Celebrate Muni Art 2018! The Poetry Society of America collaborates with San Francisco Beautiful, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and Supervisor Sandra Fewer to present Muni Art 2018, which has transformed 100 Muni buses into galleries featuring work by a diverse range of talented poets and artists. Inspired by the Poetry Society of America's Poetry in Motion® program, which places poetry in the transit systems of cities throughout the country, and San Francisco Beautiful's mission to create and protect the unique beauty and livability of San Francisco, Muni Art 2018 provides a unique and powerful opportunity for bus riders to experience an exhilarating collaboration between poets Juan Felipe Herrera, Diane di Prima, Kay Ryan, Brynn Saito, and Charif Shanahan, and artists Donavon Brutus, Janet Rumsey, Mara Hernandez, Randi Pace, and Tsungwei Moo. Those listed below will converge in San Francisco to share and celebrate their work.
Launch at City Hall
A launch and reading on the steps of City Hall, with Darcy Brown, Executive Director of San Francisco Beautiful, Peter Clarke, Graphic Designer for San Francisco Beautiful, Supervisor Sandra Fewer, former California State Senator Mark Leno, Michelle Jeffers, Chief, Communications, Programs & Partnerships at San Francisco Public Library, Alice Quinn, Executive Director of the Poetry Society of America, poets Juan Felipe Herrera, Diane di Prima (health allowing), Charif Shanahan, Brynn Saito, and Kim Shuck, poet laureate of San Francisco, and artists Donavon Brutus, Janet Rumsey, Mara Hernandez, Randi Pace, and Tsungwei Moo.
12-1pm
San Francisco City Hall, Polk Street Steps
1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl
San Francisco, CA 94102
Admission is free.
Reading and Panel Presentation
Featured poets and artists will present their work and discuss the joys and challenges of this public collaboration. Presenters include poets Diane di Prima (health allowing), Kim Shuck, poet laureate of San Francisco, Charif Shanahan, and Brynn Saito, and artists Donavon Brutus, Janet Rumsey, Mara Hernandez, Randi Pace, and Tsungwei Moo.
5:30-7:30pm
Latino/Hispanic Room
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Admission is free.
