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Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Established	1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Location	145 Hooper Street Level 2 San Francisco, CA 94107 United States of America
Founder	Lawrence Rinder
Director	Daisy Nam
Website	wattis.org

The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts is a nonprofit contemporary art center and research institute in San Francisco. It is part of the California College of the Arts. The institute holds exhibitions, lectures, and symposia, releases publications, and runs the Capp Street Project residency program.

History and location

The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts was founded in 1998 by Lawrence Rinder. It was originally named the CCAC Institute of Exhibitions and Public Programming, and was renamed is 2002 following the death of Phyllis C. Wattis, a San Francisco cultural philanthropist and the great-granddaughter of Brigham Young. Wattis was born in 1905 and contributed more than $150 million to cultural institutions in California. The art center was originally located on the San Francisco campus of the California College of the Arts, in a refurbished 160,000-square-foot (15,000 m) former Greyhound Bus maintenance facility designed in 1951 by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The Wattis Institute opened its new location at 360 Kansas Street in January 2013. The facility was redesigned by architect Mark Jensen, best known for his work with the Rooftop Garden at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Directors

The following have served as Director of the Wattis institute for Contemporary Arts:

• Lawrence Rinder (1998-2000)
• Ralph Rugoff (2000-2006)
• Jens Hoffmann (2006-2012)
• Anthony Huberman (2013-2023)
• Daisy Nam (2024-current)

Capp Street Project

The Wattis Institute also runs the Capp Street Project, a visual arts residency dedicated to the creation and presentation of new art installations. It was founded in San Francisco in 1983, and by 2020 had supported over 100 local, national, and international artists through its residency and public exhibition programs.

See also

• Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco

References

1. "CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts". NewMuseum.org. New Museum Of Contemporary Art. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
2. ^ "CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts". wattis.org. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
3. "LEGACY | The Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation". Wattis. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
4. "Phyllis Wattis, 97; Her Gifts to the Arts Raised San Francisco's National Profile". Los Angeles Times. 2002-06-10. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
5. Cotter, Holland (2002-06-08). "Phyllis Wattis, 97, Collector Who Contributed to the Arts". the New York Times. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
6. Cascone, Sarah (2012-12-17). "CCA Wattis Opens New Space". Art In America. Art In America. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
7. "Anthony Huberman appointed Director - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
8. "Daisy Nam to Lead CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts". Artforum. 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
9. ^ "Capp Street Project". Wattis.org. CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. n.d. Retrieved 2020-01-02.

External links

• CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

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• California College of the Arts
• Art museums and galleries in San Francisco
• Contemporary art galleries in the United States
• Arts centers in California
• Potrero Hill, San Francisco
• Art museums and galleries established in 1998
• 1998 establishments in California