Josie and I represented the Black Rock Arts Foundation at the Burning Man Open House this year. It was an opportunity to talk to folks about what BRAF does and how we do it, and we got to meet some of our favorite volunteers. A little chai, a little chat, it was great. Thanks to all of you that came…Keep reading >>

“Passage”, mother and child sculptures by artists Dan Das Mann and Karen Cusolito, have been gracing Pier 14 on the Embarcadero in San Francisco for 18 months. Passage created a lot of controversy. San Francisco Mayor, Gavin Newsom once said “Short-term public art projects can invigorate our public spaces with artworks that may be bolder, provocative and more topical than…Keep reading >>

The Dreamer came to San Francisco in the Spring and Summer of 2007. In the bottom photo, Bay to Breakers, a San Francisco foot race, rushes by ‘The Dreamer’ in Golden Gate Park.The Black Rock Arts Foundation’s Civic Arts Program organized this temporary exhibition and the project was supported by The James Irvine Foundation. affinity photo: Brad Immanuel 2007, all…Keep reading >>

So my friend Janet and I went on a tour of San Francisco parks, Park(ing) Day parks that is. Parks filled with golfing, hair cutting, chill spots, interactive art projects, knitting…a plethora of amusements, parks that will soon be back to being parking spaces. In the photo above, REBAR, an artist’s collective and recipients of a grant through BRAF’s Grants-to-Artists…Keep reading >>

Last June, I called my friend Playa Jewel and said, “whatchadoin? Let’s go on an art adventure.” I had been putting together some photos for the Black Rock Arts Foundation so we started at the Panhandle Bandshell in San Francisco, and is it ever gorgeous? http://www.panhandlebandshell.com/ The Panhandle Bandshell is a full-scale performance stage constructed almost entirely out of reclaimed…Keep reading >>

Yes! Stan did come to VMD Park and was there from June 2006 until April 2007. And to learn more about Finley Fryer: http://www.snowcrest.net/finleyfryer/ affinity photos: Chuck Revell