Come see the proposals for the new public artwork and give us your feedback!

Four artists— Michael Arcega, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Brian Goggin and Misako Inaoka —were selected by the Valencia Streetscape Artist Selection Panel to create proposals for a new public art project, which will be on Valencia Street as part of the Department of Public Works (DPW) streetscape improvements project.

The proposals will be on view Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 14 in the lobby of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, located at 2868 Mission Street.

Hours: Monday, 5:00-9:00 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday, 3 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00- a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Community members are encouraged to view the proposals and to provide feedback by completing a community response form located in the Public Art Binder that is at the Center. The binder also contains biographical information about each of the artists.

Proposals can also be viewed and downloaded here: ValenciaArtistsProposal_En_web

For a Spanish translation of the proposals click here: ValenciaArtistsProposal_Sn_web

Click here for CommentForms

Public comments may be emailed to mary.chou@sfgov.org or mailed to: Mary Chou, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94102 by September 14th at 5 pm. Please briefly describe your opinions about the strengths of each artist’s preliminary design approach and its appropriateness for the Valencia Streetscape.

Overview of Artist Selection Process
The Arts Commission is working with members of the community and staff from the Recreation and Park Department and the Department of Public Works to commission a public artwork for the Valencia Streetscape upgrade. As part of the process, the Arts Commission convened a Valencia Streetscape Artist Selection Panel that includes two community representatives, Clare Hyland and Elizabeth Aife Murray; arts professionals Carolina Ponce De Leon, Galeria de la Raza, and Kevin B. Chen, Intersection for the Arts; and Department of Public Works Landscape Architect, John Dennis.

The Valencia Streetscape Artist Selection Panel selected four finalists to prepare artwork proposals for the upgraded section of Valencia Street. The four finalists are Michael Arcega, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Brian Goggin, and Misako Inaoka. After an orientation meeting, each of the artists spent six weeks developing their proposals, which are on view from September 4 to September 14 at the Mission Cultural Center and on the Arts Commission website for public comment.

At the Selection Panel’s final meeting scheduled for September 16th at 9 am, the panelists will interview each of the four finalists, discuss their proposals, and then decide which artist to recommend to the Arts Commission for final approval. The Selection Panel will receive all written public comments from the proposal exhibition prior to this final meeting.

The final Selection Panel meeting will take place at 25 Van Ness, Suite 70. Only one artist will be selected to create his or her proposed artwork for Valencia Street. All artist selection panel meetings are open to the public.