SF History Expo

February 18, 2011

20 Great SF Neighborhood History Projects! The SF History Expo in the Old Mint showcased 20 San Francisco Neighborhood Projects. We got to meet San Franciscans working on the Bernal, Portrero and Visitacion Valley history projects. Foundsf was there, collecting oral histories and scanning visitors’ personal photographs for their website www.foundsf.org. More than 3,500 visitors…

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SF History Expo

February 8, 2011

Join us at the San Francisco History Expo This Saturday and Sunday, February 12 & 13, 2011 at the Old Mint at 5th and Mission Street. The Hours Are from 11-4 both days and the Expo is FREE! Link to the Expo

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Crossing the Street…

January 27, 2011

Crossing the Street Extended! The Crossing the Street exhibition at the Portola Branch Library has been extended through May 31, 2011. You’re invited to come to the library on Saturday, March 19 at 1:30 pm for an artists’ talk with us on working together with Portola residents and with the Library to make the Crossing…

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Links

July 20, 2009

Links ArtsChange www.artschange.org Grass roots organization offering the arts as a healthy way of life. Creative Work Fund www.creatveworkfund.org Socially engaged arts projects for the San Francisco Bay Area. Intersection for the Arts www.theintersection.org “For nearly 50 years, Intersection for the Arts has activated space and time for people to come together to imagine new…

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Nominated for People’s Choice Award!

June 25, 2009

Nominated for People’s Choice Award! Portola at Play has been nominated for a People’s Choice Design Award at the Cooper Hewitt/Smithsonian Institution! Check it out and add a comment…we’d be honored to get your vote! There are pages of great projects, from grass roots ones like ours to corporate designs like iPhone and Google Wave….

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Gracias / Thanks!

June 25, 2009

Contributors: Sibila Savage, Photographer Mabel Negrete, Artist and Designer Patricia Chytrowski, Designer Dave Stephenson, Designer Gracias: Querida Familia, Sweet Friends, Able Librarians, Fellow Artistas Support: Thank you, Creative Work Fund, for pioneering support in the Portola District of San Francisco. We’re gratful for support from: San Francisco Art Commission Zellerbach Family Foundation  

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