Artists' Television Access is a San Francisco-based, artist-run, non-profit organization that cultivates and promotes culturally-aware, underground media and experimental art. ATA provides an accessible screening venue and gallery for the presentation of programmed and guest-curated screenings, exhibitions, performances, workshops and events. ATA believes in fostering a supportive community for the exhibition of innovative art and the exchange of non-conformist ideas.

Canyon Cinema Foundation is dedicated to educating the public about independent, non-commercial, experimental, avant-garde and artist-made moving images. Canyon manifests this commitment by nurturing scholarship and awareness with public programming at universities and nonprofit cultural organizations worldwide. The Foundation was created to expand upon the activities of the former Canyon Cinema Inc. (1961-2012) ensuring the legacy and public availability of the works in this unique collection.

The Prelinger Library is an independent research library located in San Francisco’s South-of-Market neighborhood. It is open to anyone for research, reading, inspiration, and reuse. The library is primarily a collection of 19th and 20th century historical ephemera, periodicals, maps, and books, most published in the United States. Much of the collection is image-rich, and in the public domain. The library specializes in material that is not commonly found in other public libraries. The library was co-founded in 2004 by Megan Prelinger and Rick Prelinger.

Shapeshifters Cinema is a monthly expanded cinema series based in North Oakland featuring experimental filmmakers and video artists presenting moving image work live with accompaniment from sound artists, musicians and artists from other creative disciplines. Shapeshifters is curated by Gilbert Guerrero and Kathleen Quillian.

Since 1991, Sixth Street Photography Workshop has provided free photographic training to the homeless and low-income community of San Francisco. We have an on-going beginning photography workshop taught by S. Renee Jones, an advanced Workshop photographer. We recruit participants for our classes from shelters, residential hotels, social service agencies and community organizations. Classes meet every Wednesday for darkroom and field sessions with occasional museum and gallery field trips. Participants are supplied with film, paper and cameras and have access to our darkroom and studio.

SOMArts Cultural Center is a cross-cultural, community-built space in San Francisco where cutting-edge events and counterculture commingle with traditional art forms in a way that is open, engaging and inspiring. It is an incubator for ideas that lie outside the mainstream of contemporary art funding and consumption. The mission of the organization is to promote and nurture art on the community level and foster an appreciation of and respect for all cultures.