Mildred Howard: Collaborating With the Muses Part Two
2025 Guggenheim Fellow Mildred Howard returns to 500 Capp Street this Juneteenth for Collaborating With the Muses: Part Two, presenting a never-before-seen suite of new works titled Untold Histories/Hidden Truths. Read More
500 Capp Street partners with Makaan to produce an afternoon of storytelling, ritual, and collective reflection, bridging past and present through movement and shared traditions with Minoosh Zomorodinia. More info
Spring Break Teen Art Intensive at The David Ireland House
Explore conceptual art designed for teens and tweens in the eyes of contemporary artists engaging with David Ireland’s groundbreaking work. Join us on March 31 – April 4! More info.
25/25ths
Thursday, February 20, 7-9 pm will be an evening celebrating 25/25ths, a self-published art book. More info here
Minoosh Zomorodinia’s solo show at 500 Capp
Minoosh Zomorodinia’s exhibition kickoffs 500 Capp’s 2025 exhibition program with site specific sculptural installations all throughout spring. Read More
500 Capp Street announces new collective leadership structure
500 Capp Street announces the adoption of a forward-looking vision for collective leadership at The David Ireland House, representing a more inclusive and contemporary pathway for institutional management in the art world. For the first time, a collective of five people will be sharing oversight of the organization as co-leaders. Read More
a lament
On December 9, 2024, yétúndé olagbaju‘s collaborative performance project will make connections between memorial and monument work to collective grief work. More info here.
Everything’s a Rock
On the occasion of Annie Albagli’s exhibition, Milk Teeth, writer and curator Amanda Nudelman was commissioned to write a text, Everything’s a Rock. Please find it here.
Mildred Howard Awarded 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship
We are thrilled to congratulate the icon Mildred Howard on being awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship! 500 Capp Street is proud to have played a key role in the development of Mildred Howard’s recent Guggenheim Fellowship, having supported her proposal and the early shaping of Collaboration with the Muses. Read More
Join Minoosh Zomorodinia and WEAD Women Eco Artists Dialog for an afternoon of collective action, reflection, and dialogue, inspired by the intersection of art, ecology, and community. This event pays homage to Jo Hanson, a feminist pioneer and WEAD co founder who turned sweeping her San Francisco sidewalk into a public art practice, and David Ireland, whose conceptual engagement with the broom as a sculptural object is immortalized in his piece at SFMOMA. Read More
For months now, Minoosh Zomorodinia and Shirin Makaremi of Shirini Bakes have been planning on creating an accessible, discursive, delicious, celebratory. Read More
Community through foraging, walking, and eating
Join us for an afternoon of community building, foraging, and food sharing at 500 Capp Street guided by Minoosh Zomorodinia! Please bring a food or spice container and/or recipe with personal, cultural, or ancestral meaning. Read More
500 Capp Street at Fog Design + Art 2025
Come see our booth at 500 Capp Street, featuring our new concept store The Accordion Shop. Read More
Our Newest International Artist Resident
500 Capp Street is pleased to announce our 2024-2025 International Artist Residency recipients, SHIMURAbros based in Tokyo and Berlin. More info here
Mildred Howard at KQED
Collaborating with the Muses Part One received a review from KQED. Read the article
500 Capp Street receives prestigious grants
We are excited to announce that 500 Capp Street is a recipient of the The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts grant for multi-year programming and the 2025 Open Space grant of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation!
500 Capp Street is W.A.G.E. certified
Programming at 500 Capp Street is supported by Teiger Foundation, Grants for the Arts, California Humanities, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Sanger Family Foundation, The Henry Luce Foundation, The Mary Crocker Trust, The San Francisco Arts Commission and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
David Ireland
1930 – 2009
American artist David Ireland is admired internationally for a diverse body of work concerned with the beauty inherent in everyday things and the making of art as a part of daily life.
The David Ireland House
David Ireland’s residence at 500 Capp Street in San Francisco’s Mission District is widely considered the centerpiece of his prolific career.