Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | 11,164 followers on LinkedIn. Open Wed.-Sun. from 11a-5 pm. Free admission every Wednesday. "The Prince of Homburg" now on view. | Opened to the public in 1993, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is San Francisco’s center for art and progress. We believe that artists, creative workers, and culture-bearers are uniquely equipped to interrogate our world’s hardest challenges by bringing storytelling, curiosity, and creativity together with social, racial, and economic justice. Mission: To be a gathering space for creative expression that fosters meaningful connection for all.