The City Unfolded:

The City Unfolded is a presentation of collaborative work by First Exposures and 826 Valencia students. During the spring of 2010, the students of First Exposures and 826 Valencia came together every Saturday to tell the real and imagined stories of San Francisco. The students formed 13 groups, and each group was asked to imaginatively interpret the City through words and photographs. Exploring ideas and neighborhoods, visions began forming of how they saw both themselves living within the city, and the city itself. During the summer, the students reconvened to edit their final projects for presentation in the public domain of bus shelters throughout San Francisco.

This exhibition features several of the posters shown in bus shelters around the city during the month of September 2010, as well as additional work created during the process the students engaged in to complete this challenging project. An accompanying publication, entitled The City Unfolded, is available through Blurb for Good, who generously donated a number of books for the program.

Please note this exhibition closes to the public on Saturday, April 16, 2011. The work will also be on view for the upcoming First Exposures benefit, Looking Forward, Giving Back, on April 28, 2011. Stop by from April 26 - April 28 to preview the silent auction items as well as The City Unfolded, and find out more about the benefit here!

First Exposures is supported in part by the Adobe Foundation, Blurb for Good, Clear Channel Outdoor, Drusie and Jim Davis, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Kimball Foundation, Nelson Fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Alicia Nogales and Greg Little, and the Joseph R. Parker Foundation. This exhibition was curated by Erik Auerbach and Nina Bellisio with Kate Gentzke.

January 6—April 16, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 6, 5 - 8 pm

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