500 Capp Street’s mission is to encourage artistic experimentation, support new modes of living, and build community. 500 Capp Street holds the legacy of artist-driven spaces and Bay Area conceptualism through process-oriented and provocative arts programming.
Located in San Francisco’s Mission District, 500 Capp Street is a physical location rooted in conceptual art that was David Ireland’s home and artist studio and is also called The David Ireland House. It is a 360-degree portrait of one of the West Coast’s most important practitioners of conceptual and installation art and a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Foundation conducts artist-led public tours, presents a dynamic program of exhibitions and public events, maintains a permanent archive of the artist’s extant body of work, and hosts visiting artists locally and from around the world.