{"id":2438,"date":"2026-02-24T14:39:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamasf.org\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:54:15","slug":"nominate-us-for-sfgates-best-of-bay-area-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamasf.org\/fr\/blog\/nominate-us-for-sfgates-best-of-bay-area-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominate us for SFGATE\u2019s Best of Bay Area 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominations are now open for SFGATE\u2019s Best of Bay Area Reader\u2019s Choice Contest for 2026!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SFGATE\u2019s Best of Bay Area recognizes the best local businesses by celebrating winners, featuring them in both print and digital channels, and promoting them on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the support of our loyal visitors and community members, the International Art Museum of America (IAMA) won SFGATE\u2019s Best Art Gallery in the Bay Area Award in 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, we are excited to invite you to nominate us for the following categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Best Museum<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Best Art Gallery<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Best Venue<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Best Family Amusement<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Best Wedding Venue<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Best Music Venue<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominations are open from February 17th at 2:00 PM to March 17th at 11:59 AM PST. Each person can nominate IAMA in the above six categories each day during the nomination round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we secure a spot in the top five of any of these categories, we will advance to the voting round, which will begin on April 14th at 2:00 PM and end on May 5th at 11:59 PM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/best\/vote\/#\/gallery?group=537783\">Click here to nominate us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As always, the IAMA team is very grateful for your support of our museum and mission! Our non-profit art museum is dedicated to highlighting both local and international artists, and we continue to support youth arts programming through our International Youth Art Contest, our Live Youth Art Competition, and our exhibitions featuring local youth artists and art studios. 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