Hunters Point – Muni Stop

Hunter’s Point

3rd Street Light Rail Project

Revere/Shafter Station

A Second team led by Horace Washington created stops in the Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhood. These artists attended many community meetings for input and direction about what kinds of concepts were desired for inclusion by neighborhood members. Many ideas were proposed including futuristic, ethnic, ecological and Victorian.  Joe Sam was the developer of this one about birds.

The Canopy

Mosaics on the platform.

Joe Sam makes a home on both coasts of the U.S.  One in San Francisco and one in Connecticut.  Here is what he says about himself on his website:  “I was born and raised in Harlem, New York City. I vividly remember looking at colors and textures. I spent a lot of time looking at hues of peeling paint. It was that old lead-based paint that peeled periodically, especially when the ceiling leaked. We always had these incredible designs on our walls.

I am a mixed media artist. Whenever possible I use materials in the state in which they were found. Whatever the media, the surface if my work is textured or shaped. My work reflects the fact that I’m a Black artist. My colors, patterns, and designs are multi-faceted and combine many parallel elements in a single piece of work analogous to the way African derived music combines parallel rhythmic and melodic elements. The content of my work reflects issues and ideas concerning people of color.”

Etchings on the Platform