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Exhibitions > Past Exhibitions Introduction Past Exhibitions at the Library - 2006 |
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See also: Upcoming Exhibitions Office of Exhibitions
Halo-Halo – Halo-Halo or “Mix-mix” is a popular Filipino dessert of pureed ice, milk, sugar, multicolored gelatin, sweet beans and fruits served with ice cream in a tall glass or bowl.
This exhibit, by Elizabeth Nisperos, is Halo-Halo because it’s a mixture, a collage of paintings and Pre-Hispanic lettering arts expressing Filipino poetry, songs, stories, dance and festivals, ranging from the ancient world to the contemporary landscape in the Philippines.
The pieces depict a lyrical modernism, romanticism, and impressionism of the Filipino culture as influenced by Spaniards, Japanese, American colonizers. 
*G.O.A.T. – Greatest of All Time: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali – Muhammad Ali is one of the remarkable personalities of our time and one of the greatest sportsmen alive. To honor this living legend, Taschen
publishing created G.O.A.T. – Greatest of All Time, the most comprehensive study of Ali to date. Weighing 75 pounds and 20 inches square in size, this huge book features contributions from hundreds of writers, as well as over 3,000
photographs of Ali's dazzling life, plus Ali’s own insights, writings and drawings, along with reproductions of fight posters and classic memorabilia. A limited edition copy signed by Muhammad Ali and owned by the African American Center, it will be the centerpiece of an exhibit on Muhammad Ali’s life.
Labels – An exhibition of 29 original alternative process photographs by artist Bill Travis that questions the relationship between external labels and personal identity by upsetting notions of portraiture. 
*All Aboard: 
Homage to Lulu: 100 Years of Louise Brooks – This exhibit celebrates the centenary of the silent film star Louise Brooks (1906 - 1985). Now considered an icon of the Jazz Age, Brooks' popularity today rivals
that of her more celebrated contemporaries. On display are dozens of vintage objects - such as books, magazines, sheet music, postcards, film stills and related ephemera - which tell the story of her life and films. This exhibit
coincides with other events and happenings taking place around the San Francisco Bay Area and the world.
When the Library Lights Go Out - Featuring original storytime puppets and acrylic/oil paintings by local illustrator Katherine Tillotson. The Paycheck, Calexico/La Paga, Calexico: © 2005 - Rick Nahmias/www.rcnphoto.com
Horace Bristol, Tom Joad, 1938, from The Grapes of Wrath Portfolio, © Horace Bristol, Courtesy of the Estate of Horace Bristol and Katrina Doerner Photographs, Brooklyn, NY
A Journey Shared: Photographs by Horace Bristol/Un Viaje Compartido: Fotografías por Horace Bristol – A Journey Shared captures the essence of migratory farm life in California during the Great Depression. The thirty-seven prints featured in this exhibition were taken by Horace Bristol, a Time/LIFE staff photographer.
A shared interest in documenting the plight of migrant farm workers led Bristol and novelist John Steinbeck to travel together through California’s Central Valley in the winter of 1937-1938. During this journey they interviewed and photographed people who became inspiration for characters in Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath. The exhibition was organized by the National Steinbeck Center. Un Viaje Compartido esta traducido en español para nuestros visitantes de habla Hispana
*Art According to Diallo: The Art of Appropriation – The paintings of Diallo are conceived on an epic and grand scale resembling the old renaissance masters, especially Raphael. Anachronism is the main feature of his art making
it extremely eclectic, mystical, spiritual, historical, philosophical, narrative, healing and neo-surreal. Says Diallo, “My art is a multi-cultural celebration!”
Visuals and Voices –Sustainability – Traveling eco-art, photography & poetry for and by Bay Area middle and high school students that celebrates the student artists of the Bay Area,
and communicates their love for the natural world and their desire to ensure its protection through responsible environmental stewardship. Info: www.earthteam.net, or (510) 704-4030. 
Seam – Local artist Lea Rude creates mixed media paintings inspired by the intersection of art, science and the natural world.
Love Shouldn’t Have to Hurt – High School student artists designed posters to raise awareness of domestic/dating violence as part of the Youth Advisory Council's 6th Annual Love Shouldn't Have to Hurt: Domestic/Dating violence Awareness Poster Contest.
The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is a youth program of Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach. The mission of YAC is to spread awareness of domestic/dating violence and sexual harassment through workshops and media related activities like the poster contest. 
Sacred Walls: Paintings by the Women Artists of Mithila, India – An exhibition of traditional paintings of figures from nature and myth created by women in Northern India. 
Spirit of the Sunset – An exhibition of photography by Stan Lipsitz, featuring black and white and color photos of the modern Sunset district.
Nasreddine, Baba Yaga and Bob Robinson – French children’s illustrators Rebecca Dautremer and Cecile Gambini display original artwork from their books. Presented by the Cultural Affairs Office of the Consulate General of France in San Francisco.
The 40th Anniversary of the Polish Arts and Cultural Foundation Celebrating Polish Contributions to California History – An exhibit of artifacts,
documents and photographs highlighting the work of the Polish Arts and Cultural Foundation which seeks to educate the public about the historical, artistic and cultural achievements of Poles and Polish Americans. 
*Life Around the Town of Pakil, Laguna, Philippines – An exhibition of photographs taken by the artist, Reggie Macabasco, on his recent visit to the Philippines. 
Interpretations – The human figure and landscapes explored through drawings, prints and paintings. Works by local artist Amna Ali.
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow – Artwork by Felicia Hoshino, inspired by the Japanese American Internment Camp Art Schools. 
Life and Times of H. L. Perry – A display of awards, photographs and articles documenting the achievements of one of the city’s unsung gay heroes, H. L. Perry. Along with creating
the Ducal Court and being the first grand duchess of San Francisco, Perry was actively involved with the first two Gay Freedom Day Parades, the Metropolitan Community Church, the SIR Center, the Tavern Guild and the Golden Gate Business Association. 
African Communities Confront AIDS – G.R.A.C.E. USA (Grassroots Alliance for Community Education) and Karen Ande, documentary photographer, present an exhibit that explores how African communities are responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
G.R.A.C.E. finds that locals who know their community well generate the smartest, most effective strategies for dealing with the crisis. G.R.A.C.E. supports these local activists and their projects. Put simply, grassroots projects work, and deserve our help. The exhibit explores these communities and people in crisis through photos, stories, and artifacts. 
The World of Plant Patents – An overview of what makes up a plant patent and some of the beautiful new varieties of patented plants. Featuring photographs and actual plant patents.
Load It: Juicy Fruit, Chicklets and Spam – A balikbayan box encompasses everything that is related to the lives of Filipino immigrants and is a simple but compelling symbol to use for telling their stories.
The images in this collection, by artists Mik Gaspay and Jose Guinto, vary in time period, subject matter and personalities; ranging from everyday snapshots, to studio posed portraits as well as community gatherings and personal keepsakes.
Assembling these images together creates a loose narrative about the history of Filipinos living in the United States. The balikbayan box becomes the common thread to visually assemble a patchwork of disparate Filipino American history.
This project was born from personal and common experiences of being immigrants to this country. Having been children who have smelled the promises and dreams that can come from the Juicy Fruit, Chicklets and Spam inside a balikbayan box, we share that experience with these images. 
*Kalligraphia 2006: An Exhibition by Members of the Friends of Calligraphy – Featuring recent artwork by members of the Friends of Calligraphy (FOC), a nonprofit Bay Area group founded locally in 1975 with over 500 members worldwide.
This year marks the 11th time FOC has held its Kalligraphia exhibition (which occurs every three years) at the Library. Works by both amateur and professional calligraphers range from traditional to expressionistic and experimental and show the rich
possibilities inherent in the art and craft of calligraphy. 
nineteen hundred o six - two thousand o six: Flip books by Margaret Tedesco – Margaret Tedesco uses eyewitness accounts of the time prior to and following the 1906 earthquake to examine the wide range of physical and emotional states experienced during a catastrophe.
Utilizing clips from contemporary films Margaret has created a series of 10 flip books (ed. 10) that illustrate human responses to situations out of our control. Part of The Dust Never Settles, a four-part exhibition featuring contemporary art projects about the centennial of the 1906 earthquake.
Presented by the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery. For more information and locations, please visit www.sfacgallery.org 
*Snapshot Chronicles: Inventing the American Photo Album – Featuring Personal Albums Documenting the 1906 Earthquake and Fire
Remembering Persia – An exhibit of images of women and flowers with the impression of old Persian paintings.
3-D Stories – Featuring the ceramic art of Berkeley artist Helen Canin. See which of her famous characters from children’s literature you recognize! 
China: The Soul of a Country – An exhibit of photographs of China, by Robert Welsh, that bear witness to a land filled with ancient traditions yet struggling to modernize. These photographs reveal the beauty he found in well-worn, overlooked and cherished objects -
especially of village life and the people - as well as the traditionally aesthetic architecture, geography, and topography. 
World Cup Fever – In celebration of the 2006 World Cup football tournament, a display featuring the Library's collection of soccer-related materials, including a brief history and overview of the World Cup and information on this year's championship. 
The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot of 1966: 40th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibit – Curated by historian and filmmaker Susan Stryker, this exhibition of artifacts, photographs and archival materials tells how San Francisco's transgender
community rioted against police harassment at a late night restaurant in the Tenderloin in 1966, three years before the more famous fight at New York's Stonewall Inn sparked the gay liberation movement. The little-known Compton's Cafeteria Riot helped launch
a movement for transgender rights that is now entering its fifth decade. 
*Black Artists’ Expressions of Father – This exhibition by thirteen visual artists is a loving tribute to their fathers and hopes to stimulate different ways of discussing and seeing the black male and specifically, black fatherhood. Featuring mixed media, photos, wood sculpture, etc.
Art Wars by dagebu – An exhibition of mixed/multimedia visual art in 2, 3 and 4 dimensions, by San Francisco (Bayview) artist, David Burns. 
How to Survive an Earthquake: A Humorous Look at San Francisco, 1906 – On April 18, 1906, the great San Francisco Earthquake turned the city upside down and inside out. Newspaper headlines around the world shouted the horrors of death,
fire and ruin and the destruction of the sinful Barbary Coast. An estimated three thousand San Franciscans were killed, and for many survivors, homes and livelihoods were destroyed in the span of three days. Accounts describe the challenges of living in the
ruined city, but less emphasized is the use of humor as a survival tactic during this period. How did San Franciscans use their wit and good humor to get through the days and nights, to distract themselves from the wholesale destruction of their beloved city?
What kind of inner strength did it take to rebuild a new and brighter city? This exhibition examines how San Franciscans turned their disaster into gold: with wit and humor as their tools, they rebuilt their beloved San Francisco. The San Franciscans of 1906
were singular in their cheerful response to this monumental calamity. They found enjoyment in everyday events whether it was show tunes played on a salvaged piano, creating instant community in a refugee camp; joining in the new roller skating fad; exchanging
hearty laughs over a good joke; enjoying a tented vaudeville performance; crossing the bay to Oakland to greet the circus as it paraded through town or trading gossip at a simple hillside picnic. Shared humor eased the pain of loss, giving San Franciscans the
ability to leave behind the “City That Was” and build the “City That Knows How.” How to Survive an Earthquake looks at the bright side of a topsy turvy world during the disoriented days of April 1906 and the months afterward, using documents of the day:
first-person accounts and newspaper stories, artifacts, photographs and ephemera from the San Francisco History Center; and contemporary works of humor drawn from the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor (SCOWAH), Book Arts & Special Collections Center.
*Remembering the Big One, Preparing for the Next One – An exhibit of resources relating to past and future San Francisco Bay Area earthquakes,
including earthquake preparedness plans, historical photographs, seismic maps and investigative reports from city, state, and federal governments. 
Tomie de Paola Exhibition – Manuscripts and illustrations will be on display. Tomie de Paola is the
guest speaker for the 10th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture on Wednesday, May 17, 2006, in the Koret Auditorium. 
Coffee filter dress, a collaborative work from the Runway Project
Something I Did – An exhibit of artwork by Community Works/West’s Young Women’s Arts Mentorship Program (YWAMP), an after-school group mentorship and expressive arts program for adolescent girls who have had contact with or are
at risk of becoming involved with the juvenile justice system.
Visual Cultural History of the Philippines, Artwork by Cota Deles-Yabut – This mini diorama was inspired by the huge Ayala Museum Diorama in the Philippines and is intended
to encourage viewers and students to do more research and studies of Philippine history. 
*Art of Fact: The Human Remains - the art of Dan Pillers – A mixed-media site-specific installation that addresses issues surrounding childhood memories,
addiction, gay rights, bigotry, sexuality, HIV and widowhood. Pillers creates works that invite the viewer to look at the world through the eyes of a middle-aged gay man living
at the beginning of the new millennium. Presented by Visual Aid and the James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center of the San Francisco Public Library.
Marking the 1906 Earthquake: San Francisco Off Balance: Ballet Mori and More – The Bernard Osher Art, Music and Recreation Center and the Business, Science and Technology Center present a floor-wide exhibit of books, documents and photos highlighting the earthquake
related resources of the Main Library’s fourth floor. A highlight will be a collaboration with the San Francisco Ballet honoring their April 4th production of Ballet Mori. Minute ground movement will be measured at U.C. Berkeley’s Hayward fault and conveyed via the internet to the San Francisco
Opera House. On stage, principal dancer Muriel Maffre will respond in real time to a musical composition modulated by the unpredictable fluctuations of the earth’s movement. For more information on Ballet Mori, please visit: http://www.zakros.com/events/archives/2006/04/ballet_mori.html 
*51st Annual Potrero Hill Artists Exhibition The 51st Annual Potrero Hill Artists’ Exhibition opens on Saturday, April 1 at the Potrero Branch Library, continues through Saturday, April 29, and can be viewed anytime during the library’s open hours.
This non-juried exhibition features work done by artists who live, work, or study on Potrero Hill.
River of Words Poetry and Art Contest – This year’s winners and finalists will be on display. 
*Bernal Heights Earthquake Centennial 1906–2006 – A seven panel exhibit of historic photographs and maps
illustrating the neighborhood as it was 100 years ago and celebrating it as it is today. Cosponsored by the Bernal Heights Preservation.
Earthquake, 1906! –A showcase of illustrations and quotes from children's books about the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco.
*The Unsung Opera – A personal journey and dynamic interpretation of Chinese Opera by Chinese American artists.
Curated by artist Nancy Hom, the exhibit features large format color digital prints by photographer Bob Hsiang on Beijing and Kunqu opera styles in New York and the San Francisco Bay Area in 2004 and 2005.
Also shown will be memorabilia and artifacts from family collections. Presented by the Kearny Street Workshop & The Chinese Center of The San Francisco Public Library
City College is Your College: Seventy Years of Putting the Public into Higher Education – An exhibition celebrating seventy years of civic support for community education at
City College of San Francisco. From its historic groundbreaking in 1935 to the present day, this display features materials and artifacts from the City College of San Francisco Library Archives collection.
Co-presented by the San Francisco Public Library and City College of San Francisco.
Retrospective - This exhibition features works by artist Luisa Lizaso, in a variety of media, spanning more than 15 years.
Everyday objects like colors, materials and shapes are the artist’s inspirations.
Journeys in Black: African American Artists Celebrate Blackness – Works of artists Malik Seneferu, Hopeton Stewart, Cedric Brown and others,
will be displayed in celebration of Black History Month, the 10th anniversary of the African American Center and the diversity that is Black culture.
Deaf Art: From Vietnam to America – An exhibition of artworks by deaf high school students from the Hy Vong 1 School in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. The vibrant colors
and techniques lend an appealing presence to the eye. Facilitated by Scott Benson, a deaf teacher at Leigh High School in San Jose, California and Madame Ngoi, head mistress and founder of the Hy Vong 1 School. 
Photographer: Fred Dewitt
*On the Road: The Jack Kerouac Manuscript
Related Programs:
*Women of the Beat Generation
*The Beat Generation in San Francisco: A Literary Tour
*The Beats: Jack Kerouac and Friends
News Release - Jack Kerouac’s On the Road Manuscript Makes Stop at the Main 
*BookWorks 2006: The 12th Triennial Pacific Center for the Book Arts Members’ Exhibition
- BookWorks 2006 presents a collection of extraordinary books designed, printed and assembled by members of the Pacific Center for the Book Arts, a Bay Area organization of book artists and educators.
Artists offer a fresh perspective on books by using a wide range of techniques – including letterpress, calligraphy, hand illustration, traditional and unconventional bookbinding and wild imagination. News Release - BookWorks 2006 - Book artists display innovative designs at exhibit
African American Inventions – African American inventions miniatures on display. Curated by R. J. Reed. 
The Art of Photocollage: Works by Grace Sevy
- Original color photocollages portraying wide-ranging subject matter with examples and explanations of artist's technique. 
Compassion in Action: Project Open Hand at 20 Years
- An exhibition of photographs, memorabilia and archival material honoring the 20th anniversary of Project Open Hand.
In 1985, Ruth Brinker started cooking meals in a church basement for seven gay men with AIDS. At that time, no social
service agency was providing meals to those too weak from AIDS or too impoverished to feed themselves. Ruth thought
this “project” would disband in a year or two once a cure for AIDS was found, but more requests started coming in for
home-delivered meals and Ruth put out a call for volunteers. Project Open Hand has not stopped growing since. This
exhibition seeks to broaden awareness of Project Open Hand’s continuing mission, to honor the people who worked to
preserve the dignity of the dying and to show how social change can be enacted by people committed to compassion in action.
Presented by The James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center of the San Francisco Public Library and Project Open Hand.
P3: Our Ongoing Journey in Pilipino Design Aesthetics
– An exhibition by Pildesign that showcases a collection of work from graphic design, fine art, photography and new media.
The highlight of the show is a collaborative project on “Tourism” - traveling/vacationing back to the Philippines (for the
first time or as a Balikbayan). The artists in this year's exhibit are Christian Alcala, Bren Bataclan, Eduardo Datangel,
Gloria Galang, Spike Lomibao, Al Perez, Alberic Rivera, Mark Santa Ana, Gerrard Talampas and Raymond Virata. |
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