Design and painting by Mona Caron 2009-2010
Project manager and artist's assistant: Lisa Ruth Elliott.
A project of the North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District, San Francisco's Community Challenge Grant Program, and the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development.

About the project:

The North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District invited Mona Caron to create a mural at the North-East corner of Jones and Golden Gate. The mural design was developed after being inspired and informed by dozens of interviews, tours, and meetings with local residents, communities and organizations. The mural includes references to local history, and depictions of the neighborhood with details inspired by ongoing direct contact with the neighboring population, including over 200 little figures based on real people of the neighborhood. It also includes a section featuring tiles with artwork created by artists working at Hospitality House Community Art Center, by children at the Boys and Girls Club, and members of other communities in the immediate vicinity of the mural.

Check back for a detailed legend of the mural's imagery, panel by panel!

Photos of the mural opening party, March 5th 2010

by Kalie Îlana Koa Cassel-Feiss.
(more pics soon)

Mural Photos:

tile seeds

Southeast asian story

Former site of the Blackhawk Jazz club

Two versions of the intersection by the mural

Golden Gate Avenue: "one way"

Golden Gate Avenue: "another way"

Work in progress photos:

Before the design or painting started: learning about the neighborhood - a few moments:

Special thanks to Elaine Zamora and Joseph Leon, The NOM/TL CBC District Identity & Streetscape Improvements Committee, Lanita Henriquez, Peter Field, Mark Ellinger, Dina Hilliard, Joel Pomerantz, Nick Kasimatis, Nikki Rodenbeck-Gunn and Eric Rodenbeck, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, The San Francisco Arts Commission, and The Jack Sen Benevolent Association.
 
Tiles created at the Central City Hospitality House Community Arts Program and The Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco Tenderloin Clubhouse Art Program. Special thanks to Kay Weber, Rick Darnell, Robert Chambers, Cole Kirklighter, Miguel Patricio, and Niki Savage.  

Mural volunteers:
Nikki Rodenbeck-Gunn, Eric Rodenbeck, Anne-Marie Russo, Paz de la Calzada, Sona Aggarwal, Rebecca Whipple Silverstein, David Stern-Gottfried, Leslie Terzian Markoff, Kathleen Joyce, John Nuņez, Meegan Barnes, and Laurie Hampton.