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TnT Art Lab works year-round, not only when the doors are open for an exhibition. Our programs put artists in the neighborhood as residents, open the space for public gatherings, and build the partnerships that carry a project past its closing date. Each one begins the same way: with an artist and a question the Tenderloin is already asking.
Residencies are the center of our work. We offer artists studio space at Turk and Taylor, time to develop socially engaged projects, and the introductions that let those projects take root locally. Residents are asked to work in and with the neighborhood rather than merely beside it—so the residency includes the people, organizations, and histories that make a project answerable to where it sits.
STUDIO SPACE: A dedicated work area at 67 Turk Street, with access to the lab's shared facilities throughout the residency.
PROJECT SUPPORT: Production assistance, curatorial feedback, and help shaping a project from proposal through public presentation.
LOCAL INTRODUCTIONS: Connections to Tenderloin organizers, service providers, and residents whose work bears on the project.
A PUBLIC MOMENT: An exhibition, performance, or program that brings the work back to the neighborhood it came from.
The storefront is open for more than viewing. Conversations, performances, workshops, and screenings turn an exhibition into an occasion to gather—and give neighbors a reason to come in who did not arrive for the art.
Artists in dialogue with curators, organizers, and each other, held in the gallery among the work.
Live work staged in the space and on the corner, programmed alongside current activations.
Hands-on sessions led by residents and partners, open to the neighborhood at no cost.
Film and video on art, activism, and the civic life of the city, followed by discussion.
TnT is built to work with others. We host artists-in-residence in partnership with museums and galleries, and we serve as a resource for local social justice organizations exploring how artists can contribute to advocacy, community building, and systems change. Partnerships are what let a project outlast the run of a show.
Museums and galleries placing artists in residence, with studio space and support for socially engaged work.
Tenderloin groups shaping projects from the start, so the work answers to conditions on the block.
Schools and programs bringing students into the lab to meet artists and the practice up close.
A growing collection on art and activism lives in the lab and stays open to anyone who walks in. It holds the histories our residents work from—social practice, organizing, and the long record of artists acting as civic actors—and it is meant to be read on site, in the room where the work is being made.
If you are an artist with a project for the Tenderloin, an organization looking for a creative partner, or an institution interested in placing a resident with us, we want to hear from you. Tell us what you are working on and we will find the right way in.