Murals & Monuments Tour

Co-presented by SFPL, SFAC, Market Street Arts & YBCA   |   Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco Arts Commission, Market Street Arts and YBCA Join art historian, writer, and skateboarder Ted Barrow for a walking tour through San Francisco’s Civic Center, Mid-Market, and SoMa, exploring murals, monuments, and other forms of public art shaped by collective action and community collaboration. Beginning at the San Francisco Public Library’s Main Branch with Portrait of a Phenomenal Woman, the monument honoring Maya Angelou by artist Lava Thomas, the tour traces a path down historic Market Street over to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the exhibition Dread Scott: The Body Politic.

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