Join us for the launch of Ask This Book a Question, the debut release from Vicki Tan, with a party and special activity led by the author.
Saturday April 12, 1:00 pm—5:00 pm ↘ Open hours and open reference with Western Neighborhoods Project
Stop by to say hi, explore selections from the WNP collection, explore a stack of research materials reflecting this month’s historical deep dive, or chat about local history over a convivial cup of tea.
Saturday April 12 ↘ We Run The Tides book discussion
Join us for a conversation with Sean Connelly and Nicole Meldahl about Vendela Vida’s We Run The Tides, the WNP Book Club featured title for March—April.
Thursday April 17 ↘ Designing a creative life with Dapo Oni
Join us for an immersive exploration of scent, creative flow, and the relationship between our senses, led by designer, DJ, and scent maker Dapo Onikuyide.
Saturday April 19, 1:00 pm—5:00 pm ↘ Open hours with an all-vinyl exploration of ‘world music’
Visit us during open hours to just say hi or have a cup of tea, and enjoy two hours of record-spinning, story-telling from the It’s All World Music project.
Saturday April 26, 1:00 pm—5:00 pm ↘ Open hours with readings from favorite books for Page Club
Swing by to spend some time with us and, if so inclined, bring a page from your favorite book to read aloud for Page Club.
Thursday May 01 ↘ EdTV #003: Three films on social and ecological works of art
Join us for the screening of three films on socially provocative and ecologically ambitious creative projects from the Educational Television archive.
Saturday May 03, 1:00 pm—5:00 pm ↘ Open hours with an ambient DJ set by Kia Kimera
Come say hello, enjoy a cup of tea, or spend time with a good book while we are treated to a special ambient DJ set by Kia Kimera.
Saturday May 10, 1:00 pm—5:00 pm ↘ Open hours & open reference with Western Neighborhoods Project
Stop by to say hi, explore selections from the WNP collection, explore a stack of research materials reflecting this month’s historical deep dive, or chat about local history over a convivial cup of tea.
Saturday May 17 ↘ Too Much Information #004: The Habit of Adventure
Our day long symposium for creative minds of all ages returns for the fourth installment.
More details revealed in April.
Event archive
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description
dates
program
Open hours
Come by to say hello, learn about what we’re up to, enjoy a cup of tea, or spend time with a good book—be it one of yours or one of ours.
March 29, 2025
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Open hours with Page Club
Swing by to spend some time with us and, if so inclined, bring a page from your favorite book to read aloud for Page Club.
March 22, 2025
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
A Creative Life: Stephanie Cheng
Join us for a lively presentation on navigating change with product manager, strategist, and entrepreneur Stephanie Cheng.
March 20, 2025
6:00 pm—9:00 pm
Open hours with world music vinyl records
Visit us during open hours to just say hi or have a cup of tea, and enjoy two hours of record-spinning, story-telling from the It's All World Music project.
March 15, 2025
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Open hours & open reference with WNP
Stop by to say hi, explore selections from the WNP collection, explore a stack of research materials reflecting this month’s historical deep dive, or chat about local history over a convivial cup of tea.
March 8, 2025
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Educational Television screening #001
Join us for the screening of two films on the theme of urban planning and design from the Educational Television archive.
March 6, 2025
6:00 pm—8:30 pm
Open Hours with an ambient DJ set by Kia Kimera
Come say hello, enjoy a cup of tea, or spend time with a good book while we are treated to a special ambient DJ set by Kia Kimera.
March 1, 2025
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
A Creative Life: Elizabeth Meiklejohn
Join us for a show and tell with textile engineer, researcher and designer Elizabeth Meiklejohn. Featuring a hands-on demonstration and dynamic conversation about the rules that shape us, how we push boundaries, and the value of generative constraints.
February 27, 2025
6:00 pm—9:00 pm
WNP Book Discussion: Vandover And The Brute
Join us for a conversation with Sean Connelly and Nicole Meldahl about Frank Norris’s Vandover and the Brute, the WNP Book Club featured title for January—February.
February 8, 2025
6:00 pm—8:00 pm
TMI #003
A day of sensory and interactive presentations that explored how rituals help us tap into the human experience.
October 19, 2024
10:00 am—8:00 pm
Too Much Information
The Case of the Disappearing Gauguin
Book launch and talk for The Case of The Disappearing Gauguin: A Study of Authenticity and the Art Market by Dr. Stephanie Brown.
September 20, 2024
6:00 pm—9:00 pm
Problem Children 2024 Closing exhibition
Closing exhibition and celebration for the 2024 Problem Children cohort.
August 24, 2024
4:00 pm—7:00 pm
Problem Children
TMI #002
A day of inter-generational talks, film screenings, and group discussions that explored what can be gained through observation.
April 27, 2024
12:30 pm—8:00 pm
Too Much Information
TMI #001
A two-day event bringing together Bay Area creatives from all stages of life and artistic development to learn from and share with each other.
October 21 and October 22, 2023
Too Much Information
Problem Children 2023 Closing Exhibition
The closing exhibition and reception for our 2023 Problem Children cohort.
August 26, 2023
4:00 pm—6:00 pm
Problem Children
Two Hundred Pounds Of Cement by Will Thomson
A show of paintings by British artist Will Thomson.
June 10—July 30, 2023
[working]
Viewfindings by Jeff Masamori
A collection of fourteen paintings that embrace spontaneity and the beginners mindset.
May 12, 2023
4:00 pm—7:00 pm
[working]
Wildlife Archive presents: Altered States
The Wildlife Archive has curated a collection for an exhibition at Problem Library that draws from the "summer of love" in San Francisco, and the "second summer of love" in London.
April 28—April 30, 2023
An evening with Lynette Nicole Betancur.
An evening conversation and showcase of new work from artist and sculptor Lynette Nicole Betancur.
April 20, 2023
5:00 pm—9:00 pm
[working]
Problem Library Benefit Art Show
The first annual Benefit Art Show with work from artists across the Problem Library community.
December 16, 2022
5:00 pm—9:00 pm
Jennifer Klecker closing day
An afternoon of art making, and an evening celebrating the work of Jennifer Klecker.
September 1, 2022
4:00 pm—9:00 pm
[working]
Problem Children Closing Exhibition 2022
The closing exhibition and reception is the culmination of our three-month summer program.
August 27, 2022
4:00 pm—6:00 pm
Problem Children
Related To Items You Recently Viewed by Emily Gui
The work in for this exhibition was created reusing packaging materials and other found objects.
April 16, 2022
5:00 pm—8:00 pm
[working]
Whatever's for lunch is fine., Will Thomson
Will's first solo-exhibition in the US was comprised of painting, photography and installations with a common reflective value. The exhibition also marked Will's first with Problem Library, and served as a re-opening of the space at 1288 15th Ave.
November 08—April 01, 2020
Art Market San Francisco Booth #111
For Art Market 2019 we exhibited paintings by Will Thomson and Catherine Ko Chen, a Resonance Mapping installation by Blake Conway, and materials about our current projects.
April 25—April 28, 2019
After Decay, Erin Miller
Before beginning renovations of our space at 1288 15th Ave, we invited Erin Miller to create a floral installation from foraged to picked flowers and plants. After Decay shone light on the ruinous cycles of life, while pointing towards a deep appreciation for embracing decay as the soil of a brighter future.
April 19, 2019
6:30 pm—9:00 pm
302 Folsom St, Catherine Ko Chen
Launched in collaboration with The East Cut, we hosted the first showcase of Catherine Ko Chen’s studio and new large format paintings.
December 13, 2018
7:00 pm—9:30 pm
[working]
Arrival–Departure, Catherine Ko Chen
Through abstraction, process and repetition, Catherine's work explored emotions and the memory of emotions, and aimed to answer questions that arise from the complexity of introspection, and to shape felt incoherence into structures of coherence.
June 08—August 31, 2018
PRACTICE:ADAPT, Cali & Co Dance
In a two part performance, Cali & Co Dance presented the latest in their PRACTICE:ADAPT series, which is a process of practiced choreography then adapted to new and unconventional spaces; expanding ideas of survival, creativity, embodiment and community by expressing their innate relationships and role in our everyday experiences.
March 11, 2018
3:00 pm—5:00 pm
Избеглица (Refugee), Maja Planinac
Maja's photography examines the boundaries between incompatible worlds, capturing phenomena that exist between the raw and sophisticated, the real and surreal, and the deeply personal and public.
October 21—June 01, 2018
Meditations, Meredith Brion
Meredith's work induces wonder, expressing intimacy and elusiveness in the same breath – it captures a natural beauty we know well but can't place with certainty, it is just out of reach.
