San Francisco Neon is a tiny not-for-profit organization that advocates for the artistic legacy of historic neon signs: an enduring archive of design, craft, community, and city history. SF Neon advocates for preserving historic neon signs with tours, talks, events, consultations, and design. Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan are the founders of SF Neon and producers of Neon Speaks, an annual international festival and symposium that celebrates the past and future of neon. Our fiscal sponsor is the Tenderloin Museum in San Francisco.

Contact us at sfneonbook@gmail.com for neon consultations, talks, tours, prints, and events.

SF Neon founders and Neon Speaks producers:

Al Barna is a San Francisco photographer and artist whose work has been shown in exhibitions at the de Young Museum, the Legion of Honor Museum, the Rayko Gallery, the San Francisco Public Library, and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery. His photography has been published in CA Modern magazine, Society of Commercial Archeology Journal, The Sun magazine, and Shots magazine. www.albarna.com

Randall Ann Homan began her interest in the art of signage as an apprentice sign painter in Flagstaff, Arizona. She lives in San Francisco and is an art director, photographer, and an award-winning graphic designer. Dream job is to design neon signs. www.giantorange.net

Al and Randall Ann are the authors and photographers of San Francisco Neon: Survivors and Lost Icons (2014), Neon Icons (2015) and Saving Neon (2022). All titles published by the SF Neon imprint: Giant Orange Press, San Francisco.

Foreword and Afterword authors of San Francisco Neon: Survivors and Lost Icons: 

Tom Downs is the author of Walking San Francisco (Wilderness Press) and an award-winning edition of Lonely Planet’s New Orleans, along with many other books and articles having to do with places, built environments, culture, and history.

Eric Lynxwiler serves as the Museum of Neon Art (MONA) Board President in Glendale, CA. He is an active lecturer on neon signs and is the long-time host of MONA’s ever-popular Neon Cruises in Los Angeles He has saved numerous neon signs from the dust bin.