Public Art

UNDO MEN

Sanctuary City Project

2023–ongoing

This work shines light on the power of the student-led pro-immigrant movement while examining the impact of policies on the lives of the undocumented community.

Public Art

Audio Archive Booth

Sholeh Asgary

2023

Engage with artist Sholeh Asgary’s Audio Archive Booth to record stories, reflections, experiences, hopes, dreams, pasts, and futures of the Iranian diaspora.

Public Art

Insufficient Memory

Sean Fader

2019–2023

An interactive Google Earth map which allows you to engage with a digital memorial to LGBTQ+ lives.

Public Art

Tend Your Orchard

Cece Carpio and Miguel “Bounce” Perez of Trust Your Struggle

2021–2023

A new mural on YBCA’s glass passageway in collaboration with SOMA Pilipinas.

Public Art

WANDERLUST, A Joyful Noise

June Grant

2022–2023

A public artwork featuring colorful expressions that call attention to locations typically taken for granted.

Public Art

Now We Are Here

Fredericko Alvarado

July 15, 2021–September 11, 2022

A site-specific mural in YBCA’s Grand Lobby inspired by the Wiphala flag.

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.

Exhibitions

AFTER LIFE (we survive)

Presented by YBCA

November 9, 2020–February 7, 2021

A new multimedia public art experience that brings artists together to explore speculative and real modes of survival.

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.

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.

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.

Public Art

Andrea Bowers: Climate Change is Real

September 7–18, 2018

A public art project commissioned for the Global Climate Action Summit.

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.

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.