An integral member of the San Francisco art community for over 50 years, fine artist Thomasina DeMaio (she/her) arrived in North Beach in 1973, attending San Francisco Art Institute in 1979 and earning both a BFA and MFA in painting. DeMaio founded Art Saves Lives in 2004, contributing to San Francisco’s creative climate by showcasing over 450 events to date. Key accomplishments include offering programming for the women inmates of San Bruno prison from 1981-1982 in collaboration with former Intersection for the Arts Executive Director Randy Rollinson, receiving a 2nd place award in SF Art Fest 1983, hosting over 250 online gatherings in 2020 – bringing together a global network of artists during the pandemic timeline, as well as the De Young Museum displaying her 2020 work of the late George Floyd in the same year. DeMaio’s work through Art Saves Lives has been recognized with a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from Russian River Chamber of Commerce (1996), Sonoma County Special Project Award (1996), SF Beautiful (2000), and was awarded a Women’s History Month Certificate of Honor by the city and county of San Francisco Board of Supervisors in March 2022.
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