Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo Mats Stromberg, 1993. Photo by Lori B
Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young presents Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo, in partnership with Precita Eyes Muralists
Friday Nights at the de Young | Lectures and Symposia | Artist Studio | Special Events | Music at the de Young
5:30 PM - 8:45 PM
November 6, 2009
The de Young Museum hosts a year-long series celebrating the just-released Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo (Abrams, 2009), edited by Annice Jacoby, with a foreword by Carlos Santana, as part of the museum's weekly program Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young.
This series celebrates one of San Francisco’s greatest assets—the Mission District arts community, a rising star on the global art map. Both cutting-edge and traditional street artists will offer lectures and performances sharing their art, insights, musings, experiences, and perspectives.
These programs are offered FREE of charge in the free zone of the museum. For more information, visit www.missionmuralismo.com.
November 6
Tonight, join us for a kick-off book launch extravaganza!
Dress code: Mission festive! (optional)
Kickoff Book Launch Extravaganza—Mission Muralismo: The HEART of the Mission, a Celebration of Art and Community. This ambitious book signing event includes many of the artists, photographers, and writers featured in Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo; live music by Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalepeño Band; poetry and performances; talks; projections of thousands of archival and current Mission murals, including a ten-year span of the deAppropriation wall; art activities for people of all ages and MORE! Free for All.
Piazzoni Murals Room
5:30–8:30 p.m.
Street Art San Francisco book signing by showcased artists.
Wilsey Court
6:00 p.m. Event opens with emcee Jael de Prado, arts host, Current TV
6:15 p.m. Poetry reading and performances by Francisco X, Lorna Dee Cervantes, and Steve Cervantes
6:50 p.m. Live music by Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalepeño Band
7:30 p.m. Performance by Lori B (Bloustein) and Andrew Voight
7:45 p.m. Poetry reading by Francisco X
8:05 p.m. Live music by Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalepeño Band
6:00–8:30 p.m.
Hands-on art making for everyone with “art diva” Kim Erickson. Take part in a community mural.
Koret Auditorium
7:00–8:30 p.m. Lecture by artist and writer Jaime Cortez
7:40–7:50 p.m. Performance by Lori Lori B (Bloustein) and Andrew Voight
8:00–8:30 p.m. Lecture by Annice Jacoby, editor of Street Art San Francisco
Fee Information
Programs are free. Museum general admission is always free to members; regular admission fees apply for non-members to visit the galleries.
Tickets are required to visit the special exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. Call 1-877-TUT-TKTS or go online to Ticketmaster.com. Visit deyoungmuseum.org/tut for more information.
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Partner, Donor, Sponsor Credits
Friday Nights at the de Young is supported by the Koret Foundation. Friday Nights at the de Young is part of the Fine Arts Museums’ Cultural Encounters initiative, generously funded by The James Irvine Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Columbia Foundation, and the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation.
