Opening Reception Saturday May 2, 2026 from 5:00PM-7:00PM

Anna-Isabelle Bruey-Sedano, Ana Díaz Korin, Arielle Harvey, Brennan Lynch, Camila Michaliszyn, Kamyar Mohsenin, Lara Rabinowitz, Leyla Rzayeva, Gabby Severson and Ethan Wright.

Friend of a Friend, is a group exhibition featuring works by current MFA candidates from California College of the Arts and San Francisco State University. On view from May 2, 2026, to June 1, 2026, with an opening reception on Saturday, May 2, 2026 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The exhibition is supported by each program’s faculty and student communities and organized by MFA Candidates from each program, Alex Ehmer and Mary Lou Grace Robison. The exhibition highlights the diverse and vibrant work of emerging artists and aims to foster stronger institutional connections between the two remaining arts programs in San Francisco.

Despite the changing arts ecosystem of the Bay Area, MFA programs at California College of the Arts and San Francisco State University continue to cultivate diverse, rigorous, and committed artists. Through ceramics, painting, sculpture, and mixed media, the exhibition highlights the work of artists responding to contemporary conditions while exploring alternative ways of being. Each artist’s practice is developed with care, intention, and a commitment to the future of contemporary art.