Thursday, March 6 from 5:00-10:00PM
Surreal Circus Art Bash Preview Party
Celebrate with us at our opening night bash, replete with cotton candy topped champagne, popcorn. Featuring a variety of live art performerances set to a DJ’d soundtrack. Find your fortune at our tarot booth, take a selfie with costumed characters by Catalyst Arts, plus – and most importantly – gain a coveted sneak peek at the work of 150+ artists at Superfine SF before the general public (and first dibs on the art you love.)
Open to Supercharged Passholders (skip the line + get a free gift), Art Insider Passholders, and artists’ friends + family.
Friday, March 7 Fair Hours 5:00-10:00PM
7pm-10pm, Mezzanine
Art Battle is back bigger and better than ever in 2025. Join 12 artists going head-to-head in an MC’d competition on the mezzanine level from 7-10pm. Doors open at 5pm so show up early to scan the Superfine artists’ booths and have a cocktail. Best of all? You decide the winner. The artist who wins gets to come back next year with their very own Superfine booth, courtesy of Superfine + Art Battle. And you can buy any artwork created during the Art Battle. Open to all passholders.
Open to all!
Saturday, March 8 Fair Hours 11:00AM-9:00PM
Jazz + Wine w/ Theopolis Vineyards :
11:00am-2:00pm
Enjoy complimentary sample pours by Theopolis Vineyards, and ear blessings by local jazz musicians. Ease into your Saturday with art, and maybe score that perfect piece. Stick around for a fun, insightful chat about how art collecting can be accessible to anyone with the gals at Create! Magazine, Superfine’s curator Sharone Halevy, and Matt McKinley, ArtSpan Chair Emeritusfrom our friends at ArtSpan (one of the largest and oldest artist-empowerment orgs in the US!)
Stroller Hours
We invite families with young children to explore the fair with a fun, self-guided activity! Grab your handout at registration and start your art adventure through the fair.
Self-Guided Fair Access for Families
12:00-2:00pm
Mimosa + Art: ArtSpan Collector Tour: 12:00pm
Meet at fair entrance
Refresh and connect with ArtSpan's bustling community of artists and art lovers during their guided tour of select ArtSpan member artist booths, including interactive installations by Risa Iwasaki Culbertson, and ArtSpan’s collective booth.
Intro to Art Collecting: 2:00pm
Where: Main atrium
Kat Popova (founder + editor, Create! Magazine; visual artist), Alicia Puig (ceo + curator, PxP Contemporary; director, Create! Magazine), Sharone Halevy (lead curator, Superfine Art Fair), and Matt McKinley ArtSpan Chair Emeritus) dispel all the myths and misconceptions about what it takes to be an art collector (hint: your budget is the right budget!) and give you the tools on how to start building your collection today. Don’t miss this!
Panel Discussion: Supporting Queer Art
Saturday, March 8 at 5pm:
Join Superfine Art Fair's Director Alex Mitow in conversation with Timothy Hampton (Director of Cultural Programs, SF LGBTQ Center) and Frameline's Kate Bove (Publicity & Project Manager) as they discuss the importance of supporting queer art. Open to all passholders.
Sunday, March 9 Fair Hours 11:00AM-6:00PM
Artist Appreciation Breakfast w/ Cohart - 10am-12pm
Cohart makes it easy for artists and art-lovers to connect! Join Cohart and their team, our 150 artists, and Ritual coffee for a catered pastry breakfast with mimosas and soft drinks.
Open to Supercharged Passholders and all Superfine artists.
Self-Guided Fair Access for Families - 12:00-2:00pm
We invite families with young children to explore the fair with a fun, self-guided activity! Grab your handout at registration and start your art adventure through the fair.
Stroller Hours
Afternoon Tea + Pom Poms w/ KREL + The Amador Club - 3pm-5pm
Join the artists of The InterKnit + our friends at The Amador Club for afternoon tea and artmaking under the auspices of The InterKnit. Crumpets, Tea is complimentary!
SF Art Guide's Sunday FunDAY at Superfine
WHEN: Sunday, March 9 from 1-3PMJoin SF Art Guide at Superfine Art Fair for Happy Hour! Looking for a post-farmers market fair FunDay? RSVP for SF Art Guide's Sunday Funday, pop over to the Gateway Pavilion, grab a mimosa and some toasty treats from Avotoasty, to fuel up for an afternoon of art! RSVP (PARTIFUL EVENT LINK) for Comp fair access.
Throughout the fair, enjoy these installations and programs
The InterKnit 3.0 + The FiberFall by Karelle Levy
Fiber fanatic Miami-based artist and fashion designer Karelle Levy is the creator of The InterKnit (est 2017.) A large-scale, interactive, all-ages experience, The InterKnit is an immersive installation that allows the user (you!) to “upload” yourself in the form of your own hand-created pom pom. By adding your creation, you leave your analog imprint and forever become a part of The InterKnit as it expands across the Yarniverse.
Nonsense Makes Sense
An Interactive Installation by Risa Iwasaki Culbertson (co-presented by ArtSpan)
Bay Area artist Risa Iwasaki Culbertson brings 176 unique works to life (along with some you can engage with and create yourself!) to the Superfine Art Fair for the first time. She’s also designing a whimsical soft-sculpture-laden lounge space for photo moments and quiet relaxation during the fair.
SuperFilm: Queer Shorts Presented by Frameline
Throughout the fair, our partners at Frameline, the arts nonprofit that hosts the annual San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, joins us to celebrate the intersection of queer art and film. We’ll be rotating two different specially curated programs of art-fueled short films by queer makers – A Tapestry of Queer POC Tales, and Adventures in Queerness – in our pop-up cinema on the first floor.
Take A Sip, Grab A Bite
With our incredible Bay Area Partners, we offer top quality, locally sourced F+B throughout Superfine SF.
Ritual Coffee Lounge
Fuel up on espresso, tea, drip coffee, and pastries and take a load off at this women-owned legendary SF cafe, located on the first floor of Superfine SF. Also, if you’re meeting with a home curator or artist advisor, this is where you’ll meet them!
We Bring The Bar
Our long-time SF partners offer craft cocktails at their main bar, and a selection of local beers and wines at their satellite bar.
The Mochi Donut Shop SF
We love you so mochi! Be sure to check out our booth – we can’t wait to see you
Avotoasty
Thehome of everyone's favorite breakfast: Avocado Toast. Known for our signature avocado toasts, we cater to every craving—whether you are vegan, vegetarian, keto, or gluten free, we have an option for you.
IN FAIR ARTIST DEMOS
Let's Make Art with The Joy of Drawing - a Bay Area Non Profit with a mission to ignite your creative spirit!!
Instructors: Sonia Brittain (YouTube @soniabrittain) and Teresa Landry
Where: RITUAL COFFEE
When: Sunday at 12:30pm/ 1:30pm/ 2:30pm
Join popular YouTube artist Sonia Brittain and see how easy and fun it is to create some art of your own. She will be joined by urban sketching enthusiast, Teresa Landry, and together they will get you creative juices flowing so you can make your own art to memorialize your visit to the SuperfineSF Art Fair. Bring your own materials, but we will also have some on hand if you don't have any with you.
What Is An Encaustic Monotype? - With Lonnie Zarem
Where: RITUAL COFFEE
When: Thursday: 6pm and 8pm Saturday: 1pm and 4pm Sunday: 1pm and 4pm
An Encaustic Monotype is made by applying encaustic medium to a heated plate where it can be fashioned into a melted wax image.
Encaustic medium is typically a block of beeswax, resin, and pigment. Once the image is complete, it can be transferred to paper with gentle pressure of the hand and then pulled off for a one time original print.
CREATE ABSTRACT ARTWORK LIVE with Danielle Eze
Where: RITUAL COFFEE ROOM
When: Saturday 3-5pm
Let’s create abstract artwork together! I will be sharing some of my personal process and methods to create a new piece of abstract artwork live and explaining as I go for others to watch or create something as well. All supplies will be provided, so come by to try out new techniques with an artist available for guidance or questions as you go. Take home your own abstract masterpiece from the show this year! All ages and skill levels are welcome.
INTERACTIVE LIVE PAINTING with Dylan Clendenin
Where: RITUAL COFFEE
When: Saturday 3-5pm
Interactive live painting with audience prompts. I will paint in a collage style using prompts given by people attending the fair. Prompts can be physical objects like: an Air Jordan shoe, bottle of hot sauce, a hand, a person, etc. I paint like this already often and quickly and am able execute complete works in a manner or hours. I often paint in front of people and am not shy.
