{"id":7489,"date":"2025-10-16T07:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/7489\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:02:10","slug":"presidio-tunnel-tops-art-market-spotlights-bay-area-artists-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/7489\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidio Tunnel Tops art market spotlights Bay Area artists | Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note:\u00a0This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner.\u00a0Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com<\/a><\/p>\n

More than 20 artists will set up shop at Presidio Tunnel Tops<\/a> at the end of October as part of an all-ages art market designed to platform members of the Bay Area\u2019s arts and culture scenes by giving them a space to showcase their works to audiences.<\/p>\n

Arts.Co.Lab, a San Francisco organization that supports local artists who are Black, Indigenous, immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ, disabled and from other underrepresented backgrounds through professional development, coaching and organized events, will host the Community Arts Market at the park from Oct. 25-26. Running 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the event will feature the agency\u2019s cohort of 20 artists who are participating in the Transformative Arts Market<\/a>.\u00a0The program provides artists and creatives with vending opportunities and training sessions to develop their business models and offerings.<\/p>\n

Arturo Mendez, founder and executive director of Arts.Co.Lab, said \u201ccurating this experience in such a stunning natural setting feels deeply symbolic.\u201d Presidio Tunnel Tops provides gorgeous views of local landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> and natural geographic features like San Francisco Bay, he said, enabling visitors and vendors to forge deeper connections with the physical environment.<\/p>\n

Tunnel Tops\u2019 open-air setting \u201creminds us that creativity flourishes when artists have space to breathe, connect and be seen,\u201d Mendez said. \u201cThe Presidio\u2019s landscape provides the perfect backdrop for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aya Tacdol, the Presidio Trust\u2019s community partnerships manager, said the two-day event \u201cis a win for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cArtists get to share their work, visitors get to enjoy art and free performances and we reach our goals of welcoming all to the Presidio,\u201d Tacdol said. The market is also further proof \u201cthere\u2019s always something new to see, do and experience at Presidio Tunnel Tops,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The artisans and makers set to sell their wares vary in experiences, but Mendez said all of their works embody themes of resilience and imagination. There will also be wellness practitioners who use art as a form of therapy to help navigate stressful times, as well as live music, spoken-word performances and poetry readings. Mendez said the lineup \u201ccreates an exchange that\u2019s as much about learning and listening as it is about selling or performing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy supporting these artists through infrastructure, we ensure that their creative labor translates into economic opportunity and cultural vitality,\u201d Mendez said. A 2023 report from the National Endowment for the Arts found that arts and cultural production added $288.9 billion to the state economy<\/a>. Mendez encouraged state leaders and other funders to \u201clook at arts as a reliable source of income\u201d and find ways to help assist the industry.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Presidio Trust, San Francisco Arts Commission<\/a>, the Mellon Foundation and San Francisco Songbird Festival are supporting the Community Arts Market. The latter brings talent presenters and performers together for music, dance and visual arts events.<\/p>\n

Coma Te, the Arts Commission\u2019s director of communications, said the body \u201cis thrilled to fund projects like the Community Arts Market that provide an opportunity and space for creativity to thrive in San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said providing assistance to local artists and creatives \u201cis at the heart of SFAC\u2019s mission to support a vibrant and thriving art and cultural landscape,\u201d adding that the Arts Commission \u201cis excited to see so many artists come together to celebrate and share their work,\u201d as well as support The City\u2019s local creative economy.<\/p>\n

Mendez said the event\u2019s accessibility reflects Arts.Co.Lab\u2019s commitment to the Bay Area\u2019s artistic entrepreneurs by establishing \u201cthe foundation for a resilient, inclusive and sustainable creative economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough this infrastructure \u2014 both physical and social \u2014 we are investing in long-term capacity for artists to engage, showcase and sustain their work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor’s note:\u00a0This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner.\u00a0Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com More…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2308,6522,7598,101,7599,4459,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-7489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-art","tag-culture","tag-presidio-of-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-arts-commission","tag-san-francisco-bay-area","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}