Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Category: Inner Richmond

  • The Art of the French Hospital

    The Art of the French Hospital

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    Kaiser Permanente French Campus 4131 Geary Boulevard Inner Richmond This stunning mosaic sits in the front entry way to 4131 Geary, which is a building tucked behind the main hospital wing.  It is presently half covered by an extremely large concrete pot. It was donated by the woman’s auxilary in memory of Dorothy Hagar Rogers,…

  • Sprinter at the Koret

    Sprinter at the Koret

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    Koret Health and Recreation Center 2130 Fulton Street Inner Richmond This bronze sculpture sits directly to the right of the entry door to the University of San Francisco’s, Koret Health and Recreation Center. It is an 8′ tall bronze by Edith Peres-Lethmate. According to the Smithsonian the sculpture is a large-scale version of a sculpture executed…

  • Los Lobos de Loyola

    Los Lobos de Loyola

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    University of San Francisco Fulton Street In Front of Gleeson Library/Geshke Center Inner Richmond Commissioned by USF this piece was installed November of 2011. The 2-ton work, Los Lobos de Loyola, depicts the wolves and stewpot from the family coat of arms of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. Some say the 15th-century image…

  • BE BOLD For What You Stand For

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    Historic Odd Fellows Columbarium 1 Loraine Court Inner Richmond During the closure of SFMOMA the museum is placing art around San Francisco.  This Exhibition is part of an overall group.  The museum commissioned the four award winners of the 2012 SECA Art Award to create work outside the traditional gallery context. These three pieces are…

  • Historic Odd Fellows Columbarium

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    1 Loraine Court Inner Richmond I recently attended a service at this columbarium for Alice Carey.  Alice was a friend and one of America’s most respected historic architects. On the cover of her memorial brochure was this photograph: I knew it was time for me to explore the history of the columbarium and bring it…

  • Incomplete Metamorphosis

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    Argonne Park 18th Avenue between Geary and Anza Inner Richmond * Artist Joyce Hsu combines her personal memories of summer adventures with a complex skeletal structure similar to an airplane to create two unique artworks for Argonne Playground. These two sculptures, Firefly and Dragonfly each grace one of the two entrances to the park. Hsu…

  • Art at the Richmond District Library

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    351 9th Avenue SF Public Library Inner Richmond  * According to Scott Donahue’s website “these sculptures were designed to integrate into the very symmetrical renovate library landscape and building.  Each dome is a relief sculpture map.  On is the entire Bay Area and portrays a time in history from 15000 years ago to 100 years…