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SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970
LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum\, 34.411572\,-119.847900
DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major su
 rvey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landsca
 pe planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her
  temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her in
 itial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, w
 ith Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead 
 spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, 
 and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f
 rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply a
 s The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active unt
 il 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway cons
 truction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and 
 laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBon
 nie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment
  to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within 
 the first generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, a
 s well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases n
 ewly transferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, colla
 ges\, works on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera docum
 enting Sherk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 
 1970s and 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the mult
 i\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/f9029d10-5936-4006-b82b-32fd15aaf8ec
URL:http://next-to-u.app/events/f9029d10-5936-4006-b82b-32fd15aaf8ec
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