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THACHER GALLERY

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.

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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

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. 

American Pastime Artpiece
Image credit: Brian Singer, Detail of American Pastime, 2024

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. 

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva
Image credit: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva, from "Vedute di Roma," ca. 1748

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.

Video still from Seeing it for the Trees
Image credit: Liat Berdugo, Video still from Seeing it for the Trees, 2023

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.

Zoë Amburn, Bare Bones
Image credit: Zoë Amburn, Bare Bones, 2025

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Thacher Gallery

(415) 422-5178
Gleeson Library | Geschke Center
2495 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco, CA 94117
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Thacher Gallery is free and open to the public from 12-6 p.m. daily.