As a child growing up in the Richmond District, Walden Wong spent his days biking around the neighborhood and meeting kids at the Cabrillo Playground on 38th Avenue for baseball and football games.
If you spend time around Golden Gate Park’s Conservatory of Flowers on sunny weekends, there is a good chance you might have met Sunset resident Sage Kitamorn. If his name does not ring a bell, you might identify him as the man in a crocheted bear hat handing out his puzzle sheets and “Cozy Cubs Puzzle Club” branded pens.
Poet and visual artist Andrew Hoyem is no stranger to artistic communities in San Francisco.
Two pieces of art at the Sunset Dunes on the Upper Great Highway were vandalized early June 14, according to The Friends of Sunset Dunes.
Calling someone an “icon” is often an overused sentiment. However, when it comes to the late multi-hyphenate Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), the moniker is appropriate, especially in San Francisco, where he thrived artistically and socially since his arrival in 1951.
Last month, author Eddie Ahn appeared before a standing-room-only audience at the Richmond Branch of the San Francisco Public Library to discuss his new book, “Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice.”
Chances are high that Richmond residents have seen the fruits of Harry Nordlinger’s labor. The Outer Richmond-based artist has worked as the Balboa Theater’s sole film projectionist since 2022, and he draws many of the flyers and posters for its screenings. Recently, he produced a poster promoting the theater’s upcoming 16-millimeter film screening of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” scheduled for June 3 and 4.
The workday is over and a painting crew is dismantling scaffolding in front of a multi-unit stucco building at 43rd Avenue and Judah Street. They might not notice a collection of seven modern, miminalist sculptures sprinkled along the sidewalk across the street. The public art project by Jesse Schlesinger titled, “Pacific Transit,” includes three more pieces six blocks closer to the ocean, at the N-Judah streetcar turnaround.
“Big and Vast and Full of Wonders,” an art installation by students from the Inner Sunset’s Independence High School, now on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), introduces museum visitors to the world of some creative young people whose work has traditionally not been displayed in an art museum.
The 90-year-old Outer Richmond resident never set out to be an artist. Born and raised in San Diego in 1934, Hudson said he was not the typical well-behaved child. He described himself as a “pretty bad juvenile delinquent” during this early period of his life.
Watching the 28-minute, 10-screen film/art installation, “Lessons of the Hour,” by British artist/filmmaker Sir Issac Julien, is not as overwhelming as one might think. In fact, the flood of images, sounds and words dedicated to the life of writer, orator, philosopher and social justice activist Fredrick Douglass (1818-1895), a former slave, allows the viewer to absorb and interpret the immersive experience in their own way.
Watching the 28-minute, 10-screen film/art installation, “Lessons of the Hour,” by British artist/filmmaker Sir Issac Julien, is not as overwhelming as one might think. In fact, the flood of images, sounds and words, dedicated to the life of writer, orator, philosopher and social justice activist Fredrick Douglass (1818-1895), a former slave, allows the viewer to absorb and interpret the immersive experience in their own way.
The official count was 1,387 cakes (and at least that many participants) at the Cake Picnic on the morning of March 29, on the front lawn of the Legion of Honor Museum.
Art salons are nothing new. The tradition can be traced back to medieval Europe. Also, not new is the advancement of technology in art. Paint, brushes, musical instruments and devices for printing the written word were all advancements in human technology.
One of California’s most famous visual artists, Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021), is so much more than his iconic (and unironic) paintings of comforting confections. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) is about to prove that with a complex exhibition called, “Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art,” opening March 22 at the Legion of Honor.
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