The San Francisco Neighborhood Arts Program (NAP) shifted the focus of the arts community to neighborhood community centers that reflected the cultural identities of the communities who lived there. Materials include correspondence, files on community centers, flyers, booklets, events planning, materials relating to NAP, clippings, directories, photographs and photographic slides.

The San Francisco Neighborhood Arts Program (NAP) was established and funded by the Arts Commission in July 1967 with substantial support from Commission president Harold Zellerbach. The NAP shifted the focus of the arts community to neighborhood community centers that reflected the cultural identities of the communities who lived there. It was the first community program of its kind and its influence quickly inspired many cities throughout the country to follow the same model.

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