Collaborating With the Muses Part 2
2025 Guggenheim Fellow Mildred Howard returns to 500 Capp Street this Juneteenth for Collaborating With the Muses: Part Two, presenting a never-before-seen suite of new works titled Untold Histories/Hidden Truths.
At 500 Capp Street, visitors will encounter a powerful installation on our patio: a reincarnation of a Jun铆pero Serra monument draped in red textile. Referencing the Serra statue in Golden Gate Park that was toppled in 2020鈥攁s well as many other monuments removed amid nationwide protests following the police murder of George Floyd鈥擧oward reimagines this figure to engage public space and collective memory, contributing to the city鈥檚 ongoing reckoning with its civic monuments.
In partnership with the San Francisco Arts Commission鈥檚 Shaping Legacy project, 500 Capp Street will host public programs, performances, and community discussions exploring racial justice, historic preservation, and the reimagining of public art.
Collaborating With the Muses: Part Two follows the first installment of the series, which brought Howard鈥檚 work to 500 Capp Street, Anglim/Trimble, and Pt. 2 Gallery last year. Through Collaborating With the Muses, Howard reaffirms her belief in art as a catalyst for dialogue and healing鈥攂ringing her lifelong commitment to political engagement, site-specificity, and community-centered practice into urgent contemporary discourse.
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2025 Guggenheim Fellow Mildred Howard returns to 500 Capp Street this Juneteenth for Collaborating With the Muses: Part Two, presenting a never-before-seen suite of new works titled Untold Histories/Hidden Truths.
At 500 Capp Street, visitors will encounter a powerful installation on our patio: a reincarnation of a Jun铆pero Serra monument draped in red textile. Referencing the Serra statue in Golden Gate Park that was toppled in 2020鈥攁s well as many other monuments removed amid nationwide protests following the police murder of George Floyd鈥擧oward reimagines this figure to engage public space and collective memory, contributing to the city鈥檚 ongoing reckoning with its civic monuments.
In partnership with the San Francisco Arts Commission鈥檚 Shaping Legacy project, 500 Capp Street will host public programs, performances, and community discussions exploring racial justice, historic preservation, and the reimagining of public art.
Collaborating With the Muses: Part Two follows the first installment of the series, which brought Howard鈥檚 work to 500 Capp Street, Anglim/Trimble, and Pt. 2 Gallery last year. Through Collaborating With the Muses, Howard reaffirms her belief in art as a catalyst for dialogue and healing鈥攂ringing her lifelong commitment to political engagement, site-specificity, and community-centered practice into urgent contemporary discourse.
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