Public Art

Place Is the Space

Located on the northeast corner of 18th and Tennessee streets in San Francisco, on the exterior of The Space Program building sits Place Is The Space, a mural by artist Christopher Burch created in collaboration with Artist As First Responder, with support from The Space Program. Installed in August 2022 for a two-year period, the mural is a visual conversation regarding culture, beauty, displacement and privilege in the Dogpatch.

Photos by Shaun Roberts photography

Patch Pieces

Painted in September 2024, The Space Program is pleased to host a two-year installation of Patch Pieces by artist Muzae Sesay. Patch Pieces is an artwork that takes architectural images from around the Dogpatch neighborhood and reduces them to rudimentary forms that are then built into an abstract composition. Shipyard archways, hidden corridors, and discarded furniture become a type of iconography to be discovered and interpreted by the viewer. The overall industrial nature of the environment around the Dogpatch lends itself to the structural form of the piece. The work takes reference from Muzae's Oakland mural Lake Merritt, Black Structures, and Colorful Streets.