"[3] Significant artists exhibiting at the Sanchez, many early in their careers, include: Enrique Chagoya, Gerald Clarke, Binh Danh, Robert Hudson, Theodora Varnay Jones, Hung Liu, Bernie Lubell & Michael C. McMillen, John Mattos, Nathan Oliveira, Maria Porges, Mel Ramos, Ward Schumaker, João De Brito, M. Louise Stanley, Inez Storer, Ann Weber, and Wanxin Zhang.

These currently include The Left Coast Annual, which artistic director Jerry Barrish says has close to a thousand submissions for an exhibition with about 70 spots[3] and 50/50.

[7] Notable arts professionals curating exhibitions for the Sanchez Art Center include: René de Guzman; Jack Fischer, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco; Betti-Sue Hertz, Director of Visual Arts at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; Susan Hillhouse, Curator, Triton Museum; Karen Kienzle, Curator, de Saisset Museum; Philip Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum of California; Maria Medua, Director, SFMOMA Artists Gallery; JoAnne Northrup, Katie and Drew Gibson Chief Curator, San Jose Museum of Art; Jack Rasmussen, Executive Director, di Rosa Preserve; Larry Rinder, Director and Chief Curator of the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Jan Rindfleisch, Director Emeritus, Euphrat Museum of Art; Patricia Rodriguez, Gallery Director and Curator at the Mission Cultural Center; Peter Selz, founding director of the Berkeley Art Museum; Don Soker, Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco; and Karen Tsujimoto, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum of California.

The 2010 and 2011 Rydell Fellowship award winners were: Andrea Borsuk, Tim Craighead, Victoria May, and Andy Ruble.

[13][14] The Sanchez Art Center achieved a San Mateo County Office of Sustainability Community Resilience Grant for See Change, Creating space for fear free conversation about sea level rise, a series of community engagement projects and exhibitions scheduled for early 2021.

[20] The Pacifica Center for the Arts at 1220 Linda Mar Blvd, were former Sanchez Elementary School[21] buildings,[22] scheduled for demolition,[23] near Sánchez Adobe Park.