Open Studios hosted by Minnesota Street Project Foundation

Minnesota Street Project Foundation

Learn about Minnesota Street Project Foundation’s Artists Studios program and meet the artists working there year-round behind closed doors.

1240 Minnesota St

Visit the Artists Studios at 1240 Minnesota Street and connect with the career artists (including SFABF25 fundraiser edition artist, Sean McFarland) working year-round behind closed doors. Learn how this long-running program that started in 2016 supports the San Francisco Bay Area arts community.The Artists Studios, which is a program operated by Minnesota Street Project Foundation, provides 43 below-market rate studio spaces and several shared facilities for communal use, including a wood shop, ceramics area, wet dark room, digital print lab, staging gallery, and a newly designated analog print room!Studio artists Klea McKenna and Trina Michelle Robinson will be on site demonstrating shaped-plate Intaglio printing techniques on a newly acquired etching press. Visitors can learn about this printing process and collaborate informally in making a unique shaped-plate Intaglio print. This studio visit is free with registration and takes place during the 2025 San Francisco Art Book Fair. We will welcome registered ticket-holders starting every hour on the hour from 12:00–3:00 pm. This event is "first come, first served" with limited capacity for walk-in registration. All visitors must sign-in upon entry &amp; sign-out upon exit. Minnesota Street Project Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, gratefully welcomes donations of $20 per entry in support of the Artists Studios program.