Pete’s Cafe SFAI in the 90’s

January 10th – February 16th

Reception Saturday,  January 11 6-10pm

The Great Highway Gallery is excited to present Pete’s Cafe – SFAI in the 90s. The group exhibition will being featuring works by the invited artists who attended or worked at the San Francisco Art Institute in the 90s. Patricia Kavanaugh will be recreating the Pete’s Timeline that she and Tanesha Jemison displayed on the back wall of the cafe in 1997. Andytown Coffee Roastery and Seven Stills & Hard Frescoes Tap Room that are on either side of the gallery will be participating and creating Pete’s Cafe experiences inside their establishments.

Pete’s Cafe

In the 90s I worked as the night manager at Pete’s Cafe situated on the roof of the San Francisco Art Institute on Chestnut Street. I met Pete working at Hayes Street Grill. He asked if I would work the night manager shift for him. I thought it would be fun and it had benefits. Pete created an environment that encouraged an appreciation of cooking, jazz, biting humor and all out human study. The staff beyond Pete, myself and another day manager (Ted Szczepanski) was the students. I have greatly enjoyed watching these students who worked in the cafe and others that attended SFAI during the 90’s go on to do such great things. The exhibition gives attention not only to the space Pete created but to the community that it helped foster.

Dave Arnn

Daric Cheshire

Colin Chillag

Wren Coe

Diana Coopersmith

Adrienne Eberhardt

Connie Goldman

Jeremy Harper

Gerald Hawk

Cliff Hengst

Scott Hewicker

Johanna Jackson

Xylor Jane

Patricia Kavanaugh

Yasmin Lambie-Simpson

Mario Lemos

Ted Lincoln

Lydia Linker

Linton

Jennifer Locke

Sally Lundburg

Mads Lynnerup

Spencer Mack

J Matt

Alicia McCarthy

Barry McGee

Palmerin Merges

Karla Milosevich

Ruby Neri

Eamon Ore-Giron

Maurizzio Hector Pineda

Will Rogan

Cynthia Rojas

Rocio Santillana

Christian Spruell

Steven Starfas

Keith Tallett

Rafael Vieira

Benji Whalen

Mark Wilson