April 1, 2010 - San Francisco, CA - Intersection for the Arts proudly announces Intersection's 45th Anniversary Gala - Celebrating 45 Years of Changemaking and Trailblazing! on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the historic San Francisco Chronicle Building at 901 Mission Street. This special event marks Intersection's illustrious 45th anniversary year with an inspirational evening celebrating the artists, community leaders,visionaries, changemakers, and trailblazers who are leading the way forward in our communities. The evening's highlights include Intersection's highly anticipated art auction featuring over 60 one-of-a-kind pieces by celebrated artists with highlights including: Binh Danh, Ala Ebtekar, Taraneh Hemami, Misako Inaoka and Andrew Schoultz. This year, Intersection also introduces the inaugural Intersection ChangeMaker Awards. These awards will honor emerging and established artists and organizations that inspire collaboration, experimentation and transformation in their communities. The evening will include performances, amazing food, and  lively bidding. 

Now in it's 45th year, Intersection continues to build upon its rich legacy in positioning arts and culture as necessary components for a robust civic life with its new gallery space Intersection at 5M, part of an innovative new cross sector project at the SF Chronicle Building in partnership with The Hub Bay Area, a coworking space, event series and business support tool for a global and local community of changemakers. With this anniversary gala, award and collaboration, Intersection continues to assert the role arts and culture can play in tackling the world's most pressing social, cultural and environmental challenges by placing art at the core of social change and community transformation. Proceeds from Intersection's 45th Anniversary Gala will help support Intersection's visual arts, theater, jazz, educational, and artists resources programming. The event will take place on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the SF Chronicle Building located at 901 Mission Street (at 5th Street), San Francisco, CA 94103. The gala begins at 7pm-10pm. A special VIP Members Preview reception will take place at 6pm-7pm on the same evening. Ticket information for Intersection's 45th Anniversary Gala - Celebrating 45 Years of Changemaking and Trailblazing! can be found at www.theintersection.org. For more information, please call 415-626-2787 x110. 

WHEN  
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 7pm
(VIP Members Preview Reception 6pm-7pm)

Auction items will be available for public viewing on www.theintersection.org beginning in June. Preview the amazing artwork up for auction and be the first to bid on your favorite pieces! Visit www.theintersection.org for more information and updates.

WHERE 
The San Francisco Chronicle Building, 901 Mission Street (at Fifth Street), San Francisco 

TICKETS (includes bid number for the auction, food and refreshments)
$60-$250 General Admission
** To inquire about sponsorship opportunities, email bea@theintersection.org

Advance tickets are encouraged and available online by visiting www.theintersection.org or by calling 415-626-2787 x110. Tickets will also be available at the door.

MORE INFORMATION
Please visit www.theintersection.org for updates on participating artists, links to view the artwork, and information about tickets and sponsorship opportunities.

Intersection for the Arts is San Francisco's oldest alternative non-profit art space (est. 1965) and has a long history of presenting new and experimental work in the fields of literature, theater, music and the visual arts, and also in nurturing and supporting the Bay Area's cultural community through service, technical support, and mentorship programs. Intersection provides a place where provocative ideas, diverse art forms, artists, and audiences can intersect one another. Intersection for the Arts has a rich history of investment in long term relationships developing, supporting and premiering works with artists throughout the years including Claudia Bernardi, Ala Ebtekar, Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Goode, Margo Hall, Rhodessa Jones, Marcus Shelby, Howard Wiley, and countless others. At Intersection for the Arts, experimentation and risk are possible, debate and critical inquiry are embraced, community is essential, resources and experience are democratized, and today's issues are thrashed about in the heat and immediacy of live art.

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Editor's Note: For high resolution images, please contact Kevin Chen at kevin@theintersection.org, 415-626-2787 x.106 or contact Sky Hornig at sky@theintersection.org, 415-626-2787 x.104.