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Jewett Gallery and Skylight Gallery©1997 by Robert Sabuda 
Robert Sabuda: Travels in Time and Space features 60 colorful and fanciful illustrations and intricate pop-up books
drawn from 11 books. His work demonstrates unparalleled artistry and innovation that are sure to appeal to readers
of all ages. Sabuda is widely regarded as the wizard of pop-up book engineering. His first published pop-up was The
Christmas Alphabet (1994), followed later by The 12 Days of Christmas (1996), both of which have become best
selling holiday classics. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-up (2000), has been considered his
masterpiece. Its linoleum-block print medium adheres to the style of the original W.W. Denslow illustrations, yet the
intense visual power of the pop-up is all Sabuda’s. This exhibition was organized by the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, Abilene, Texas. 
BookWorks 2008 - This new exhibition features nearly a hundred contemporary, sometimes sculptural, unique or limited-edition books by members of the Pacific Center for Book Arts. The book arts have a long history--from the first cave drawings,
scrolls, illuminated manuscripts and letterpress printing, to more recent forms of visual expression and communication made possible by digital technology. Drawing on past traditions, but free to envision the future, contemporary book artists and craftspeople use a wide range
of book forms, materials and techniques to express their concerns as artists and inhabitants of the 21st century. The books on display are distinguished in their design, typography, illustration, hand bookbinding and printing processes and paper.
Pacific Center for Book Arts is a member-service organization committed to providing its members opportunities to show their work, socialize with other practitioners of the book arts and learn from their peers. Members include calligraphers, custom binders, printmakers,
conservators and many others. For more information, visit www.pcba.info. Other Exhibition Areas in the Library
Beijing Welcomes You! - In the summer of 2008, Beijing will host the XXIX Olympic Games.
This photo exhibit is an open invitation for games participants and visitors to get to know about
Chinese history and culture, to experience the glorious celebration of the Olympic spirit in China
on an unprecedented scale, to see the tremendous changes that have taken place in this
great country and to be touched by its people’s passion and dedication. These works are courtesy
of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco.
Digging Deep: Underneath San Francisco Public Library – In honor of the Library’s 125th
Anniversary celebration. The current Main Library rests on a Gold Rush era cemetery and the ruins of the old City Hall,
destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. The archaeological remains pulled from the site include some of the everyday
and unusual objects that tell the story of the development of the Civic Center and The City’s earliest residents. 
Bayview’s Historical Footprints - Photographic exhibition celebrating the diverse history of Bayview Hunter’s Point featuring multimedia oral histories from elders in the community.
In collaboration with Bayview Hunter’s Point Neighborhood History Preservation Project. 
Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Bay Area - Through the sea level rise mapping project, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission has identified shoreline areas to be most affected by the sea level rise that
include the following areas: San Francisco, San Francisco Airport, the Central and South Bay, Corte Madera/San Rafael and Oakland Airport. These maps are a gift from the San Francisco Department of the Environment. For additional information check the San Francisco
Bay Conservation and Development Commission website at http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/
Pages Unbound - This exhibition will be a display of the collective talent of the pages from the 3rd floor, sharing different forms of artwork such as photograph, painting, sculpture and so on. 
*Resilience: My Culture, My People, Me! – As part of the 15th annual AfroSolo Arts Festival, we invited African American artists to explore resilience through their eyes. This exhibit is a mixed media extravaganza
illustrating the resilience in our history, our culture and our lives. AfroSolo's mission is to nurture, promote and present African American and African diaspora art and culture through solo performances and the visual and literary arts. Since 1993,
AfroSolo has provided a forum to give an authentic voice to the diverse experiences of black people. Through art, AfroSolo brings people of all ethnicities together to explore and share the human spirit that binds us all. For more information, visit http://afrosolo.org/. 
FBI Turns 100 - In July of 1908, Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte responded to legislation prohibiting the Department of
Justice from continuing their long-standing practice of borrowing Treasury Department agents for their investigations by creating a
small investigative bureau within the Department of Justice. Over the next century, this 34-agent investigative force would grow
into the FBI (with 30,000 employees in 2008). In honor of the FBI's 100th birthday, the Government Information Center has
selected some items documents from our collection and the San Francisco Historical Photo Collection that show this evolving
government agency at work. 
25th Anniversary of the Folsom Street Fair: Dore Alley - This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Folsom Street Fair, the
world’s largest leather/fetish event which goes beyond the distinctions of gender and sexual orientation. This exhibit will focus on
the Up Your Alley Fair (aka Dore Alley, where the event takes place). Although a younger offshoot of the Folsom Street Fair, Up
Your Alley attracts over 12,000 local leatherfolk and few tourists, it is considered a less commercial and very authentic San Francisco event. 
Irreplaceable: Wildlife in a Warming World - Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges facing the
world today. This exhibition communicates global warming’s impact on wildlife, especially highlighting the effect of climate
change on endangered species. Scientists predict that global warming will become a leading cause of species extinction over the
next several decades. As we work to address the impacts of global warming on humans—rising sea levels, destructive storms,
drought—we also need to protect imperiled wildlife from a warming world.
Pride of the Philippine Sea: The Philippine Coral Reef - This exhibition is a display of photographs and other artifacts of the
Philippine coral reef considered by many scientists as the world's deepest and most diverse living coral reef. Images of the
environmental effects impacting the coral reef and what is being done to conserve this Philippine national treasure will also be featured.
Dorothy Starr: San Francisco’s First Lady of Sheet Music - An exhibition of sheet music from the Library’s Dorothy Starr collection. 
The Sister Republics: The Swiss Confederation and the United States of America - As nations, the United States
and Switzerland differ greatly in age, size, population and in their respective roles on the world stage, yet they enjoy
historically close ties, common interests, shared traditions and remarkable political similarities as federal unions of
independent states with representative democracies. The Sister Republics revives a like-named exhibition
conceived in 1991 by Dr. James H. Hutson of the Library of Congress to mark the septicentennial of the Swiss
Confederation. Since then, a touring version of the exhibition has appeared in many cities in the U.S. and in
Switzerland. A Selection of Our Online Exhibitions *Picture This: Family Photographs of Everyday San Francisco - This exhibition draws from a collection of photographs shared with the San Francisco Public Library by community members from the Western Addition, Ocean View/Merced/Ingleside (OMI), Mission and Sunset neighborhoods. On Shades of San Francisco Photo Days, library staff, volunteers, and professional photographers copied photos from the family collections of local residents which recorded their daily lives as well as the cultural, historical, and political contributions of these neighborhoods. In this Online Exhibition we share approximately 150 of the photographs from the Shades of San Francisco project. Online Exhibition  *Out at the Library - Out at the Library celebrates the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Library’s James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center by highlighting its collection and offering a rare look into what an archives is and how it ensures the legacy of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. From boots worn by cross-dressing Civil War surgeon Dr. Mary Walker to classic LGBT pulp paperbacks to the 1978 appointment book of assassinated City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the objects and stories in Out at the Library offer compelling views of remarkable and ordinary lives. Online Exhibition 
*Reversing Vandalism - An exhibition of over 200 original works of art created from books mainly on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender topics,
women's issues and HIV/AIDS, that were destroyed by a vandal and withdrawn from the San Francisco Public Library's collection. Artists and concerned individuals from around the country worked to turn the damaged books into works of art. The wide
variety of responses to this hate crime vividly demonstrates the transformative power of art. 
*Amusing America - The premiere exhibition of the San Francisco
Museum and Historical Society, cosponsored by the San Francisco Public Library with support from the California State Library. 
Library's 125th Anniversary - Two online historical displays were created as part of the Library's 125th Anniversary celebrations. A Selection of Our Upcoming Exhibitions and Shows
Daniela Yew’s Alphabet Series - An exhibition of a series of paintings based on the letters of the alphabet Daniela Yew has been working on since 2003.
Fresh, Fanciful and French - Original work by French artists and children’s book illustrators Olivier Tallec and Natali Fortier will be on display. Both artists work in a variety of media and genres.
Amy Beach: Her Blissful Years in San Francisco - An exhibition of photographs, scores, sheet music and archival material focusing on the San Francisco works of classical composer Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1866-1944). 
Afghanistan 1970-1975: Images From An Era of Peace - Striking black and white pre-war 1970s photographs of Afghanistan by Joseph Hoyt depict people of all ages, landscapes and ancient ruins in a poor but culturally and historically
rich nation before the start of conflict and turmoil. “The photographs in this collection reveal an Afghanistan very different from the one we hear about today. What we see in these images
is not just an Afghanistan at peace, but a people and a country at peace within itself –a remarkable country and its resilient people going about their daily routines,” said Hoyt.
Girl Who “Wed” Another Girl: Pre-1950 Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Marriages in the United States - Most San Franciscans are aware of the recent
California Supreme Court decision allowing same sex couples to wed legally. What Bay Area residents may not know is that many gay, lesbian and transgender couples wed in the United States prior to 1950.
This exhibit draws attention to several anatomically-same sex California couples who married and lived as husband and wife in defiance of legal and social conventions.
Harvey Milk: Private Life/Public Life - An exhibition of original photographs and archival material drawn from the collections of the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center and
the San Francisco History Center that explores the life of Harvey Milk from his childhood to his days on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Highlights include family photos, love letters, candid snapshots and political papers. Programs marked with an asterisk (*) are funded by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. All programs at the Library are free. |
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