Now in its second year, Art in Storefronts (AIS) returns to Central Market with six storefront installations and five murals. The latest in The ARTery Project’s efforts to revitalize a once-vibrant commercial corridor, the program temporarily places original art installations by San Francisco artists in vacant and under-used storefront windows and exterior walls.
February 8, 2011 – 6:54 pm
Artists interested in applying for Art in Storefronts may download the guidelines and application from the Arts Commission’s website at http://www.sfartscommission.org. An application workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the luggage store, an Art in Storefronts community partner, located at 1007 Market Street. The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 7 at 5:00 p.m.
SF Receives National Endowment for the Arts Mayors’ Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative Grant
Join Art in Storefronts artists and property owners to learn about the Lion’s Den and the heyday of Wentworth Alley captured in Robert Minervini’s mural. Hear about the hungry visitors who try to enter Niana Liu’s faux-restaurant installation and how local merchants have embraced her. And find out how Leland Wong photographed 100 children in less than one month.
The fourth installment of the Art in Storefronts pilot program will launch in Wentworth Alley in Chinatown with a lively community event on Friday, June 11 from 5-7 p.m. The community celebration features live music by two groups: Diskarte Namin and the San Francisco Pacific Chinese Folk Music Group, and refreshments provided by local restaurants Z&Y, Four Seas, and Charles Phan of the Slanted Door (who grew up in Chinatown), as well as tea tasting provided by Vital Tealeaf.
Posted in News & Events, Press Releases
|
Also tagged Charles Phan, Cynthia Tom, David Chiu, Diskarte Namin, Four Seas, Gavin Newsom, Hui-Ying Tsai, Leland Wong, Luis Cancel, Niana Liu, Robert Minervini, San Francisco Pacific Chinese Folk Music Group, Slanted Door, Vital Tealeaf, Xueman Jiang, Yumei Hou, Z&Y
|
