Margaret Crane taught at the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1990s. Presently, as a freelance writer, she explores intersections of art, activism, and education. She is the principal of Margaret Crane Communications.
Essay 
The Rise, Fall, and Reinvention of The San Francisco Art Institute by Margaret Crane
When you step into the space housing SFAI’s archive, the first thing you see is a wall displaying a selection of artifacts and photos. Among them are a massive wooden sign for the California School of Fine Arts; a photograph of the school’s first location in the Mark Hopkins Mansion on Nob Hill; a large-scale photo of a life drawing class taught by Richard Diebenkorn in 1948; a Spanish tile from the courtyard fountain; and scrawled on a tattered placard, "Give SFAI To The Students."