San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
401 Van Ness Ave
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.554.6080
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Amber Hasselbring, Mission Greenbelt Campaign Headquarters
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Nov 15, 2007 – Dec 22, 2007
Wednesdays–Saturdays (noon–5pm)
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Note: There is an opening reception for this exhibition on Thur Nov 15 (5-8pm).
For the duration of the gallery's Winter Session, Polk Street's San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery space will serve as the command center for the Mission Greenbelt Project. The endeavor, lead by artist Amber Hasselbring, proposes that neighbors and officials unite their efforts in order to plant a verdant highway of native Californian species that umbilically links Franklin Square Park with Dolores Park. Reminiscent of the Guerrilla Gardening project, whose participants "illicitly cultivate" derelict urban lots into lush oases, the Mission Greenbelt Project employs far more legal tactics by interpreting existing laws that allow residents to co-opt sections of sidewalk for greening purposes. The campaign kick-off party features artists, environmentalist speakers, and local politicians.
