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Past Exhibitions 2012

Jewett Gallery and Skylight Gallery

Image from exhibitionDraw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration

September 15 - December 2, 2012, Main Library, Skylight Gallery Exhibit Area

Image from exhibitionBorn Among Mirrors: Lebanon 50 Years After

August 25 - November 4, 2012, Main Library, Jewett Gallery

Image from exhibitionBook Selections from the Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering

July 20 - August 26, 2012, Main Library, Skylight Gallery

Image from exhibitionKalligraphia 13

June 16 - August 26, 2012, Main Library, Skylight Gallery Exhibit Area

Image from exhibitionRadically Gay: The Life of Harry Hay

April 21 - July 29, 2012, Main Library, Jewett Gallery

Image from exhibitionInnocents Abroad
Travels With the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor

April 1 - May 31, 2012, Main Library, Skylight Gallery

Image from exhibitionThe Magic City -
Treasures from San Francisco’s Golden Gate International Exposition 1939-1940

March 24 - June 3, 2012, Main Library, Skylight Gallery Exhibit Area

Image from exhibitionAcknowledged
Portraits by Joe Ramos for Project Homeless Connect

January 28 - March 25, 2012, Main Library, Jewett Gallery

Image from exhibitionBiblioTech
Juried artists' book exhibition from the College Book Art Association

January 5 - March 11, 2012, Main Library, Skylight Gallery

Image from exhibitionMusic for a City, Music for the World:
100 Years with the San Francisco Symphony

September 8 - January 9, 2012, Main Library, Jewett Gallery

Other Exhibition Areas in the Library

Image from exhibitionNot So Little Red Riding Hood
An art exhibit by San Francisco artist Jane R. Willson

Jane R. Willson's "Not So Little Red Riding Hood" -- a pop-up journey through art tracing the roots of one of the world's most enduring folktales.

October 1 - December 31, 2012, Main Library, Children's Center Exhibit Space

Image from exhibitionDe'VIA
Linocuts by Deaf Artist David Call

October 1 - November 30, 2012, Main Library, Deaf Services Center

Image from exhibitionAfroCuba and Secrets Under the Skin

September 22 - December 6, 2012, Main Library, International Center

Image from exhibitionStreet Food: 1906 Earthquake Kitchens

September 8 - November 1, 2012, Main Library, Larkin Street Bridge

Image from exhibitionNovember 4, 2008 Voting Series

August 18 - November 8, 2012, Main Library, Government Information Center

Image from exhibitionRace: Art Before Answers
AfroSolo Arts Festival 19

August 15 - October 18, 2012, Main Library, African American Center

Image from exhibitionThe Plastic in Question

July 21 - October 11, 2012, Main Library, Environmental Center

Image from exhibitionStern Grove Festival:
Celebrating 75 Years in Concert with Nature

July 14 - September 27, 2012, Main Library, Music Center

Image from exhibitionA View of the Farm

July 1 - August 16, 2012, Main Library, Chinese Center

Image from exhibitionThe Eruption of the Century

June 30 - September 6, 2012, Main Library, International Center

Image from exhibitionTreasured Cigar Box
Assemblage Explorations of the African Diaspora

June 23 - August 2, 2012, Main Library, African American Center

Image from exhibition Out at the Library:
Celebrating the James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center

June 1 - July 12, 2012, Main Library, Larkin Street Bridge

Image from exhibitionSan Francisco History Comes to Life:
Presenting original artwork from Milly Lee's "Landed" and "Nim and the War Effort."

June 1 - August 31, 2012, Main Library, Children's Center Exhibit Space

Image from exhibitionRoyal Families of the Americas

May 12 - September 20, 2012, Eureka Valley, Eureka Valley General Floor Area

Image from exhibitionContemporary Japanese Crafts

May 12 - June 19, 2012, Main Library, International Center

Image from exhibitionInternational Orange: The Bridge Re-Imagined

April 30 - May 31, 2012, Anza, Anza General Floor Area

Image from exhibitionTopaz: Artists in Internment

April 28 - June 24, 2012, Main Library, Art, Music & Recreation Center

Image from exhibitionBlack Is Me:
African American Female Poets Speaks

April 21 - June 7, 2012, Main Library, African American Center

Image from exhibitionBridging Minds: San Francisco Reads, 1933-1937

Exhibit of books locals were reading during the Golden Gate Bridge construction. California authors of the period, and the printers, booksellers, and libraries that made them available.

April 14 - July 14, 2012, Main Library, San Francisco History Center

Image from exhibitionMaking Tracks--Don't Forget to Write
Selected Travel Books

April 1 - May 31, 2012, Main Library, General Collections

Image from exhibitionFrom Sketch to Book

April 1 - May 31, 2012, Main Library, Children's Center Exhibit Space

Image from exhibitionWhy Taiwan Matters-
the island’s soft power in the world

February 25 - May 24, 2012, Main Library, Chinese Center

Image from exhibitionThey Were First:
African Americans in Sports

February 18 - April 12, 2012, Main Library, African American Center

Image from exhibitionConceptual Elegance
the Art of Jason Munn

poster art display

February 11 - March 31, 2012, Main Library, Art, Music & Recreation Center

Image from exhibitionPut a Librarian on It

February 1 - April 19, 2012, Main Library, Library Café Display Case

Image from exhibitionAuthor, Author
photographs by Michael Childers

Photos by Michael Childers

January 21 - March 22, 2012, Main Library, General Collections

Image from exhibitionBook Arts: Selections from the Grabhorn Collection
The Robert Grabhorn Collection on the History of Printing and the Development of the Book

January 5 - March 11, 2012, Main Library, San Francisco History Center

Image from exhibitionI Am America:
Black Genealogy Through the Eye of An Artist

November 5 - February 2, 2012, Main Library, African American Center

Image from exhibitionAdapt!
Climate Change Hits Home

November 1 - August 2, 2012, Main Library, Government Information Center

Image from exhibitionSun Yat-sen: His Life and Legacy

October 11 - January 12, 2012, Main Library, Chinese Center

Image from exhibitionHigh Volume
Rock Art From The Chuck Sperry Archive and Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series

October 7 - January 6, 2012, Main Library, Art, Music & Recreation Center

Image from exhibitionThe San Francisco Symphony in the Library’s Collections

September 8 - January 9, 2012, Main Library, Music Center

Image from exhibitionSan Francisco Symphony
Concerts for Kids

San Francisco Symphony - Concerts for Kids

September 8 - January 9, 2012, Main Library, Children's Center Exhibit Space