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A barrage of weapons suspended in flight reveals itself on closer inspection to be an assortment of obscure objects made from secondhand clothes, worn fabric, and crocheted scraps
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About Art in the Parks

Art in the Parks works with with a variety of community partners to bring the arts to park settings to provide new ways of experiencing and learning about place.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium’s blue whale art installation

A life-sized, 82-foot blue whale art installation sculpture was exhibited at the west end of Crissy Field. Made from recycled plastic collected in California, the sculpture sought to address the serious issue of plastic pollution threatening our oceans.
Home Land Security
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View Home Land Security in a Virtual 3D Space

This exhibition presented by the FOR-SITE Foundation in partnership with the National Park Service, the Presidio Trust and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, can now be seen online. Through a partnership with the media technology company, Matterport, Home Land Security can be viewed in immersive 3D that captures the...
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Installation Locations for @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

Ai Weiwei created seven large-scale sculpture, sound, and mixed-media site-specific artworks for installation in four places on Alcatraz Island: the two-story New Industries Building, where "privileged" inmates were permitted to work; the main ward and psychiatric observation cells of the Alcatraz Hospital; the A Block cells, the only remaining section...
Ai Weiwei, Trace 2014 (New Industries Building, Alcatraz)
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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

Presented by the FOR-SITE Foundation, in partnership with the National Park Service and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei brought his works to Alcatraz Island until spring of 2015.
Princeton Tigertones perform at the Eastern Trail Overlook at Lands End
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Tunes on Trails

Tunes on Trails, a program from the Art in the Parks initiative, brings musicians to perform on trails in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. These free pop-up performances invite passersby on the trails to stop and enjoy the music--and the scenery
Hamlet on Alcatraz
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We Players

We Players has collaborated with the Art in the Parks Program for years, bringing performances to several National Parks sites.
Mark di Suvero at Crissy Field
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Mark di Suvero at Crissy Field

May 22 2013-May 26, 2014 | Crissy Field | sculpture Eight large sculptures were displayed across Crissy Field from May 2013 to May 2014, with the Golden Gate Bridge serving as a source of inspiration and a narrative backdrop. At the age of seven, artist Mark di Suvero immigrated from...
"Within These Walls" dance project
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"Within These Walls" by Lenora Lee

Within These Walls is an integrated, multi-media contemporary dance project featuring 14 performers and original recorded music, poetry, and video projection that ran for two weeks of September 2017 on Angel Island State Park in the Immigration Station.
Park Ranger in The Portal
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"Portal" at Presidio Main Post

September - November 2017 | Free The San Francisco Portal is presented in partnership by Shared_Studios , Luminalt , the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and the National Park Service as an Art in the Parks endeavor. The Portal is powered by solar, courtesy of Luminalt, a San Francisco-based solar...