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SOMArts (South of Market Arts, Resources, Technology, and Services) has a colorful history that spans over 40 years and is garnished with many periods of celebration, struggle and transformation.  Although it has not always gone by the same name, the mission of creating a cultural resource for the local community has been a constant.
Like many things at SOMArts, this history is a work-in-progress, culled from first-person testimony and written documents found on-site as well as other community resources.

SOMArts History: A Timeline 1967—Amid anti-war protests and struggles to establish civil rights in the 1960s, the Neighborhood Arts Program (NAP) is created by the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) in order to promote community by providing funding for the arts that reaches beyond the city’s established arts institutions. Under the direction of Martin Snipper, the city purchases the 17,000 square foot Brannan Street building that became home to ...

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