Yearly Archives: 2010

Culture Wire: Lights on Market Street

Check out the latest Culture Wire featuring interviews with Jim Campbell and Theo Watson, two artists of Lights on Market Street, three site-specific installations along the Central Market corridor. Lights on Market Street is part of Arts Commission’s The ARTery Project, an exciting series of art events, fairs, installations, and performances taking place along Market Street between UN Plaza and 6th Street. For more information about The ARTery Project, visit http://www.sfartscommission.org/artery/.

Culture Wire: Museum of Craft and Folk Art

The ARTery Project: Three Art Installations Light Up Market Street

On December 9, 2010 at 5:00 p.m., Director Luis R. Cancel along with other city officials and members of the community will gather in front of the A.C.T building located at 1119 Market Street, across the street from United Nations Plaza, to turn on three site-specific art installations in the Central Market corridor. Created by three internationally-recognized light artists, the Lights on Market Street installations are part of The ARTery Project, an initiative funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) aimed at revitalizing the Central Market commercial corridor into a nationally-celebrated cultural destination.

CALENDAR: Community Art Celebration on Market Street

The ARTery Project kicks off its exciting series of events with the debut of three site-specific light installations by artists Jim Campbell, Theodore Watson and Paul Notzold and two art openings at The Luggage Store and Hospitality House.

Culture Wire: The Art of Laguna Honda