Poetry & Art Show: Tilden Hotel Art Program at Tilden Hotel San Francisco
San Francisco, and the Tenderloin in particular, is a mecca for artists and creative expression. Tilden Hotel is committed to not only engaging with the community, but also in helping shine a light on the diverse artists that live here. We want to provide a space for thought and respectful discussion where diversity is embraced without judgement.
'Fort Point Lighthouse San Francisco', 2021: courtesy of the artist, SFMTA and SF Beautiful
Project Introduction: In partnership with San Francisco Beautiful, The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) supporting local artists and enhancing the transit experience for San Francisco's 700,000+ daily riders through their Muni Art program. 100 Muni buses are converted into rolling art galleries, reigniting a successful relationship between local art and local transit.
About The Artist: Originally from Thailand, I have been a proud resident of the Tenderloin for the past twelve years making art with and about my growing community in San Francisco. "My paintings are layered with a passion for architecture, inspired by building textures and city life".
For seven years I have been an artist, collaborator and educator with the historic non-profit Hospitality House in their Community Arts Program. CAP is a free art studio helping low income artists instill strength and self-empowerment through artistic expression in our neighborhood. "I have experienced migration and displacement, so my work as an artist conveys that desire for belonging and place".
Muni Art 2022 paintings
from What is Poetry? (top)
It is what exists between the lines.
A true poem can create a divine still-
ness in the world.
It is made with the stillness of dreams.
It is far, far cries upon the beach at nightfall.
It is a lighthouse moving its mega- phone over the sea.
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The Changing Light
The changing light at San Francisco
is none of your East Coast light
none of your
pearly light of Paris
The light of San Francisco
is a sea light
an island light
And the light of fog
blanketing the hills
drifting in at night
through the Golden Gate
to lie on the city at dawn
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
'Changing Light', 2021: courtesy of the artist, SFMTA and SF Beautiful
Recipe for Happiness in Khabarovsk or Anyplace
One grand boulevard with trees
with one grand café in sun
with strong black coffee in very small cups
One not necessarily very beautiful
man or woman who loves you
One fine day
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
'Nook Cafe, SF', 2021: courtesy of the artist, SFMTA and SF Beautiful
Populist Manifesto
'Russian Hill, 2021: courtesy of the artist, SFMTA and SF Beautiful
Poets, come out of your closets,
Open your windows, open your doors,
You have been holed up too long
In your closed worlds.
Come down, come down
from your Russian Hills and Telegraph Hills,
your Beacon Hills and your Chapel Hills,
your Mount Analogues and Montparnasses,
down from your foothills and mountains,
out of your tepees and domes.
The trees are still falling
and we’ll to the woods no more.
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
At the Golden Gate
'At the Golden Gate, 2021: courtesy of the artist, SFMTA and SF Beautiful
At the Golden Gate
A single plover far at sea
wings across the horizon
A single rower almost out of sight
rows his skull into eternity
And I take a Buddha crystal in my hand
And begin becoming pure light
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
'Polk Street Legends', 2021: courtesy of the artist, SFMTA and SF Beautiful
'Metropolis (edited for muni art, 2021: courtesy of the artist, SFMTA and SF Beautiful
San Francisco Buildings (edited for muni art, 2021: courtesy of the artist, SFMTA and SF Beautiful
INFORMATION
Text credit: Muni Art Program SFMTA