Send us what you make and we’ll send you prints you choose from the Southeast San Francisco Artists Portfolio. There are over 50 works by 19 artists to date. Follow the simple instructions on the website and new art will be yours! We’ll be adding new work regularly, so check back!
Chispa has been sheltering in place since mid March. Once it’s safe to gather, we’ll roll back out. Meanwhile, we can’t wait to re-install the sound cabinets detailed by Lauren D’Amato of Avila Rose Signs. We think of Chispa as a float and identify with the Spanish term carroza, used in Central America and Mexico….
Chispa Autumn Moon Celebration Saturday, September 14, 2019 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Louis Sutter Playground/McNab Lake in McLaren Park Live music! Fresh Art! Art for Trade! Story Time in Spanish, English, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish and Drag Queen Story Time! All Free and All Fun, Please Join us!
Chispa Rollout! We’ll be rolling out our new Chispa cart–the cultural cross pollinator that features artists in Southeast San Francisco working in all media. Come join us at the Visitacion Valley Greenway’s Peace and Unity Celebration Saturday, August 17, 2019 11:00 am-3:00 pm Children’s Play Park, Vis Valley Greenway Between Teddy and Campbell Streets, near…
We’re excited to announce our new project! Chispa is a cultural cross-pollinator. The size of a small ark or a rolling garden shed, Chispa can serve as a theater, gallery and art production lab. It’s enlarged by dioramas, game boards, and sound umbrellas. Chispa is a series of public art events with performances and artist demonstrations led by Book and Wheel…
Join us for a panel discussion: Model City: Collectively Shaping SF The first in Shaping San Francisco’s fall season of Public Talks. Co-sponsored by Public Knowledge, which is a collaboration between San Francisco Public Library and SF MOMA. We’ll be speaking with Sofia Vivanco Airaghi, our collaborator on The Cultural Map of Southeast SF and…
Come by the SF History Days this weekend to add your ideas to our new map! Together with our collaborator, Sofia Vivanco Airaghi, we’ve just finished the 3rd edition of our map. We’d love to have your ideas, too! Here are folks who added their ideas when we visited the Bayview Branch Library, Visitacion Valley…
Book and Wheel Works will be offering a workshop and presenting a project in progress during Open Engagement, 2016. Both events take place at the Oakland Museum. The conference begins Thursday, April 28 and runs through Sunday May 1. Check out our Play the Way: Come Make a Game on Saturday, April 30, 12-1:30 More…
Drop by the Portola Branch Library and check out the Moving Art House exhibition–extended indefinitely!
Join us for a Giant Cootie Catcher making workshop! Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Friday, June 26, 2015 3-5:00 and 5:30-7:45, or drop in any time. Learn to design, play, and tell your story of home through the use of large origami fortune-tellers or cootie catchers. Drawn from their giant cootie catchers that unfurl…