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Art Forces– Community Public Art & Media
Art Forces uses community public art and technology, including murals, websites, social and new media, to inspire critical thinking and action. From the streets of San Francisco Bay Area on occupied Ohlone land to occupied Palestine, and beyond, the projects make visible histories and relationships that have been obliterated and forgotten, making connections to national […]
Cheemah, Unity Mural, Oakland CA
Oakland Mural Festival 2018 @BayAreaMuralFestival Mural bySusan Greene- DirectorDream TeamMax MartillaMax AlbeeFrancisco FrancoMargaret MarieSeawolf Public House, 350 4th St, Oakland, CA 94607, 55’x25’Special thanks to Fredericko AlvaradoImage of Cheemah by Osprey Orielle Lake, The International Cheemah Monument Project Used with permission. Photo by Billy Douglas
Selected Murals & Projects 1987-2000
20th and Folsom, SF CA, Acrylic on Wood, 24 x 60 ft Directed by Susan Greene with Jane Norling Eduardo Pineda Eddy Hippley Quam Quach Vincent Jackson Melody Lima Michael LogginsSpecial thanks Creativity Explored of San Francisco Ray Patlan Dan Dereszynski Morey FoxRestored in 2004 By Miranda BergmanZellerbach Family Fund, SF Arts Commission With gratitude- […]
La Lucha Continua/The Struggle Continues~ a talking wall
La Lucha Continua / The Struggle Continuesa collaboration with Freedom Archives “Call the Wall” at mural site 3260 23rd St – between Mission and Capp Streets in San Francisco.At the mural site is a key of extension numbers.Dial 415.200.4587 followed by the extension number OR download printable mural key here.At Freedom Archive’s Website you can interact with […]
Susan Greene to Speak at Bay Area Mural Festival
Susan Greene will present a lecture and Q&A session at the Bay Area Mural Festival Friday,October 21 La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705 Bay Area Mural Festival 10/17 – 10/23 See map for locations download PDF (8mb)
My Home is Not a Suitcase and I Am No Traveler
The Palestinian village of Silwan, East Jerusalem, struggles against unrelenting dispossession by the Israeli occupation. In the summer of 2015, the Wadi Hilweh Center of Silwan invited a group of international artists, Art Forces, to collaborate on murals that record and reinforce the enduring idea of ‘home’, samud (steadfast resistance) and joint struggle. The project […]
Mapping Environmental (In)Justice
Between earth and earth’s atmosphere, the amount of water remains constant; there is never a drop more, never a drop less. This is a story of circular infinity, of a planet birthing itself. ~ Linda Hogan, Chickasaw R E S U R F A C I N G Art. Activism. Mapping Environmental Justice. Mission Cultural […]
Bending Over Backwards
Bending Over Backwards (BOB) is a multi-site and multi-media permanent installation consisting of 2 dimensional murals of trapeze artists that each have an audio component and that are linked by audio/visual walking tours between the sites that reveal social, historical, political and environmental histories.Trapeze artists (painted on wood cut-outs and attached to the wall) are […]