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Enjoy this digital journey through our history with the launch of our first online archive. Please reach out if you have intel to share that can help us build this archive!
Public Art
MOURNING IS AN ACT OF LOVE
SF Urban Film Fest
February 12—May 10, 2021
Films, photos, and participatory art ask us to reconsider memorials making, and reimagine how we build public experiences that are rooted in our histories, acknowledge our grief, and use love to inspire us to work together for our collective future.
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Public Art
The Monument as Living Memory
A Collective Architectural Intervention led by Caleb Duarte
October 12, 2020–April 18, 2022
This work illustrates the closure, dismantling, and restructuring of institutions, the toppling of monuments, and the uprising of a palpable collective spirit across our country.
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Public Art
Tosha Stimage: Infinite center, infinite sun
The Lawn Art Project
September 25 – October 25, 2020
The first of a series of installations for the public to take part in, curated by YBCA for the Lawn Art Project.
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Public Art
WE ARE THE ASTEROID III
Justin Brice Guariglia
December 9, 2019–April 30, 2020
Guariglia’s solar-powered LED highway message board draws audiences into lively discussions about the climate crisis.
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Public Art
Andrea Bowers: Climate Change is Real
September 7–18, 2018
A public art project commissioned for the Global Climate Action Summit.
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Public Art
Abeyance (Draves y Robles y Vargas)
Jerome Reyes
June 21, 2017-June 21, 2021
Abeyance honors three Bay Area natives by sharing their stories of migration, displacement, and resilience.
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Performances
Last Blue Couch in the Sky
Kim Epifano presented by YBCA
June 2–4, 2017
Featuring site-specific dance and performance happenings in the street, on fire escapes, and throughout public space.
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