Hidden Histories

Tours and Workshops:

Mission Bay History Bicycle Tour

Saturday, September 22, 9-12 noon  

Meet from 9-9:30am at Philz Coffee (210 Berry Street @ 4th) the tour will leave at 10am. sharp.
Tour maps will be provided.  Bring a bicycle and a sack lunch to eat at the end of the tour, which should last until noon.

Tour of the Proposed Mission Greenbelt w/ Amber HasselbrinG

Saturday, September 22, Noon

Meet at CELL Space at noon on Saturday. Bring your walking shoes and plenty of ideas. Join us for a walking tour of the proposed Mission Greenbelt. We'll start at Franklin Square Park and walk a half-mile into Dolores Park. At CELL Space, we’ll take some time to view the Hidden Histories exhibit and familiarize ourselves with the Mission Greenbelt with guidebooks and maps. Then we'll start walking. We’ll wrap up the tour around five o’clock in Dolores Park, where interested parties may sign up to join the efforts.

The Ephemeral waters of Islais creek Bike tour w/ Francisco Hernandez

Sunday, September 23, 10-12pm 

Meet at CELL Space at 10 am on Saturday. Bicycle required 

Radical Restoration in the Mission with Rachel Kesel

Sunday, September 23, noon

We'll meet at CELL Space at noon and get our hands dirty with Rachel Kesel. Rachel will bring along some examples of plants that thrive in the Mission. She'll also share a list of ignored spots for potential radical restoration and discuss identifying your own site. Rachel will be demonstrating fast planting techniques for us in her portable demo box. We'll also learn about the best time of year to plant and how to maintain our gardens into the future. If we're really lucky, Rachel will bring us some pears from her tree.
 

Installations:

Gallery Hours: Thursday thru Sundays 12-6pm and By Appointment

Thinking of You

Video Installation of Creative Conversation #1 by TCNS

This past Saturday Sept. 8, The Counter Narrative Society conducted their first creative conversation that reminisce on Mission and Valencia Street. The conversation was video recorded and is becoming part of their office/installation. This component of the installation will be exhibiting over the month. For more information about THINKING OF YOU visit them at: http://www.thecounternarrativesociety.org



Yuka’s Barbershop

Installation by Yuka Ezoe

Yuka has reconstructed a barbershop based on her research into Mission barbershops. She has collected her findings into a zine which can be viewed at the Barbershop. She periodically will cut hair




Islais Creek

Audio/ Visual Installation w/guided tour by Francisco Hernandez

Francisco has created an audio visual installation to support his self-guided audio pod cast. Visitor’s also have access to a series of maps that illustrate the periodic transformation of Islais creek.



The Weight of the land Lying Open

Installation and guided tour by Patrick Piazza

Patrick has created a installation concerned with the social and political underpinnings of Mission Bay as well as open space in San Francisco. A Self-guided tour map is available for visitor’s to tour Mission Bay for themselves.

Mission Greenbelt

Installation and guided tour by Amber Hasselbring

Amber has created an informative installation to promote her Mission Greenbelt proposal which would stretch from Franklin Square to Dolores Park. Come by and see native California plants, and help build a a puzzle of the Mission Green Belt.

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Contact: Joshua Short (curator)
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