
Events & Exhibition Calendar
The Thacher Gallery presents free public programs, including artist talks, craft demonstrations, and docent-led tours for all ages. The facility also serves as a professional training laboratory for students interested in arts management, museum studies, and exhibitions. The gallery often collaborates with faculty and classes for linked programming.
The Thacher Gallery is open to the public from 12-6 p.m. daily, except during library closures. Please confirm the library schedule prior to visiting, especially during holidays.
All visitors are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations, please call (415) 422-5178 or email simmons@usfca.edu.
Upcoming Events
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2025-26 Exhibition Calendar ART ALL AROUND US
What the world needs now is…Brian Singer at the Thacher Gallery
Aug. 11-Nov. 9, 2025
Bringing together artworks from the last decade, artist Brian Singer (someguy) examines censorship, American history, culture, and his own mixed ethnicity through works with books, installations, and participatory projects.

Piranesi’s Rome and the Classical Imaginary
Dec. 4, 2025-Feb. 15, 2026
This exhibition explores the interplay between fantasy, historical memory, and documentation in the art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778). Curated from the collections of the Donohue Rare Book Room and the Mills College Art Museum by USF's M.A. in Museum Studies Program led by Kate Lusheck.

Wayfinders: the Art + Architecture Faculty Triennial
Mar. 2-Apr. 12, 2026
Faculty from the Department of Art + Architecture present recent works that reveal the journeys they take through their art and teaching practices to investigate, critique, and reimagine our world. In collaboration with the Center for Research, Artistic, and Scholarly Excellence (CRASE) and the College of Arts and Sciences Centennial.

27th Thacher Art + Architecture Annual
May 8-June 28, 2026
This juried exhibition showcases juniors and seniors in the Department of Art + Architecture and is presented by the B.A. in Art History and Museum Studies program’s Thacher Practicum class.

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Thacher Gallery
2495 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco, CA 94117
Thacher Gallery is free and open to the public from 12-6 p.m. daily.