2020
The Berkeley Art Center →
The Sanctuary City Banners
Sanctuary City Project realizes that during COVID-19, public space has also become essential. Outdoor spaces provide the opportunity to engage more safely and responsibly, and offer a sense of normality in a very un-normal time. These banners are a way for SCP to expand the engagement strategies they have been developing for the past 12 years, and to encourage public conversations about the injustices surrounding undocumented immigrants and COVID-19.
2018
(De) Appropriation Wall
In May 2018 the San Francisco Arts Commission invited us to host a public print shop at the (de)Appropriation wall on Valencia Street. After 7 hours, 250 posters, 3 volunteers, a fork lift, and many participants, we covered the entire 20 x 30 ft. wall with posters.
After The Wall was completed we left a sharpie pen hanging in the middle of the wall.
When we came back two days later we saw that the public started commenting on various posters attached to the wall.
2017
For-Site Foundation →
The Sanctuary City Print Cart
Part of the “Sanctuary” exhibition.
We invited 36 artists from 21 different countries to design contemporary rugs reflecting on the notion of sanctuary, offering visitors a multiplicity of perspectives on the basic human need for refuge, protection, and sacred ground. The Sanctuary Print Cart collaborated with the exhibition to silkscreen four original artists’ prints based on their response to the sanctuary exhibition. These screens where printed at the sight of the exhibition and given away to the public for free.
SFMOMA, San Francisco →
The Sanctuary City Project exhibited the poster Not In My City! - the poster refers to a participans’ feelings stating that they did not want ICE enforcement in their community. The Sanctuary City Project also worked with the SFMOMA Education Department in conjunction with the Get With The Action! exhibition. The project printed with Bay Area teachers and students from Balboa High School and San Francisco School Of The Arts (SOTA).
2017
The Sanctuary City Print II.
Montalvo Arts Center →
Kala Art Institute →
La Cocina
The Sanctuary City Project was invited to La Cocina’s Annual 2017 San Francisco Street Food Festival. For the festival the Sanctuary Print Cart was deployed to print, give away free posters, and engage in conversation surrounding immigration policy with the attendees.
2017
The Sanctuary City Print (Schools)
Cabrillo College
Part of Art Now Lecture Series. Public printing and lecture.
University of San Francisco
Honors College Lounge Event. We printed over 150 T-shirts with the students.
Balboa High School
In collaboration with SFMOMA education department.
2017
The Sanctuary City Billboards
See the billboards in the gallery bellow.
An article describing the billboards can be found here. →
San Francisco Billboards
This is a Sanctuary,
Florida St./22nd St.
The Country of the Immigrant is Here, Mission St. @19th St./20th St.
A Sanctuary is a Necessity,
Mission St /14th St.
I am an Immigrant,
5th/Howard St.
Where Would You Go Back To?
Mission St./ 8th St.
