The Clown Conservatory exists as part of San Francisco CIRCUS CENTER, a not-for-profit circus organization, and offers the only comprehensive professional training in circus clowning in North America.

San Francisco CIRCUS CENTER was created in July 2001, after the San Francisco School of Circus Arts had acquired the New Pickle Circus, two names that embody a rich and much older history. The San Francisco School of Circus Arts was founded by Wendy Parkman and Judy Finelli in 1984, as a project of the Pickle Family Circus, which in turn, was founded ten years earlier by Larry Pisoni and Peggy Snider.

Today,  San Francisco CIRCUS CENTER offers training for adults and children in recreational, pre-professional and professional circus arts, and live circus performances through the New Pickle Circus and the San Francisco Youth Circus.

For more information, visit www.CircusCenter.org