San Francisco Art Institute, Art college in Russian Hill, San Francisco, United States
The San Francisco Art Institute occupies a complex of Spanish Colonial Revival buildings overlooking San Francisco Bay from Russian Hill at 800 Chestnut Street.
Founded in 1871 as the California School of Design, the institution became the San Francisco Art Institute in 1961 and ceased operations in July 2022.
The institute established the first fine art photography department in the United States under the direction of Ansel Adams and Minor White in 1946.
The main campus building features exhibition spaces, studios, classrooms, a lecture hall with an outdoor amphitheater offering views of San Francisco Bay.
Diego Rivera created a large fresco specifically for the campus in 1930, representing the intersection of art and architectural design in California.
Location: San Francisco
Inception: 1961
Architects: John Bakewell Jr., Arthur Brown, Jr.
Architectural style: modern architecture
Industry: higher education
Address: 800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA, 94133-2299 94133-2299
Phone: +1(415)7494500
Website: https://sfai.edu
GPS coordinates: 37.80350,-122.41700
Latest update: May 27, 2025 06:49
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