February 14, 2011 – 11:48 pm
Francisco Aquino talking with youth at his mural. Photo by Michele Kraus.
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StreetSmARTS is a partnership between the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Department of Public Works that connects established urban artists with private property owners to create vibrant murals and make the property less likely to be vandalized. Since the program launched in 2010, the mural sites have seen a dramatic decrease in tagging. Listen to this podcast to learn about the program and hear an artist profile on StreetSmARTS artist Francisco Aquino, who started doing graffiti in the early days of hip-hop.
Special thanks to Paper Son for allowing us use of his re-mix, “Old Man Raps.”
September 13, 2010 – 9:24 am
Western Addition Sunday Streets, September 19
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.
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Also tagged Art in Storefronts, Charles Phan, Cynthia Tom, David Chiu, Diskarte Namin, Four Seas, Gavin Newsom, Hui-Ying Tsai, Leland Wong, Niana Liu, Robert Minervini, San Francisco Pacific Chinese Folk Music Group, Slanted Door, Vital Tealeaf, Xueman Jiang, Yumei Hou, Z&Y
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January 7, 2010 – 11:30 am
StreetSmARTS connects established urban artists, or “writers”, with private property owners to create vibrant murals.
October 14, 2009 – 2:03 pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appointed San Francisco’s own Arts Commissioner Lorraine García-Nakata and Director of Cultural Affairs Luis R. Cancel to serve on the commission.
