Presentation and a panel discussion exploring how artists and institutions are evolving archives to make room for more stories, more histories and more truths. Presentations will include projects that reimagine engagement with public spaces and public knowledge, and memory work practices for preserving and passing down culture.
This program is the final installment of the Power & Public Memory: Shaping Legacy Program Series, which uplifts community stories and artists’ proposals for reimagined commemorative landscapes and inclusive spaces of public memory.
This program is the final installment of the Power & Public Memory: Shaping Legacy Program Series, which uplifts community stories and artists’ proposals for reimagined commemorative landscapes and inclusive spaces of public memory. The series ran July through November, with programs on the first Wednesday of each month.
Shaping Legacy is a multi-year commitment to critically examine the monuments and memorials in San Francisco’s Civic Art Collection. The project will engage communities that have historically been excluded from discussions, produce an Audit report, create opportunities for artist-led activations in public space and support temporary installations that reimagine future monuments and memorials in our city.
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is the City agency that champions the arts as essential to daily life by investing in a vibrant arts community, enlivening the urban environment and shaping innovative cultural policy. SFAC programs include: Civic Art Collection, Civic Design Review, Community Investments, Public Art, SFAC Galleries and Art Vendor Licensing.
Banner image credits: Into the Light by Evans & James, Portrait of a Phenomenal Woman by Lava Thomas, Embassy of the Refugee by Caleb Duarte, and atemtuhe by Belen Islas
Art, Architecture & Photography
Learn from world-class designers, artists and experts in their fields.
Native American and Indigenous Heritage Interest
Connect to engaging discussions and performances related to Indigenous Peoples.
Join the Library's celebration honoring the voices of Indigenous and native peoples with programs and workshops, book recommendations and more.
BIPOC Interest
Attend programming, lectures and workshops intended for the BIPOC community.