by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2014
Ceramic artist Ruth O’Day collaborated with East Bay Habitat for Humanity, and with residents, students, and community organizations in the Sobrante Park area of East Oakland to reclaim a neglected, dangerous park through a public art project. The project sought to...
by Frances Phillips | May 16, 2014
Artists Amy Balkin, Kim Stringfellow, Tim Halbur, and two nonprofit organizations–Pond: art, activism & ideas, and Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice–created Invisible 5, an audio tour between San Francisco and Los Angeles, via...
by Frances Phillips | May 9, 2014
San Francisco, identified as a sanctuary city for immigrants, saw increasing numbers of federal immigration raids after September 11, 2001, which lead to growing fear and paranoia among both legal residents and undocumented immigrants. Sanctuary City/Ciudad...
by Frances Phillips | Apr 28, 2014
Collaborating with teenage artists and Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Seyed Alavi created a series of 24 temporary text murals in the form of comic book thought balloons. Participating youth were part of the Precita Eyes Urban Youth Arts Program. Estria, a...
by Frances Phillips | Apr 18, 2014
Visual artist Ann Chamberlain collaborated with the patients, families, and staff of the Comprehensive Cancer Center (now The Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center) at the University of California, San Francisco/Mount Zion Medical Center to create a beautiful,...
