An immersive sculpture of a golden eagle will honor the history and culture of the Muwekma Ohlone community.
A Golden Eagle Alights in Sunol
January 3, 2021 •
Matthew Harrison Tedford
Matthew Harrison Tedford is an arts writer focused on ecology, history, and politics. Based in San Francisco, his work has appeared on KQED, Hyperallergic, SF Weekly, Art Practical, and elsewhere.
Abstract Art? Floating Laboratory? Oakland’s Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Is Both
September 27, 2020 •
The Float Lab is both an experiment in resilient architecture and a piece of public art.
Meditations in an Emergency
June 21, 2020 •
The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s “MeditOceans” focus on breath, presence, non-judgment, and jellyfish.
In ‘These Lines Are Living,’ Artists Engage With the Changing Shoreline
March 24, 2020 •
Can site-specific dance and other forms of art help us more deeply grasp the reality of our changing shorelines?
A River of Ink
January 6, 2020 •
See the California works from the most accomplished Chinese
painter of the 20th century
The Impossibility of Describing Nature …
September 16, 2019 •
In his 1979 book The Tree, British novelist John Fowles characterizes nature as “an experience whose deepest value lies in the fact that it cannot be directly described by any art … including that of words.” Undeterred by the impossibility … Read more
An Artist Features the Bay’s “Transitional” Spaces
June 23, 2019 •
In 1989 work began on the San Francisco Bay Trail, a planned 500-mile circumnavigation of the entire Bay, from San José to San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge to Napa and Martinez and back down the East Bay shoreline. … Read more
California Wildflowers and Climate Change
March 25, 2019 •
Rob Badger’s collection goes by the title “Beauty and the Beast”
The Art of Attentiveness: Q&A With Tanja Geis
December 28, 2018 •
Berkeley-based artist Tanja Geis explores the inherent value of nonhuman life.
Bay Area Filmmaker Looks for Answers About the Future of Wildfire
September 30, 2018 •
Kevin White hopes we can re-think our relationship to fire.