The yerba buena center for the arts will implement and evaluate a project designed to engage wide-reaching community participation to activate prominent public spaces with art at six sites in and…

The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts received a $792,642 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025. The grant will enable the organization to implement and evaluate a project designed to engage the local community in activating prominent public spaces with art at six sites in and around its San Francisco campus. The project will involve a curatorial council of community members who will solicit and select participating artists through surveys and open calls, and the development of related programming and interactive activities. The project staff will also evaluate the program, with the goal of sharing the results as a model for supporting community-led public art and accompanying programming in settings where residents can safely gather, engage, and connect.

The yerba buena center for the arts will implement and evaluate a project designed to engage wide-reaching community participation to activate prominent public spaces with art at six sites in and around its campus in SAN francisco's soma neighborhood. A curatorial council composed of community members will solicit and select participating artists through surveys and open calls, and the project team will develop related programming and interactive activities. Project staff will also evaluate the program, with the goal of sharing project results as a model for how to support community-led public art and accompanying programming in settings where residents can safely gather, engage, and connect, and learn from the works, artists, and one another.