Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Category: Mission

  • A New World Tree

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    Mission Playground and Pool 19th and Linda The New World Tree by Juana Alicia, Susan Cervantes and Raul Martinez – 1987 Juana Alicia describes the history and the mural itself on her website: The Mission Pool and   Playground at 19th and Linda Streets has been a gathering place for the neighborhood since the 1930′s,…

  • Mission Parade

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    *   According to the artist, “The artwork is a playful interpretation of the Mission District’s diverse community and creativity. The procession’s cast of historical and imaginary characters evoke the neighborhood’s past while casting a cheerful look toward the future.” Mission Parade consists of 20 steel cut panels with 10 unique vignettes that repeat at both…

  • With Love and Respect for Moebius

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    Clarion Alley Mission District *   This beauty is by BODE, CUBA and Stan153. With Love and Respect for Moebius. Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French comics artist who earned worldwide fame, predominantly under the pseudonym Mœbius, and to a lesser extent Gir (used for the Blueberry series). He has been described as the most influential bandes…

  • Horfe paints San Francisco

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    Mission/SOMA Folsom and Erie * * This mural at the corner of Folsom and Division is by French artist Horfe. According to Alternative Paris: Horfe is considered to be one of, if not the leading graffiti writer in the world. Horfe has been writing his name on walls for the past 12 years, mainly in Paris, where his…

  • The Jungle on Clarion Alley

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    Clarion Alley The Mission * This gorgeous woman is by BODE.  This mural is in Clarion Alley in the Mission District. Clarion Alley runs just south of 17th Street from Mission to Valencia. CAMP, or the Clarion Alley Mural Project originated in 1982, inspired by San Francisco’s Balmy Avenue just down the street. None of…

  • Sirron Norris Paints Calumet

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    * As you can see, this piece by Sirron Norris is huge. This is what Sirron had to say about the piece before it began.  (The scaffolding came down on August 31st). This mural will be funded by Calumet and will be a collaboration with Precita Eyes (www.precitaeyes.org)and the 3.9 art collective (www.threepointninecollective.com). My hope…

  • Few and Far Paint Clinton Park

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      As you turn onto Clinton Park from Valencia the first piece you are greeted with is the beauty by Amanda Lynn.  Few and Far  have covered the walls of Clinton Park to the delight of all that wonder down this very short alley.   * * * * * *   And a little further…

  • Avenida del Rio Bike Path and Greenbelt

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    16th and Harrison Mission District / SOMA   Mission Creek Mosaic Mural Ceramic tile and mirror mosaic, 15 ft. x 8.5 ft. Funding provided by Potrero Nuevo Fund administered by New Langton Arts. Avenida del Rio tile mural marks one end of  what is hoped to be the Mission Creek Bikeway and Greenbelt. The bikeway will…

  • Eduardo Pineda and Ray Patlan Grace the Jose Coronado Playground

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     Jose Coronado Playground and Clubhouse 21st and Folsom Mission District Raizes/Roots, Ray Patlan and Eduardo Pineda, Jose Coronado Playground Clubhouse The entire exterior of the Jose Coronado Clubhouse is sheathed in eleven hundred terra cotta-colored tiles, designed and hand-painted by artists Eduardo Pineda and Ray Patlan. The tiles depict Aztec-inspired images of birds and frogs in…

  • Ornamental Gates at Rolph Playground

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    Rolph Playground Potrero at 25th & Utah and 25th Mission/Potrero Hill Isis Rodriguez has created two rolled iron ornamental artworks, one for each side of Rolph Playground.   Isis Rodriguez is a second generation Mid-Western Latina who grew up in Topeka, Kansas and received her first lessons in art from copying Hannah-Barbera cartoons by hand. She…

  • The Tragedy of the Gartland Apartments

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    Harrison and Alameda Mission/SOMA Mission Wall Dances is subtitled with a Robert Frost quote, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.”  During the 1970’s San Francisco’s Mission and SOMA areas were wracked by arson fires, many thought to be intentional.  A fire that has left a large scar on the mission was the Gartland Apartments…

  • Evan Bissell captures Artists on the Streets of SF

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    Folsom and 17th Mission District “I write to organize my thoughts. I spit poems because it feels empowering to know there is a room full of people there to listen.” This is Luara Venturi, a local spoken word poet, as depicted by Evan Bissell. The Intersection for the Arts’ show “Somewhere in Advance of Nowhere* youth,…

  • Muertos in the Mission

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    Valencia Street Between 15th and 19th Streets Mission District *  These tree grates are part of Phase One of the Valencia Streetscape Improvement Project.  They were designed by DPW architects John Dennis and Martha Ketterer and manufactured by Iron Age Grates company. Phase one of the Valencia Streetscape Improvement Project included removal of the striped…

  • Around San Francisco with Victor Reyes

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    Around Town With Victor Reyes * 23rd and Mission * * This was done by Victor Reyes in 2010.  Reyes has several murals around San Francisco. Reyes has been painting since the early 90s, and has shown extensively around the world in cities and countries such as Bosnia, Germany, Switzerland, Taipei, Japan, and Miami. Reyes…

  • Around Town with muralist Amanda Lynn

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    Amanda Lynn around Town * Sunday Flamenco by Amanda Lynn – 2012 18th and Mission Amanda Lynn works by day restoring and painting motorcycles and metal sculptures. When she is not working, she paints figures on doorways and walls around San Francisco and throughout the country, usually accompanying graffiti mural productions. As well as concentrating…

  • Mission Cultures Mosaics

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    The Mission District Start on Hoff and 16th cross the Street and continue on Julian  Woodward Gardens *  * Gold Rush Low Riders  Immigration  Asian Influence  Carnival These panels were done in 2001 by students participating in the St. John’s Educational Thresholds, Panel Project as part of the Urban Artworks program. They represent various parts…

  • Gigantes in the Mission

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    The Mission District San Carlos and 19th  * All of us are equal Some of us grow up to be Giants… * This mural is by Precita Eyes.  This is the description of the mural from their website: The “Gigantes” mural project can be read in three concepts; History, Community, and the Future. It features…

  • Trapeze Artists in the Mission

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    The Mission Hoff and 16th Streets * Bending Over Backwards by Susan R. Green 2010 This mural is part of the Break the Silence Mural and Arts Program. It is the beginning of a truly monumental mural project that will connect San Francisco’s Mission District with SOMA.  According to the website: Bending Over Backwards (BOB) is…

  • Miguel Hidalgo in Mission Dolores Park

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     Mission Dolores Park The Mission Miguel Hidalgo – Liberator of Mexico 1810 On the back in the marble is carved: Monument Presented by The Mexican Colony To the City of San Francisco September 16th, 1962 Below it is a brass plaque that reads Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Father of Mexican Independence 1753-1811 The liberation of…

  • Liberty Bell of Mission Dolores Park

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    Mission Dolores Park The Mission * *                                                                                   The plaque reads: Mexico’s Liberty Bell (A…

  • California Volunteers Memorial on Market Street

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    Market Street at Dolores Mission/Castro * * * California Volunteers by Douglas Tilden – Bronze on a granite base Dedicated August 12, 1906 Erected by the Citizens of San Francisco In Honor Of The California Volunteers Spanish American War 1898 First to The Front At the end of the Spanish-American War, when the troops returned,…

  • 16th and Mission Bart Station

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    The Mission 16th and Mission * * * * * * *  Palaza del Colibri by Victor Mario Zaballa 2003 Lawrence Berk – Metal Fabricator Colibri are hummingbirds. They are a medium to large species found in Mexico, and Central and northern South America. 16th Street Mission Station is a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)…

  • Money Mural on South Van Ness and 15th

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    The Mission South Van Ness and 15th  * * * Signed Curve E. Pastime, one must assume this was done by Pastime of the LORDS crew.   Pastime has other work in San Francisco. LORDS Production Crew has been operating in San Francisco for almost two decades, manipulating the stark walls of the urban landscape…

  • Generator by Andrew Schoultz and Aaron Noble

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    The Mission 18th and Lexington Generator by Andrew Schoultz and Aaron Noble * * * * * This description of the mural is from an absolutely amazing, September 1, 2004, article in the SF Weekly by Sam Chennault.  It not only gives a wonderful description of the two artists, but chronicles their artistic life.  More…

  • Mission District – Carnaval

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    Mission District 18th and Harrison P.G.& E. Service Yard * * * * * * * Carnaval by Joshua Sarantitis – 1995 33 X 100 feet Joshua, a Minnesota resident, is a truly prolific muralist. Joshua Sarantitis  has been creating monumental professional work in public spaces for over 20 years. His 40 commissioned works include glass…

  • The Mission – 23

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    Mission and 23rd The Mission District * 23 in Binary Code 23 in Roman Numerals * * Mission 23 by Rigo23  –  2003 Mission 23 is a multi-part mosaic tile art piece embedded in the north-east and south-west sidewalks of Mission Street at 23rd Street. On each one of the white squares is a sentence…

  • Mission District Composite Mural

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    Mission District Side of 161 Erie * * This wall began with nothing but a Banksy, it was just the center tree with bird.  Apparently the neighborhood artists decided to run with the theme and added more all in one day.  While  Chor Boogie’s bird, that is identifiable, all other artists remain unknown. A blogger…

  • Mission District – Community Thrift Store Mural

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    Mission District Sycamore Street at 623 Valencia           This mural goes along the top of the Community Thrift Store.  The mural is actually on Sycamore Street. Done by a  school group they developed a mural design that emphasized the social as opposed to the currency value of objects, settling on a…

  • Mission, Norm’s Market

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    Mission District 20th and Bryant San Francisco Sirron Norris Across from the Deli-up Cafe with its work by Sirron  is this at Norm’s market. Here are all the photos for your enjoyment.        

  • SOMA’s Fun Creatures

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    354 5th Street This work is by Sirron Norris. Born in Cleveland, Ohio he graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, eventually settling down in San Francisco in 1997. Sirron worked as a production artist in the video game industry while he perfected his skill set as a fine artist.  In 1999, Sirron quickly gained…