Walter and McBean Galleries

The Walter and McBean Galleries were located at in Russian Hill, as part of the former San Francisco Art Institute's Chestnut campus.[http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/gallerycrawl/profile.jsp?essid=14668 "Walter and McBean Galleries at SFAI"]. KQED Arts.{{Cite web |title=Artist Experiments Underwater and Upside Down at SFAI |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/10973249/artist-experiments-underwater-and-upside-down-at-sfai |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=KQED |date=23 September 2015 |language=en-us}} It has presented an influential program of exhibitions highlighting innovative work by emerging artists and experimental work by more established artists, from throughout the United States and abroad.[http://www.sfstation.com/walter-and-mcbean-diego-rivera-galleries-b4353 "Walter and McBean Galleries"]. SF Station.com.

Directors

  • Philip E. Linhares (from 1967 to 1972, and 1973 to 1977) he curated "important and often experimental shows during his ten-year tenure, including [...] solo exhibitions of Wally Hedrick, Bruce Conner, William T. Wiley, Imogen Cunningham, Gladys Nilsson, Carlos Villa, and Bruce Nauman."{{Cite web |title=The Third Golden Age: A Conversation with Phil Linhares {{!}} SFAI |url=http://sfai.edu/events-calendar/detail/the-third-golden-age-a-conversation-with-phil-linhares |access-date=2017-03-31 |website=sfai.edu |language=en}} Linhares went on to work with Mills College, and became Chief Curator at the Oakland Museum of California in 1990.{{Cite news |title=Oakland curator ties up a career in McMillen show |work=SFGATE |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Oakland-curator-ties-up-a-career-in-McMillen-show-2368022.php |access-date=2017-03-31}}
  • Helene Fried (in the 1980s){{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.shipyardtrust.org/board-of-directors/ |access-date=2017-03-31 |website=Shipyard Trust for the Arts |language=en-US}}
  • Karen Moss (from 1999 to 2004){{Cite news |date=2014-03-31 |title=CV/BIOGRAPHY |language=en-US |work=Karen Moss |url=http://www.karensmoss.net/cvbiography/ |access-date=2017-03-31}}
  • Hou Hanrou (from 2006 to 2012){{Cite web |title=Hou Hanru Appointed Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs and Chair of Exhibiti {{!}} Art & Education |url=http://www.artandeducation.net/announcement/hou-hanru-appointed-director-of-exhibitions-and-public-programs-and-chair-of-exhibiti/ |access-date=2017-03-31 |website=Art & Education |language=en}}
  • Andrew McClintock (interim director from August 2012 to September 2013),{{Cite web |last=Bowles |first=Nellie |date=2013-05-17 |title=McClintock - art innovation in print |url=https://www.sfgate.com/style/article/McClintock-art-innovation-in-print-4523858.php |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}} he co-curated the Gutai exhibition in 2013.{{Cite web |last=Bigman |first=Alex |date=2013-02-06 |title=Five Gallery Shows Featuring Emerging, Established and Historical Artists |url=https://www.7x7.com/five-gallery-shows-featuring-emerging-established-and-historical-artis-1783849183.html |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=7x7 Bay Area |language=en}}
  • Hesse McGraw (from June 2013 to August 2017)
  • Katie Hood Morgan (from 2017 to September 2018){{Cite web |last=Hotchkiss |first=Sarah |date=September 20, 2018 |title=What Happens When All the Curators Are Gone? |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13841205/curatorial-crisis-bay-area-art-institutions |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=KQED |language=en-us}}

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