[6] It is estimated that Kala Art Institute serves between 25,000 and 35,000 people a year.

[7][8] Kala Art Institute was founded as an international and community arts space in 1974, by printmakers Archana Horsting [Wikidata] and Yuzo Nakano [Wikidata].

[2][5][9] Horsting and Nakano met while studying at Atelier 17, under Krishna Reddy and Stanley William Hayter.

[10] The first facility for Kala started on Wilmot Street in Japantown, San Francisco; with a single etching press with a hot plate.

[7] Artists associated with Kala Art Institute have included Squeak Carnwath,[5] Roy De Forest,[5] Margaret Herscher,[12] Jessica Dunne,[5] Bella Feldman,[5] Barbara Foster,[5] Sonya Rapoport,[5] Peter Voulkos,[5] and William T.