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Exhibitions at the Library |
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Jewett Gallery and Skylight Gallery
Renewal: Printmakers from the New Northern Ireland - Eighteen of Northern Ireland’s most significant contemporary printmakers present 35 works reflecting the styles, interests and concerns of the unique and vibrant culture of the country. Thanks to the pre-recession rise
in the European economy and the end of factional violence in the region, Northern Ireland experienced a renaissance in which its cultural history and its contemporary art played equally starring roles. The artworks were created from a variety of techniques, including monotype, collagraph prints,
monoprints, viscosity printing, and carborundum. Many of the featured prints offer a glimpse into ever-changing landscape of Northern Ireland – the dramatic coastline, the incredible color of the sea and the bleakness of the rain. 
*Celebrating Art With Elders - It is never too late to become an artist. The new exhibition, Celebrating Art With Elders, reflects an ethnic and cultural mosaic of African-American, Asian, Filipino, American Indian, Hispanic and Caucasian seniors who have found fresh meaning in life and a new way of expressing themselves through the visual arts. The exhibition consists of approximately 90 artworks that include exquisite watercolors, acrylics,
oil pastels, crayon, pen and ink and pencil drawings and collages. This exhibition is presented by the San Francisco Public Library and the San Francisco based non-profit ELDERGIVERS organization which is committed to reconnecting the isolated elderly back to the community. For more information about ELDERGIVERS please visit: http://www.eldergivers.org/
Other Exhibition Areas in the Library
Faces of Ghana-Photo Reflections - Photo exhibit presenting the land and the people of the West African nation of Ghana, presented by Dr. Marcus Lorenzo Penn. The photo series reveals the happiness that many Americans do not see of Africa and the paradox of visual beauty and
historical brutality felt at the remnant castles of the West African slave trade. People will see grandmothers, uncles, sisters, cousins and more in the faces showcased. In essence, this exhibit will serve as a place of reunion for families of the Diaspora. 
Occupation! Economic Justice As a Civil Right In San Francisco, 1963-64 - 1963 saw the beginning of massive civil disobedience actions in San Francisco. Demonstrations at Mel’s Drive-In, Lucky Grocery, the Sheraton Palace Hotel and Auto Row focused on discriminatory hiring practices that
excluded African Americans from employment equal to white workers. While appearing tame in light of later riots and militancy, these actions shook the city’s liberal image of itself at the time, resulted in over 260 employment agreements for minority workers, and forever changed the way we define freedom of speech.
Featuring photographs by Phiz Mezey, a San Francisco photojournalist, this collaborative exhibit presents selections from the archives of the San Francisco History Center, SFPL, and the Labor Archives and Research Center, a special collection of the J. Paul Leonard library at San Francisco State University. Curated by Nancy J. Arms Simon. 
Chinese Zodiac Paintings From Taiwan - The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday for the Chinese people. This 15-day-long festival filled with family reunions, abundant food, new clothing and the excitement of a long vacation. This is a chance for people to start anew by paying off debts and forgetting old grudges in favor of a happier New Year. On New Year’s Day, children awake to good wishes from their elders and red envelopes filled with lucky money.
To celebrate the coming of 2010, Year of the Tiger, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco and the library have compiled an exhibition of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals in a 21-painting display. Each animal has special characteristics that are reflective of the animal and the person born under that year. The 12 years are represented by the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.
During the Chinese New Year in February, join us at the Library for documentary and feature films from Taiwan.
Curtains Up: Puppets and Pictures - Illustrations by Katherine Tillotson from children’s books and puppet and stage constructions. Tillotson was born and grew up in Minnesota. She now lives in San Francisco with her husband and two dogs. From a studio in a cozy corner space, she illustrates children’s books. Her most recent books include When the Library Lights Go Out and It’s Picture Day Today. 
Rose Fountain, far right, with three friends. 1910 Donor: Beth Fountain
*Snap/Shot: 99 Years of Looking Fabulous – Exhibition of photographs that were donated to the San Francisco Public Library by gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community members from throughout the city. Copied from treasured albums, old storage boxes and digital camera sticks, these photographs depict deeply personal moments with friends and
family, as well as larger historical events, such as the Gay Pride Parade, the AIDS epidemic, and gay marriages. Photographs from over sixty diverse donors depict a range of experiences across the spectrum of the LGBTQI community, while revealing a joyous commonality in what people treasure and hold dear. 
Celebrating Our Urban Wildness: Coyotes to Quail
Digging Deep: Underneath San Francisco Public Library – In honor of the Library’s 125th
Anniversary celebration. The current Main Library rests on a Gold Rush era cemetery and the ruins of the old City Hall,
destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. The archaeological remains pulled from the site include some of the everyday
and unusual objects that tell the story of the development of the Civic Center and The City’s earliest residents. 
Bayview’s Historical Footprints - Photographic exhibition celebrating the diverse history of Bayview Hunter’s Point featuring multimedia oral histories from elders in the community.
In collaboration with Bayview Hunter’s Point Neighborhood History Preservation Project. 
Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Bay Area - Through the sea level rise mapping project, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission has identified shoreline areas to be most affected by the sea level rise that
include the following areas: San Francisco, San Francisco Airport, the Central and South Bay, Corte Madera/San Rafael and Oakland Airport. These maps are a gift from the San Francisco Department of the Environment. For additional information check the San Francisco
Bay Conservation and Development Commission website at http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/ A Selection of Our Online Exhibitions *Picture This: Family Photographs of Everyday San Francisco - This exhibition draws from a collection of photographs shared with the San Francisco Public Library by community members from the Western Addition, Ocean View/Merced/Ingleside (OMI), Mission and Sunset neighborhoods. On Shades of San Francisco Photo Days, library staff, volunteers, and professional photographers copied photos from the family collections of local residents which recorded their daily lives as well as the cultural, historical, and political contributions of these neighborhoods. In this Online Exhibition we share approximately 150 of the photographs from the Shades of San Francisco project. Online Exhibition  *Out at the Library - Out at the Library celebrates the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Library’s James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center by highlighting its collection and offering a rare look into what an archives is and how it ensures the legacy of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. From boots worn by cross-dressing Civil War surgeon Dr. Mary Walker to classic LGBT pulp paperbacks to the 1978 appointment book of assassinated City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the objects and stories in Out at the Library offer compelling views of remarkable and ordinary lives. Online Exhibition 
*Reversing Vandalism - An exhibition of over 200 original works of art created from books mainly on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender topics,
women's issues and HIV/AIDS, that were destroyed by a vandal and withdrawn from the San Francisco Public Library's collection. Artists and concerned individuals from around the country worked to turn the damaged books into works of art. The wide
variety of responses to this hate crime vividly demonstrates the transformative power of art. 
*Amusing America - The premiere exhibition of the San Francisco
Museum and Historical Society, cosponsored by the San Francisco Public Library with support from the California State Library. 
Library's 125th Anniversary - Two online historical displays were created as part of the Library's 125th Anniversary celebrations. A Selection of Our Upcoming Exhibitions and Shows
*Korean Comics: A Society Through Small Frames - The exhibition examines the changing social relativities of Korean society from the 1950s through the 1990s by reading its comic books. Featuring 83 artworks of 21 of the best-known South and North Korean artists,
the exhibit provides a running commentary that reflects the lives of ordinary people, at once joyful, satirical and penetrating. What shines most prominently through these works is an engaged and vigorous civil society in Korea, continuously challenging and energizing the status quo in
whimsical and provocative ways. By doing so, they pay an important role in characterizing and distinguishing the culture, sensibility and sentiment of two Koreas. 
Fierce Sistahs! Activism, Art & Community of Bay Area Lesbians of Color 1975 – Present - Photographs by Lenn Keller. On the heels of the anti-war, black power, gay and women’s liberation movements of the 1970s, a tiny but powerful lesbian of color community emerged
that pushed the envelope of Bay Area activism and culture. Through photographs, memorabilia and artifacts, many rarely or never seen, some highlights of the last four decades of lesbian of color culture and activism in the Bay Area are presented. The exhibit was culled largely from the archives of Lenn Keller. 
If I am Killed, I Shall Arise in the Salvadoran People - On March 24, 1980, Oscar Romero was assassinated as he was officiating at a memorial communion service. One week prior to the assassination, Romero told an interviewer that if he died, he would rise in the people of El Salvador. Thirty years later, he does indeed continue to live on in the people he loved.
On exhibit are images of El Salvador by photographer Karen Ande from her 2009 visit. 
Programs marked with an asterisk (*) are funded by the Friends of the San
Francisco Public Library. All programs at the Library are free. |
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