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JD Beltran

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Co-Founder, Former Co-Executive Director at Art + Water
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

JD Beltran is an award-winning artist, policymaker, and educator at the intersection of art and public service. She founded the Center for Creative Sustainability, co-founded the Art + Water residency with author Dave Eggers, and served as President of the SF Arts Commission. She holds degrees in both Law and Fine Arts.

Her personal and professional life is deeply rooted in the Bay Area arts community. She is a practicing artist and filmmaker whose work has been exhibited globally. Beltran actively champions local organizations, recently being honored as the 2025 Arts Champion by Root Division and participating in events with SFMOMA and Litquake.

She designed the very first logo for San Franciscos renowned Litquake literary festival.

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Current Role
Co-Founder, Former Co-Executive Director
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Priorities

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Creative Sustainability
As Founder of the Center for Creative Sustainability, she focuses on projects and legislation that support the creative economy through an environmental lens.
Public Art Policy
Served for over a decade on the San Francisco Arts Commission, including as its President, shaping the city's cultural and public art landscape.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Co-Founder, Former Co-Executive Director
Art + Water
6-2022
Adjunct Faculty
San Francisco State University
12-2021
Professor
Stanford University
9-2020 - 9-2022
Board of Trustees
San Francisco Girls Chorus
10-2019
Director & Founder of the Center for Creative Sustainability
Center for Creative Sustainability
In the press

Media appearances

The Story of Art + Water. Featured in McSweeney's Internet Tendency
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Education
8-1996 - 6-1998
Master of Fine Arts - MFA
San Francisco Art Institute
Doctor of Law - JD
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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