Field Notes - FOR-SITE Foundation

01-03-14 Ai Weiwei Protests the Restrictions on His Travel

I feel my artworks, to a great degree, they are desires that will never be fulfilled. But that doesn’t impact on what we do manage to do. Just as I feel that the great More

Interior of the New Industries Building at Alcatraz

12-03-13 Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in the New York Times

“The idea of loss of freedom as a punishment raises philosophical questions.” Ai Weiwei talks with Jori Finkel about his FOR-SITE project on Alcatraz in More

Ai Weiwei in the elevator when taken into custody by the police, Sichuan, China, 2009

12-02-13 Announcing @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

FOR-SITE is delighted to announce our next major project: @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, opening in September 2014 and presented in partnership with the Golden Gate More

11-27-13 Art Makes You Smart

. . . strong causal relationships do in fact exist between arts education and a range of desirable outcomes. The title of a recent New York Times article says it all: Art More

10-17-13 Andy Goldsworthy’s Tree Fall Opens October 19

FOR-SITE is excited to announce the opening weekend of Tree Fall, a new work by artist Andy Goldsworthy in San Francisco’s Presidio, this Saturday, October 19, and More

09-10-13 2012 SECA Artist David Wilson Explores San Francisco’s Lost Corners and In-Between Stretches of Natural and Developed Space

Oakland-based artist David Wilson engages with experience of place through a meditative drawing practice and through the orchestration of site-specific More

07-16-13 Timelapse: Doug Hall and the Western Landscape

The iconic and glorious Golden Gate Bridge, recognized around the world, is nearly synonymous with the Bay Area. Opening on July 18th, the San Jose Museum of Art invites More

06-26-13 International Orange Selected as a Finalist in Americans for the Arts’ Year in Review

FOR-SITE is delighted to announce that International Orange has been recognized as one of most exemplary and innovative public art projects in the United States in 2012 More

06-14-13 Congratulations to KQED for Their Coverage of International Orange!

Congratulations to KQED for winning the first prize in the 36th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards category Feature Story of a Light Nature, for their coverage More

05-31-13 Out and About Enjoying Wood Line

Earlier this week, FOR-SITE shared a jaunt around Wood Line with CultureBaby parents and children. Michelle Taylor, historic compliance coordinator at Presidio Trust, More