AweLab is an installation featuring artwork by Alice Shaw and Alison Pebworth that explores the ways in which they employ Awe as a tool for inspiration and generation, and as a community-centered approach to life. Credit: Alice Shaw, Formation

Pines, digital pigment print with 22K gold leaf, by Alice Shaw

Innards and Upwards, Alison Pebworth's intricate Wunderkammer changes daily with the opening and closing of dozens of doors exposing hidden secrets

Detail, Innards and Upwards, an installation by Alison Pebworth

Detail, Innards and Upwards, an installation by Alison Pebworth

In the exhibition In_Sight On_Site: Beyond Function, architects and designers showcased their talents beyond their design concepts for the built environment. Through this exhibition in the AIASF's Design Gallery in 2016, the jury panel, including Amy Ress and Jenn Doyle Crane, curated multi-media artworks to highlight the richness and diversity of the local interdisciplinary design community.

Renowned visual artist/designer/educator Jeremy Mende discussed his new Grove Street installation with Amy Ress, SFAC Galleries Advisory Board member. A short, fun presentation was followed by Q & A with the artist about his practice and what went into creating his installation. The discussion will also delve into the general idea of urban art interventions.

At the installation closing, Amy joined the artist in an exhilarating public performance in costume.

As Advisory Board Members of the SFAC Galleries, Amy Ress and Jenn Doyle Crane collaborated with 826 Valencia to lead a summer youth camp workshop. 826 students explored interdisciplinary creative placemaking and community engagement, inspired by artists and designers proposing positive civic change in the SFAC Galleries' Urbanition exhibition.

The inaugural Sister City Biennial exhibition Urbanition, was co-produced by the San Francisco Arts Commission and Sydney-based CarriageWorks and on view at the SFAC Gallery in 2011. Urbanition included three works from San Francisco-based artists and three from Sydney-based artists, each tasked with proposing visionary solutions for a more humane, green and livable future for the two cities. Credit:  You are bART by REBAR

We asked 826 students, "What would improve the place where you live?" Over two days, students got creative in the processes that artists and designers use for communication in their work, interacting with professionals to make communities more livable.

Lights on Market Street marked the gateways to Mid-Market with 3 large-scale public lighting installations. The interactive nature of the site-specific light installations encouraged passersby to see the neighborhood in a new light. The initiative was realized through a partnership between San Francisco Arts Commission and Public Architecture, where Amy Ress served as the project's manager.

FACES transformed a city intersection with a dynamic and playful platform for passersby to create connections and stories based on the faces captured and displayed over Market Street.