Irving Street Projects (ISP) offered visual arts residency and exhibition opportunities to Bay Area artists from 2015-2020. Artists presenting work at ISP were granted use of the storefront space for a period of months to explore new directions in their practice, present new work and engage with the community.
Founded by artist Kelly Inouye, ISP emphasized the work of women and female identifying artists. Located in the Outer Sunset district of San Francisco, projects were often on view through our large storefront windows and the space offered events, workshops, artist talks, and other public programming by accomplished local artists.
Over five years ISP supported fourteen artist residencies and was awarded grants from Southern Exposure, The Zellerbach Family Foundation, and the San Francisco Arts Commission.
Projects that originated at ISP have gone on to be exhibited at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Oakland Museum of California, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, The Museum of Capitalism, ProArts, San Francisco State University, Chico State University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.