Art in the parks

British artist Yinka Shonibare’s large-scale sculptural installation Man Moving Up
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Fort Point Entrance
This summer, FOR-SITE Foundation presents its highly anticipated new project Black Gold: Stories Untold . This innovative exhibition invites more than fifteen contemporary artists to reflect on the resilience, struggles, and triumphs of African Americans who lived in California from the Gold Rush to the Reconstruction period following the Civil War (c. 1849–1877).
British artist Yinka Shonibare’s large-scale sculptural installation Man Moving Up
Our Work
"Black Gold: Stories Untold" invites more than fifteen contemporary artists to reflect on the resilience, struggles, and triumphs of African Americans who lived in California from the Gold Rush to the Reconstruction period following the Civil War.
Artist Ai Weiwei, photo by the FOR-SITE Foundation
Events
Presidio Theatre
Join us for a free screening of the new documentary "Yours Truly" at the Presidio Theatre.
Stairs down to Black Sands Beach
Gateways Article
Here’s an insider’s guide to some of our favorite hidden gems of the GGNRA. From secret beaches to undiscovered redwood groves, these spots provide a chance to get into nature and steer clear of the crowds.
Musician Andy Meyerson wears an elaborate costume with a cello floating in Sutro Baths.
Stories

An Art in the Parks Concert

On Saturday, October 19, the Art in the Parks program hosted "Tremble Staves" by artist and composer Raven Chacon and performed by The Living Earth Show at the historic Sutro Baths.
Lands End/Sutro Baths photo
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Lands End Parking Lot
The Parks Conservancy is looking for enthusiastic individuals to join the Art in the Parks’ team as Volunteer Art Guides for Tremble Staves at Sutro Baths.
Raven Chacon, together with Bay Area guitar-percussion duo, Living Earth Show.
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Tremble Staves is a 70-minute performance at Sutro Baths on October 19. Chacon and The Living Earth Show will use water as an instrument to illuminate its role in our lives. We had a chance to sit down for a Q&A with Chacon.
Man plays piano while at Fort Point National Historic Site
Blog
Pianos + Fort Point = A weekend of music under the Golden Gate Bridge! See our favorite Instagram photos of the pop-up performances from visitors like you.
San Francisco Chronicle

Piano chords broke through the roaring wind at Fort Point in San Francisco on Friday as Karl Reichstetter performed a spur-of-the-moment rooftop rendition of Rihanna’s “Stay” for an audience of two.

Alcatraz, known as the Rock, was once among America’s most fearsome prisons, cut off from the free world on a windswept island in San Francisco Bay. Today it is a national park, visited by 1.4m tourists a year, who amble around the famous cellblocks and take selfies against the bars. Until October, if they venture to a derelict building on the island’s north side, they will also encounter giant images of serving and former prisoners.