Free Bus Art Tour + Workshop: Monuments Reimagined (SF)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

mJoin us in contending with the violent legacies of California politicians and colonialists and the monuments and institutions left behind to honor them. After a tour of Mildred Howard’s installations in Black Gold at Fort Point and at 500 Capp Street, led by artist Anna Lisa Escobedo, we will explore the web of connections between these political figures and the varied approaches Howard and other artists have taken to interrupt these monumental forms, through an exclusive workshop led by artist Weston Teruya. We will close by breaking apart and taking with us seed paper sculpture replicas of statuary objects, so that we might scatter them back into the earth.

We welcome audiences interested in anti-colonialist and anti-racist conversations about monuments.

Tour: 11 am to 1 pm at Fort Point
Workshop: 1 to 3 pm at 500 Capp Street
Tour and Bus Ticket – Free Bus Tour
Workshop Ticket

About the Artists

Anna Lisa Escobedo is a visual artist, artivist, event producer, and community engagement director of the New Monuments Taskforce. She has worked across the Bay Area with numerous arts nonprofits and community organizations to create inclusive, intersectional spaces for cultural production, resistance, and celebration. Her practice spans murals, poetry, public programs, and monument reimaginings.

Weston Teruya is an artist and cultural worker whose installations and participatory projects examine power, history, and place. His sculptural works often use paper, pulp, and ephemera to explore collective memory, disassembly of monuments, and shared storytelling. Based in the Bay Area, Teruya is deeply engaged in creating art that questions institutional legacies and fosters community reflection.

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