Cease Fire in the Mission Mural, 2019. Photo by Tony Lee

 
 

About 

 
 

Anna Lisa Escobedo is a visual artist, artivist, event producer, cultural worker, and networker. Born and raised in Central Los Angeles, CA., she moved to San Francisco in 2008 to go to school. She is first generation in her family to graduate from college.

She has worked on numerous art projects and for community-based organizations in the San Francisco (SF) Bay Area. Her work encompasses a range of visual, literary, and multicultural art projects, including: the mural restoration of The Women’s Building “Maestrapeace” mural with the non-profit organization, Precita Eyes Muralists. In 2017, she established a poetry series to activate the Mission Public Library on behalf of Friends of the SF Library with SF Poet Laureate, Kim Shuck; writer and editor, Denise Sullivan along with many other womxn poets. As an artist, she has installed artworks at District 9 office in SF City Hall, SomArts, and Alcatraz Prison. In 2019, installed a piece in the lobby of the SF Symphony that honored black and brown lives lost due to inner city life and ongoing police brutality.

In 2014, she helped found Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. She served as a board member for the non-profit and chaired the Cultural Arts and Assets Committee. She worked closely with various art-based non-profit organizations in the Mission District of San Francisco including CARNAVAL San Francisco, Brava Theatre, Acción Latina, SF Latino Film Festival and many art businesses.

Anna Lisa Escobedo wears multiple hats to make an event, program or gathering an experience with purpose. She works towards creating space that calls for inclusivity, safe, exciting and critical. She is a visual artist, artivist, event producer, cultural worker, and networker.

Anna Lisa Escobedo perseveres to make art and culture accessible, sociable and part of everyone’s livelihood. To continue the vibrance of the Bay Area.

 

Skills

  • Bilingual (Spanish)

  • Event and Program Management

  • Facilitating Collaboration

  • Historian

  • Interpersonal

  • Leadership

  • Public Speaking

  • Visual painting and drawing

  • Tech Savvy

  • Solution Driven

  • And a trucha chigona who hustles hard

Projects

  • In-Kind Donations and Planner For The Culture: A Black Women Holiday Market

  • Coordinator for YBCA100 Summit

  • Assistant Producer for SF Latino Film Festival

  • Muralist for Alta Al Fuego En La Mision

  • Event and Activity Producer for Donor and Member Event at SFMoMA

  • Grant Reviewer for SF Art Commission

  • Advocate for Prop E: Art for All

  • Panelist for PastForward: National Preservation Conference. National Trust for Historic Preservation

Education

  • Bachelor of Art in Latina/o Studies

  • Bachelor of Art in Art: Studio Painting and Art History

  • Graduate Certificate in Museology

  • Masters In Business Administration

Fellow and other accomplishments

  • Art Accelerator Fellow at Intersection for the Arts

  • Leadership Institute Fellow at National Association of Latino Arts & Culture