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The Mission

Lower 24th Street in the Mission

September 8, 2009

Lower 24th Street is in the center of San Francisco’s eclectic and predominantly Hispanic Mission District. It runs along a tree-lined street known as “The Heart of the Mission.”

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3135 24th Street – Kelly Ording & Jetro Martinez

The artists have transformed a vacant storefront into a free fortune-telling business. Cards left outside the storefront instruct passersby to ask “Ms. Teriosa” a question about their future and deposit the card inside a mailbox slot. One week later, the questions are answered and displayed in the window.

2782 24th Street – Tahiti Pehrson

Intricately hand-cut paper works fill the storefront, creating shadow play throughout the day. The imagery celebrates street scenes while conveying a sense of levity and dream-like quality.

2929 24th Street – Abner Nolan

Nolan has created a highly polished display space for curating everyday materials and objects collected in and around the immediate neighborhood. Using strategies of both museology and retail marketing, the Museum creates a public space for otherwise functional, personal or disregarded objects.