Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Tag: 2% for Art

  • Point Cloud

    Point Cloud

    Moscone Center “Point Cloud” by Leo Villareal, the designer of “The Bay Lights” on the Bay Bridge has been incorporated into the new East Bridge, which connects Moscone North and South. Commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission for  $1.5 million, it is part of the city’ 2% for Art Program. This light sculpture is…

  • Windmills of Portola

    Windmills of Portola

    Palega Park 500 Felton Portola District In November of 2013 eighty year old Palega Park underwent a $21.2 million Restoration. The Park’s new clubhouse features a mosaic mural by Kelly Ording commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission through the city’s two-percent-for-art ordinance. Located behind the clubhouse’s portico windows and visible from the street, Windmills pays homage…

  • The Gates of Cayuga Playground

    End of Cayuga Avenue at Naglee Avenue Under the Bart Train and The 280 Freeway Outer Mission Cayuga Playground is once again open.  Your first greeting is the painted still fence, titled Cayuga Portal. Through the City’s two-percent-for-art program, the SFAC commissioned artist Eric Powell to create two new decorative gates for the park. The…