Dialogues 2025: Artist Mentors and their Students

Now in its 56th season, the San Francisco Arts Education Project continues to explore the relationship between artist mentors and their students in its annual Dialogues exhibit. Showcasing the mutual exchange of formal, material, or conceptual elements found in the work of both the older and the younger artists, the work of SFArtsED artist mentors is presented in conjunction with student work created during each artist’s San Francisco Unified School District in-school, after-school, or independent school residency. This year’s presentation also features work created in the SFUSD Libraries Artist-in-Residence program, a collaboration between SFArtsED and the district that invites students to make art during their lunch break. Who inspires whom? Is resonance reciprocal?

Participating SFArtsED Artist Mentors and Schools:

Ramon Abad – Lawton Alternative School
Alexis Arnold – SFUSD Libraries Artist-in-Residence Program
Jeanette Au – SFUSD Libraries Artist-in-Residence Program
Wanda Chan – George Peabody Elementary School
Zoe Farmer – Miraloma Elementary School
C.K. Itamura – SFUSD Libraries Artist-in-Residence Program
Tiersa Nureyev – Sherman Elementary School
Jesus Perez Zamarron – Glen Park Elementary After-School Program