The Buck Started Here: Marty Balin, the Matrix, and the Birth of the San Francisco Sound

Opens July 17, 2025

The Haight Street Art Center is pleased to present The Buck Started Here: Marty Balin, the Matrix, and the Birth of the San Francisco Sound. Highlights of the exhibition include Balin’s personal scrapbooks and photo albums from the late 1960s, paintings and drawings he created before and after his time with Jefferson Airplane, dozens of Matrix posters and handbills, and a collection of vintage photographs that were taken inside the Matrix and have never before been seen.

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Screen Printing Pop-Up with Erikah Walton!

Join us at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market for Juneteenth on the Waterfront, Saturday June 7th, from 9am-2pm.

Celebrate local Black-owned businesses and kick off a month of Juneteenth celebrations in San Francisco with a day of delicious food, crafts, and community at the Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza (south of the Ferry Building) and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. We will be live screen printing posters with artist Erikah Walton. Come pull a print to take home for free!

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Screen Printing Pop-Up with Oscar Lopez!

Join us at the Fort Mason Center Summer 2025 Art Walk on Thursday, May 22nd, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM!

We will be live screen printing with Oscar Lopez in the Public Art Corridor outdoors between Buildings B and C. Come pick up one of Oscar's "Food Is Not Political" prints!

Register and learn more about the Fort Mason Art Walk here

Check out more about Oscar's ongoing project, Your Food, My Work, Our Land, here

Screen Printing Classes for 2025!

We have hands-on classes that take you through the basics of creating screens and printing a final product, as well as more advanced classes. Sign up today!

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Your Food, My Work, Our Land

An ongoing collaboration with artist Oscar Lopez in support of California farmworkers

We are pleased to announce Haight Street Art Center's collaboration with artist Oscar Lopez on a project to engage youth in an investigation of food justice issues in California that ultimately culminated in a collaborative mural-making project.

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Haight Street Art Center

celebrates the advancement of poster and graphic art and artists. Drawing upon the influence of San Francisco’s countercultural histories, we provide experiences with art, music, exhibitions and public programs to create community, encourage personal exploration and inspire action toward positive cultural change.

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