Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) and its resident partners announced details of its second annual Summer Solstice Celebration & Art Walk on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event, free and open to the public with registration, features a variety of exhibitions, performances, artist and curator talks, and artmaking activities presented by FMCAC and its resident organizations, including:

SF Camerawork’s FORECAST 2023, an annual survey exhibition showcasing emerging image-makers featuring artists Mary Campbell, Harvey Castro, Amy Elkins, Shao-Feng Hsu, Kei Ito, and Helia Pouyanfar. Exhibition artists and SF Camerawork Executive Director Aay Preston-Myint will be on hand to discuss the show.

Haines Gallery’s opening reception for David Simpson: Smoke and Mirrors exhibition – its 11th solo exhibition with the beloved Bay Area painter – featuring a selection of paintings created between 1987 and 2019 using interference and metallic paints. Gallery founder Cheryl Haines will lead a talk about the nonagenarian artist’s work.

FOR-SITE presents a conversation between curator Lisa Ellsworth and collaborating artists Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang, who will share how they’re transforming their collection of beach-found plastic objects into artwork, offering a preview of their new installation inside The Guardhouse.

Museo Italo Americano presents BRAVO – Celebrating San Francisco Opera, Its Italian Roots, and Legacy documentary exhibition, live commentary from curator Bianca Friundi, and a performance of selected arias by Italian composers from singers Eileen Meredith, soprano, and Joachim Luis, tenor, accompanied by Ron Borelli on accordion.

San Francisco Children’s Arts Center will facilitate a hands-on, inter-generational printmaking activity inspired by the summer solstice. Families and adults without children are invited to participate. The studio will also have on view a collection of artworks by current and former students.