at Engine 43 and are excited to bring together artists in the Excelsior to build community by breaking bread. We hope to create a monthly rotation to have different people host in spaces and homes throughout the neighborhood so we can get to know each other over delicious food and good conversation. RSVP Here


ArtMart: Art Auction + Fundraiser
October 10, 6:30-9pm
Tickets on Eventbrite (use code 2for80 for discounted pairs of tickets between Aug 1-31!)

Join YAX for our annual fundraising event at [x]space! We’ll offer food, drink, and auction pieces from our youth, artists, and community of supporters. We are currently seeking auction items, so if you have art pieces to donate or connections to local businesses, please email Chantelle at chantelle@youthartexchange.org.


We received funding for our new Excelsior Public Arts (EPA) project that celebrates the arts and artists throughout the neighborhood from the Grants for the Arts San Francisco Neighborhood Arts Collaborative! Stay tuned for more information about EPA events, and come to/host a Monthly Excelsior Artist Potluck.

We’ll have open youth printshop hours in the fall at [x]space, with funding from the San Francisco Arts Commission and California Arts Council! Youth can drop in on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-7:30pm once our program begins on September 9.

Read about our parklet work in San Francisco in an article in the Toronto Star!

Thank you to all our summer students for an amazing session! YAX Summer 2019 Recap Photos

Thanks to: Flora Grubb Gardens for donating plants for ArtBUILD’s living walls that now live at [x]space, Underglass Framing for donating frames, and Outside Lands for having us at a booth in EcoLands!
Your gifts make our programming free. 

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Youth Art Exchange
755 Ocean Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94112

[x]space address is:
5137 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94112

Youth Art Exchange Studios at Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco:
450 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

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