Gray Area

Rad staff, high class art, and great music. Very important arts organization to support. Not for profit that feeds the culture of San Francisco and its community. Love this! Get involved!

Attended an event here recently and thought it was a great space. Perfect for a small concert or other show. Great vintage feel, with a lot of stylish details. Very good location near food and beverage spots, and of course right up the street from 24^th street BART.

Unique arts nonprofit that is working hard and needs community support. Friendly and smart crowd!

Been to a few shows here (ARCA, ATOM etc.), and it’s always top quality. Though I now miss the old setup (or lack of setup) where you had to enter through the side door, and the performers was just in the center of the floor in a large vacant theater space. Those large speakers were so loud so good. The whole experience was different from anything else in the city.
Now there’s a proper entrance and gallery space, the show space is smaller, and there’s a stage. Feels more like proper show stage, but can’t deny seeing a show Boiler Room style gives you something different to look forward to.

Learn about Technology, Dance to Techno Music, Look at rad art, Mingle with SF’s technologist and art aficionados. I love Gray Area and would highly recomend all to visit the website, see when there is a great event with cool music happening and go have a good time!

Congratulations GAFTA on raising the money to make this happen. What a dream, art + coding under a single roof. I’ve been to two parties here now, solid sound system. The crowd has been great both times = fashiony, friendly, music hip crowd. Because the room is fairly large it seems challenging to make it feel full and the ventilation isn’t great.
Can’t wait to go back!

GAFFTA is incredibly impressive. I always leave this gallery feeling so inspired. They have such a unique presence and their installations are creative, no where else are you going to see a full gallery of multi media arts in SF, they are pioneers.
I spent NYE here a few years ago, and have attended a few of their openings. I wish I had gone to ALL of them!
I am looking forward to seeing their new home in the Warfield!

An outstanding non-​profit and art gallery resource in the city — which really captures the essence of San Francisco and it’s dynamic innovative and digital art scene.
You only need to check out some of the Burning Man themed events in San Francisco to understand that this city is comprised of forward thinking and creative people.
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts harnesses the spirit of the city in a magical way. Their exhibits are thought provoking and unique. And they also strive to stay intertwined with the local community of Taylor Street.
Definitely stay on top of GAFFTA’s fun schedule of events, classes, and such during the week. And make sure you check out their new interactive current exhibit.
Trust.

Just goes to show you that really smart people with too much time on their hands can make some pretty cool stuff.

Just wanted to state that these reviews are for the old Gray Area space in SOMA on 11^th above Bowzer’s Pizza. Gray Area has become a non-​profit Arts Foundation, with a new facility in the Tenderloin at 55 Taylor St.
Here is the Unilocal page for the new space.

Awesome, just awesome.
I was a bit skeptical when my friend talked me into going to this place, if for the location alone. This gallery is in fact smack in the middle of the ‘Loin, with all the expected side-​effects. But it’s Ok, cool even since the entire point about opening of this gallery is to draw attention to the neighborhood and get some new blood in it.
The space is nice and open, the crew is friendly and passionate. In the back, you will see the incorporated brick wall of the old building — really awesome. I also must comment on the bathroom (as those things are important to me!) — large, clean and modern.
I am not going to talk about the particular art show I saw as those will obviously change, but I am definitely looking forward to coming back and seeing what these guys will come up with.

i can’t say enough about the exciting potential of this new digital arts center. the space has been built out to the higher of gallery standards, and there is only more to come with the recombinant media labs (
) to be reborn and take up residence next door (yay), and who knows what with the rest of the entire block! for those of us folks with an interactive art-​design-​technology slant, this is sure to be a hub and conduit in the community.
i love love love the sfmoma, ybca, zeroONE, the happening arounds berkeley cnm/​bid/​atc, and stanford… but with the rx gallery gone and no eyebeam or art interactive of our own, gray area adds something considerable to the san francisco arts landscape i felt was seriously lacking. or at least i hope so. i believe.

Cool SoMa art space. The gallery itself seems like the perfect location for a variety of art-​type events. The events change so depending on what event is being held there and who is hosting that event, the attending crowd changes (I was there for an event that was hosted by a wine company and it attracted hipsters).
This is in a good location that is close-​by to other great venues such as Slim’s and Fat City.

The Gray Area Gallery is an amazing new spot for anyone looking to immerse themselves in art, music & culture in San Francisco. I’ve heard stories from friends about the space – it used to be a warehouse that hosted late-​night rave parties.
Since then, it was torn down & remodeled into a wonderful space with great acoustics for a music event – DJs or live performances. I first heard about this new gallery from friends in Los Angeles, it’s actually the sister space to the Hear Gallery Los Angeles… a spot which hosted similar work to what is shown in San Francisco.
I visited the most recent exhibit last weekend, and have been a fan of this gallery since it opened last November. ‘Lonesome Lover’ was well-​worked, with artists from both Portland & San Francisco. While it wasn’t as hyped as other recent shows at the space, the work produced was at a higher-​caliber than before.
I’ve heard rumor that the gallery owners will be curating shows themselves later this year, changing the format from a month-​to-​month curator.
$ 5 for a Bud Light on opening night is a bit much, but the Pizza downstairs is awesome & most all of the gallery collectivists i’ve met there are awesome.
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EDIT:
Gray Area Gallery has moved… see the website for more information.

We checked out their «Lonesome Lover» opening tonight. The venue is very small. The art at tonight’s opening was interesting; I still don’t quite know what to make of it; some of the images/​drawings were cute yet the messages were sad. There was a band setup in the middle of the small gallery. We didn’t stay to see them play though.
The Gray Area Gallery certainly worth a visit although I must say that it literally took me less than 10 minutes to finish admiring all the pieces. I’m probably just not cultured enough for this sort of things.

If you like art and culture, than the gray area will be right up your ally, The owners of the gallery are soooo sweet and the resident artsts are really, really talented!!! The space has seen some amazing changes and every show has inspired and impressed. I love this place and if you want to find the heart beat of san francisco art look no longer!!!

This place, the concept, and the people involved are pretty damn cool, despite the fact that the art here, once in a while, looks like something a junior college student with a bit of talent could churn out.
Small co-​op gallery right next to Slims which showcases local artists of all sorts.
They have a lot of events here, with DJs, bands, performances etc. and sometimes have a hosted bar with cheap drinks for these.
Support our local artists and check this place out.

great location (right next to dna) so has the potential to throw some awesome after hours. opening night was a really great show (art-​wise), though the crowd sided on the stuffy and artgeeky. but well, i guess it was an art-​opening

Nice new art space… a friend was showing at their opening night so I know they will be showing other talented artist… I’m just excited to find out what will come of the gray area gallery!