When Imagination Goes Public

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When Imagination Goes Public
When Imagination Goes Public

Lot Project

Knitting the Commons

Location

Civic Center Commons

Opening Date

June 12, 2017

Status

Active

Designer

Knits for Life

Partners

Trust for Public Land
Recreation and Parks Department
San Francisco Public Works
Asian Art Museum
San Francisco Main Public Library

Funders

Discretionary Funds from Local Foundation


Knitting the Commons together with yarn tree wrapping

Knitting the Commons is a temporary art project that aims to ‘knit’ together San Francisco's central public spaces - Civic Center Plaza, UN Plaza, and Fulton Street between the Main Library and the Asian Art Museum - referred to as "the Commons".

Working closely with Civic Center stakeholders, The Trust for Public Land and Knits for Life (an art-sister-duo) developed a tree-wrapping art installation to help unite the Commons with playful, visual elements. Knits for Life is leading the design and installation with input from the community.

Project elements have been installed in several phases:

  • “Thread” was installed in June 2017. Consisting of brightly colored bands (yellow, red and blue – Civic Center Commons colors) the intention of these wraps was to visually connect the Commons.

  • Starting in September 2017, Knits for Life installed the first clusters of Land, Sea and Air Creatures in trees throughout the Commons. The theme was decided by the public through in person and online voting during the month of June. The first clusters consisted of giraffes in Civic Center Plaza, parrots on Fulton Street, and the pacific octopuses in UN Plaza.

  • In February of 2018, Knits for Life artists returned to add new creature clusters to Civic Center Plaza to celebrate the grand opening of the Helen Diller Civic Center Playgrounds. During this phase, chameleons and sea otters were added to Civic Center Plaza.

  • Knits for Life is currently installing a new set of animal clusters for 2019. This February, look for Elephants in Civic Center Plaza and Parrots back on Fulton, with Flamingos coming soon to UN Plaza!

Knitting the Commons is part of the broader Civic Center Commons initiative, a collaborative effort to breathe new life into the City’s central civic spaces, changing how people engage with the place and with each other so that everyone can feel welcome and experience the best of San Francisco every day. Led by the City of San Francisco in partnership with neighbors, community organizations, and cultural institutions, the initiative is transforming the Commons into the unified civic space it was designed to be. For more information on the Civic Center Commons Initiative, visit civiccentercommons.org

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