Ralph Remington

Director of Cultural Affairs @San Francisco Arts Commission

The Director of Cultural Affairs leads the administration of the San Francisco Arts Commission with a $51 million budget, and directs citywide cultural activities in all aspects of the arts through programs, special projects, grantmaking and policy-setting initiatives. The San Francisco Arts Commission is the agency that champions the arts as essential to daily life by investing in a vibrant arts sector, enlivening the urban environment and shaping innovative cultural policy. Supervise and control the expenditure of all appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the advancement of the visual, performing or literary arts. Approve the designs for all public structures, any private structure which extends over or upon any public property and any yards, courts, set-backs or usable open spaces which are an integral part of any such structures; the Director reports to the Mayor of San Francisco and the 15-member, mayoral-appointed Arts Commission, which is responsible for the Civic Art Collection, Civic Design Review, Cultural Equity Grants and other funding, SFAC Galleries, public art, art vendors, and seven cultural centers. First Black person to lead this agency in its 90 year history.