Further is the first-ever Triennial in Northern California, bringing together approximately 100 nonprofit visual arts organizations from across the Greater Bay Area. Running from March 10 to June 10, 2027, the inaugural edition, Around Here, unites large-scale institutions and independent art spaces for a season of exhibitions about the region’s artistic past and present, spotlighting local icons and surfacing little-known histories. Further Triennial: Around Here is anchored in a sense of place and propelled by curiosity, inviting audiences to journey across the region and encounter new dimensions of Northern California’s creative life.
The Triennial’s name pays quiet tribute to the bus that San Francisco’s Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters drove across the country, pollinating the United States with the spirit of counterculture. It also exemplifies a broader attitude that is nurtured by our artists. Northern California is a place where unorthodox thinking, offbeat creativity, and unconventional identities seek new horizons. Many artists have journeyed westward until they hit the Pacific, but this did not stop them from advancing, through art, still further. By way of metaphysical growth, political transformation, artistic innovation, or self-creation, artists in Northern California push toward the unknown and unrealized.