YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS presents contemporary art from the Bay Dear Friends: Area and around the world that refl ects the profound issues and ideas of our time, In preparing our 2008_09 Annual Report, I cannot help but refl ect expands the boundaries of artistic practice, on the artistic and fi nancial success of YBCA and the progress we and celebrates the diversity of human continue to make on our long-term vision to place contemporary art experience and expression. at the heart of community life.

YBCA occupies a unique spot within ’s cultural landscape and plays a key role in making the Bay Area a culturally rich, vibrant and diverse place to live. While fi nancial statements demonstrate our incredible fi scal health, in spite of the volatile times in which we live, a few of the key artistic and organizational highlights from this year include: Bay Area Now 5, our signature triennial showcase of the best Bay Area visual artists, fi lmmakers PRESIDENT and performing artists; the appointment of our new Director of Janis M. Zivic Visual Arts Bett i-Sue Hertz; and Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, the fi rst comprehensive survey of this remarkable artist’s VICE PRESIDENTS work, garnering worldwide media att ention and breaking att endance records. Petra Schumann Sarah Woodward We also presented Japan Dance Now, a rare US showcase of three Bruce McDougal groundbreaking dance companies from Japan; the Bay Area debut of Mexican experimental theater company Teatro de Ciertos Ron Garrity Habitantes; Through Future Eyes: The Endurance of Humanity, Priya Kamani the fi rst exhibition curated by our Young Artists at Work (YAAW) Jeff Filimon students; the Seventh Annual Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and the celebration of the 30th anniversary of San Christopher Staff ord Francisco’s legendary Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. MEMBERS YBCA adapts and responds to the ever-changing environment, Stephen Beal both in the art it presents and in its structure. To do this takes a tremendous amount of confi dence by our community and our donors, J.D. Beltran who support us as we experiment with the edges of contemporary Denise Bradley cultural production. You recognize and believe in the importance of Rob Epstein presenting new works, taking risks and challenging audiences. Jon Funabiki None of this would be possible without the dedication and vision of Gary Hall our Board and Staff . We could not achieve the successes outlined in the pages that follow were it not for the confi dence and support that Heather Hartle they demonstrate in their commitment to YBCA. Finally, a heartfelt Margaret Jenkins thanks to the many amazing artists who have worked with us this Kevin King season and without whom there would be no YBCA. Richard Laiderman We relish the opportunities for continued dialogue about the world Theodora Lee around us through the art we present, and look forward to you joining Jennifer MacCloskey us in this conversation. Alexandra Morehouse Helen Sause Sincerely, Stacey Welsh Ken Wilson San San Wong

Kenneth J. Foster Executive Director

P. 2 INTRODUCTION YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT In 1980, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) initiated plans for a new neighborhood to be called Yerba Buena that turning a once dilapidated area of the city into an urban oasis. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) was the project’s anchor cultural complex with the mandate to feature culturally diverse, community-based national and international interdisciplinary arts, culture and entertainment. Aft er years of community input and planning with scores of Northern California artists, as well as cultural, educational and civic leaders, YBCA opened to international acclaim on October 12, 1993.

AT-A-GLANCE PROGRAMS FACILITIES FULL-TIME STAFF VISUAL ARTS 755 seat Theater 50 Four sets of contemporary art exhibitions each year in our Galleries 6,700 square feet multi-use Forum SEASONAL & PART-TIME STAFF 493 PERFORMING ARTS Three Galleries Contemporary and classic dance, music and ANNUAL ATTENDANCE theater in our Theater and Forum 94 seat Screening Room 146,101 FILM/VIDEO Outdoor Sculpture Court and East Garden MEMBERS Adventurous contemporary and classic 1,900 independent fi lm/video in our Screening Theater Building Architect: James Stewart Room Polshek and Partners SCREENINGS PER YEAR 171 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Galleries and Forum Architect: Fumihiko School/Youth & Family programs and adult Maki, in association with Robinson, Mills PERFORMANCES PER YEAR public programs bring audiences behind and Williams 200 the scenes and in contact with artists presented at YBCA EXHIBITIONS PER YEAR 11

GEOGRAPHIC REACH San Francisco Bay Area and visitors

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT YBCA AT-A-GLANCE P. 3 YBCALIVE! are unique social ART SAVVY is a groundbreaking outreaches to San Francisco BIG IDEA DAYS/NIGHTS are gatherings, usually held in series of interactive workshops Unifi ed School District K–12 YBCA’s expanded series of “Big conjunction with a screening, designed to deepen audience public schools, San Francisco Idea” public soirees designed exhibition, or performance, connection with contemporary aft er-school programs and to get artists, donors, sponsors, giving visitors an opportunity art through Visual Thinking adult art community-based members and the public-at-large to engage with featured artists. Strategies, one of the most organizations to give free talking about art and ideas under Refreshments are served and respected art education methods access to YBCA’s Galleries. one glamorous roof. Centered att endees have the opportunity in the country. Discovering YBCA Tours use around universal themes such to spend more informal one-on- the Visual Thinking Strategies as “Imagining Our Future” and one time with artist(s) and/or YOUNG ARTISTS AT WORK (YAAW) method to engage audiences in “Ritual and Redemption,” Big Idea curator(s). is a program that provides an inquiry-based exploration of Nights are free to att end and look mentorship, professional arts contemporary art. to draw connections between COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS are and job skills training, Art as contemporary art, audiences and facilitated town hall gatherings Activism seminars and a summer- OPENING NIGHT PARTIES (ONPS) the community around us. that focus on YBCA’s curatorial long internship to high school are where YBCA’s Visual Arts themes and key critical issues students. Through a rigorous department offi cially unveils DONOR SALONS are planned by in contemporary cultural aft er-school framework, YAAW their newest exhibitions with YBCA’s Development Department production. These gatherings provides approximately 30 high a thematic party featuring live as exclusive opportunities for generate dialogue and deepen school students with a safe music, food and drinks and the YBCA’s most generous donors involvement by community outlet for creative expression fabulous YBCA crowd. Hosted to gather with artists, dance members and artists alike. and a unique opportunity to by featured curators and artists, companies, visiting curators and actively engage in the world of these gallery-focused events fi lmmakers in an intimate sett ing ARTISTS INSIGHTS are talks contemporary art and ideas. begin with special tours and for the purpose of understanding during which our featured receptions for our highest-end more about their work in advance artists discuss in depth their art DISCOVERING YBCA is YBCA’s donors and members, followed of their opening at YBCA. practices and thought processes unique educational program for by public hours with lively and how they intersect with students that, based on YBCA entertainment. YBCA’s Big Ideas. Performances and Exhibitions,

P. 4 EDUCATION AND AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT Artists today are refl ecting our crazy world back to us—trying to capture our att ention, make us think, force us to care. We searched the world and scoured the Bay Area for artists with something to say and then we listened to them. When we sat back and thought about all the artists and programs we were considering for the 2008_09 season, we began to see some common themes running through the works. We talked. We thought. We debated. Out of these conversations we culled three Big Ideas that seem to be top of mind for artists today. Curating around these Big Ideas allows us to draw connections and associations between the works and the art forms. We hope it will help you do the same. An expanded series of public programs this season are designed to get us talking about art and ideas— get us thinking about the world today and about what these artists are trying to tell us.

BIG IDEA 1: Bay Area Now 5—Inside/Out P.7

BIG IDEA 2: Imagining Our Future P.16

BIG IDEA 3: Ritual and Redemption P.21

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT THE BIG IDEAS 08_09 P. 5 BIG IDEA 1: BAY AREA NOW 5—INSIDE/OUT

In this age of globalization, virtual everything and a population that is both wired and mobile, what defi nes a Bay Area artist? Is simple geographic residency enough? More importantly, what issues and ideas dominate the thinking of Bay Area artists, and how do they matt er? These questions are thrown into the mix to produce Bay Area Now 5 (BAN 5), a multidisciplinary celebration emanating from Northern California, but stretching across borders and boundaries to create a more expansive recognition of this region as a hotbed of artistic production. Artists in BAN 5 explore one or more of the thematic sub-groupings titled people, place, ideas and ideals. As part of YBCA’s long-term commitment to helping local artists create new work, most of the visual and performance art in Bay Area Now 5 is a YBCA- commissioned work.

The Air Between Us, 2008, Lightjet print. Artist: Joshua Churchill From Bay Area Now 5 exhibition. BAY AREA NOW 5 (BAN 5) BAN 5 also includes four guest- GROUND SCORES: GUIDED ESTACION ODESIA JUL 20–NOV 16, 2008 curated exhibitions that diversify TOURS OF SAN FRANCISCO JUL 25–AUG 30, 2008 the trinnial’s curatorial vision and PAST AND PERSONAL YBCA’s fi ft h triennial exhibition An on-site as well as satellite extend the artwork beyond our JUL 19–OCT 19, 2008 of Bay Area art reimagines a project at Queens Nail Annex (QNA) galleries and our region. Several regional survey in the midst of An interactive project that off ers exploring the work of Bay Area of these guest-curated exhibitions globalization. This year’s exhibition cartographical and audio portraits artists who are also musicians and connect Bay Area artists with features a signature group of 21 of sites that reveal San Francisco’s who make audio-based projects. artists from around the globe. Bay Area artists selected aft er forgott en histories, as well as maps Sound works by Jerome Reyes and extensive studio visits throughout out invisible networks within the Dan Gonsales, Julian Myers, T.I.T.S, THEORY OF SURVIVAL the Bay Area. Artists include city’s infrastructure. Includes a The OhSees, Death Sentence Panda, JUL 19–AUG 24, 2008 Maria Antelman, Elaine Buckholtz, selection of off -site guided tours Houndstooth & the Wolfh ounds, Joshua Churchill, Brian Conley, Ala A continuation of the of sidewalk art installations, home Kamau Amu Patt on and Sean Ebtekar, Ana Teresa Fernández, CrossConnections project libraries, the Presidio, Treasure Horchy. Artwork by Jeff Kao, Donald Fortescue with Lawrence that engages the Iranian and Island, Golden Gate Park and Renee Green, Kamau Amu Patt on, Labianca, Misako Inaoka, Jonathon Iranian-American diaspora in neighborhoods along the city’s Sean Horchy, Nate Boyce, Frank Keats, Edmundo de Marchena, an intergenerational dialogue eastern coastline, plus locations Ebert, Paul Allen, Paul Costeros, Ian McDonald, Praba Pilar, John about issues of cultural identity, of public and private emotional John Dwyer, Juan Luna-Avin, Mary Roloff , Paul Schiek, Erik Scollon, preservation, and representation. crisis. Artists include BARGE (Bay Elizabeth-Yarbrough, Katrina Lamb, Leslie Shows, Ginger Wolfe-Suarez Artists include Reza Aramesh, Gita Area Research Group in Enviro- Aurie Ramirez and Gerome Spruill. and Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe with Hashemi and Leila Pazooki. Curated aesthetics), Jonn Herschend, Limited edition CD box set with poet Moira Roth, Canan Tolon and by Iranian-American artist Taraneh Alison Pebworth with James artwork by Ariel and Cliss Roman, Lauren Woods. Curated by Kate Hemami. Goode, Jeannene Przyblyski and Ryan Verzaal, Pablo Guardiola and Eilertsen and Berin Golonu. the Bureau of Urban Secrets, The Renée Green. Curated by Julio Cesar Studio for Urban Projects, Michael Morales, Brian Storts and Mike Swaine, and Syndicate (organized Bianco of QNA. by Jessica Tully, Kim Munson, Wendy Critt enden, Christine Wong Yap, Greg O’Toole, Tom Griscom and the Labor Archives and Research Center). Curated by Valerie .

The Au Layer/Storm Refl ecting in a Pool, 2008, collage and acrylic on panel, by Leslie Shows From Bay Area Now 5 exhibition.

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT BIG IDEA 1: BAY AREA NOW 5 V ISUAL ARTS P. 7 GALLEON TRADE: BAY AREA NOW 5 EDITION SEP 4–OCT 19, 2008 A collaborative project that focuses on building bridges between California, the Philippines and Mexico. Taking the historic Acapulco- galleon route as a metaphor of origin, the Galleon Trade Arts Exchange seeks to create new routes of cultural exchange along old routes of commerce and trade. Local artists include Jaime Cortez, Megan Wilson, Johanna Poethig, Gina Osterloh and Christine Wong Yap. Artists from Manila include Poklong Anading, Norberto Roldan, Maria Taniguchi, Yason Banal, and MM Yu. Curated by Jenifer Woff ord.

Rapture, 2006, Lightjet print. Artist: Gina Osterloh. From Galleon Trade exhibition

P. 8 BIG IDEA 1: BAY AREA NOW 5 V ISUAL ARTS YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT MIDNITES FOR MANIACS: ODDBALL FILMS: EUPHORIA! ELECTRIFYING ESCAPADES: DOCFEST GRRRL ROCKERS OF THE 1980S SEP 25, 2008 QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR OCT 2, 2008 SEP 13, 2008 A series celebrating the unusual and MEDIA ARTS PROJECT An eclectic program of superb new Curator Jesse Hawthorne Ficks extraordinary. Curated by Stephen SEP 27, 2008 short documentaries selected from specializes in revivals of the cinema Parr and drawn from his archive of Queer Women of Color Media Arts the San Francisco Documentary of the 1980s, with particular focus thousands of fi lms and videos, this Project promotes the creation, Festival, including Aunty Betelnut, on underrated gems, disreputable Oddball Films program features the exhibition, and distribution of new Sunlight and Babies, So the Wind and strange genres, and dubiously West Coast premiere of Euphoria!, fi lms and videos that increase the Won’t Blow It All Away, If a Body talented movie stars. This Midnites a surreal and eff ervescent insight visibility of queer women of color, Meet a Body and A Stiff Upper Lip. for Maniacs program at YBCA into the high conscious states of authentically refl ect their life includes Starstruck by Claude cinematic perception and pop stories, and address the vital social Kerven, Times Square by Allan culture sensation. justice issues that concern our Moyle and Breaking Glass by Brian communities. The series includes Gibson. work by Thu Trinh, Rui Bing Zheng, Jennifer Lin, Monifa Porter, Letesa Bruce, Alexis McCrimmon, Trina Espinosa and Jinky de Rivera.

Marquis for fi lm series curated by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks. From Midnite for Maniacs: Grrrl Rockers of the 1980s fi lm series.

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT BIG IDEA 1: BAY AREA NOW 5 F ILM/VIDEO P. 9 KINO21 AN EVENING WITH PEACHES OCT 16, 2008 CHRIST The 10,000 Mile Bike Race, a OCT 18, 2008 performance based on a text San Francisco’s underground adapted from Le Surmâle (The phenomenon Peaches Christ, an Supermale), the fi rst cyborg sex award-winning fi lmmaker, presents novel, by Alfred Jarry. Narrated three fi lms, in addition to the gore by poet Brent Cunningham, comedy short Grindhouse (the interpreted on 16mm fi lm by a inspiration for her current feature collection of local fi lmmakers (Jerry fi lm project, All About Evil). Hiler, Paul Clipson, Bill Basquin and Kerry Laitala) and accompanied live by the jazz ensemble of composer Graham Connah.

Peaches Christ. Photo: Maryane Larochelle From An Evening with Peaches Christ, fi lm series.

P. 10 BIG IDEA 1: BAY AREA NOW 5 F ILM/VIDEO YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT World Premiere! World Premiere! World Premiere! World Premiere! JOAN JEANRENAUD KRONOS QUARTET JOANNA HAIGOOD AND ERIKA SHUCH PERFORMANCE ARIA MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS ZACCHO DANCE THEATRE PROJECT JUL 20–26, 2008 AUG 1–2, 2008 THE SHIFTING CORNERSTONE AFTER ALL, PART I Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud takes a bold The Bay Area’s Kronos Quartet is AUG 16–17 & AUG 20–24, 2008 SEP 11–13, 2008 new direction, teaming with Italian perhaps the most celebrated string As part of West Wave Dance Bay Area choreographer Erika designer/fabricator Alessandro quartet in the world, known for Festival, The Shift ing Cornerstone Chong Shuch returns to YBCA Moruzzi to create an interactive pushing music beyond borders outdoor performance installation with a host of Bay Area luminaries, pairing of sculpture and music and for their Who’s Who list of explores the character and rhythm including dancer/choreographer about the politics and poetics of collaborators. In the spirit of Bay of a bustling city corner through a Joe Goode; Campo Santo co-founder air—”aria” in Italian— in the YBCA Area Now 5, YBCA presents a world series of simultaneous vignett es, Sean San Jose; playwrights Michelle Forum. premiere collaboration, Music continuously looped for fi ve hours Carter, Octavio Solis and Philip Without Borders—a full weekend of each day. Kan Gotanda; and percussionist international artistic explorations. Matt hias Bossi, as well as Jennifer Chien, Melanie Elms, Allen Willner, Dwayne Calizo and Daveen DiGiacomo.

Erika Chong Shuch/ESP Project. From Aft er All, Part I. Photo: Ishan Versalis

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT BIG IDEA 1: BAY AREA NOW 5 P ERFORMANCE P. 11 World Premiere! World Premiere! BUILDERS ASSOCIATION World Premiere! ROBERT MOSES’ KIN DOHEE LEE CONTINUOUS CITY KEITH HENNESSY TOWARD SEPTEMBER FLUX NOV 6–8, 2008 DELINQUENT SEP 18–20, 2008 OCT 16–18, 2008 Blending text, video, sound, NOV 13–15, 2008 One of the Bay Area’s most Inspired by the ancient Chinese architecture and stage performance Under the direction of Circo Zero compelling choreographers, text I-Ching, or Book of Changes, to convey stories about life in the founder Keith Hennessy, youth Robert Moses creates works San Francisco-based innovator 21st century, OBIE Award-winning aff ected by the Bay Area juvenile that are powerful combinations Dohee Lee mapps out the book’s Builders Association exploits the criminal justice system train in of athleticism and rhythmic 64 symbolic hexagrams with richness of technology and media to trapeze work and other circus arts, complextiy. He always pushes a stunning integration of light extend the boundaries of theater. and trade skills in dance, poetry, himself forward to resist design, imagery and movement. Featuring an interactive Web site and music. Incorporating welded stagnation—and in such spirit Lee collaborated with fi lmmaker and fi lm clips taken in and around aerial sets by Ryon Gesnick and Moses returns to YBCA with a and virtuoso bassist Tatsu Aoki; San Francisco, Continuous City murals by Rigo 23, Delinquent is thrilling new work about the divine saxophonist Francis Wong; illuminated our ever-increasing an extraordinary new theatrical impulse of artistic creation. Jonathan Chen on violin and mash-up of global and local experience, off ering a provocative electronics; Jason Lewis, multiple lives, of our real and networked new perspective about our criminal percussion; dancer/choreographer experiences. justice system and the young people Sherwood Chen; and visual artist within it. Thomas Wong.

The Builders Assoication . From Continuous City. Photo: dbox

P. 12 BIG IDEA 1: BAY AREA NOW 5 P ERFORMANCE YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT ROOM FOR BIG IDEAS ANNEX ROOM FOR BIG IDEAS ANNEX ROOM FOR BIG IDEAS ANNEX IN SITU RICHMOND RED POPPY ART HOUSE BLACK NEW WORLD JUL 19–AUG 17, 2008 SEP 1–28, 2008 OCT 9–NOV 16, 2008 By investigating a spectrum of The Red Poppy Art House presents The Black New World, founded by particular sites, landmarks, and a month-long program of artists West Oakland-based artist, activist geographical phenomenon, InSitu spanning disciplines and musical and cultural historian Marcel Diallo, Richmond exposes some of the traditions of Asia, Africa, Europe transforms the Room for Big Ideas contradictions and eccentricities and the Americas, joining the into a sanctifi ed outpost of cutt ing- of these places as a means of traditional to the contemporary. edge and traditional Black New exploring the region’s cultural, Visual artists include Todd Brown, World art, music and dance using environmental, and economic Caleb Duarte and Nicole Bauguss. assemblage altars, multimedia and terrain. Created by former graduate Featured musicians in a live concert spiritual merchandise. Specializing students of California College of the series include Nice Guy Trio, in presenting exhibitions, concerts, Art’s curatorial practice program: Marcus Shelby: Harriet Tubman & workshops, symposiums, lectures, Julia Hamilton, Erin Elder and Grace Jazz, Tango Ceviche, Trio Garufa, parades, festivals, and other Kook-Anderson. Classical Revolution, Nefasha Ayer, social and educational events, Marina Lavalle and Lalo Izquierdo, they are progressively advancing Poema Del Dia with Adrian Arias, the continuum of Africa-rooted and Mo’ Rockin Project: Jazz & Diaspora culture into the new North African Sounds. millennium.

From Black New World RBI Annex project. Photo courtesy of Marcel Diallo

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT BIG IDEA 1: BAY AREA NOW 5 P UBLIC PROGRAMS P. 13 COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, YBCALIVE! WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? DAY WHAT’S BAY AREA NOW?!: THE BAY AREA GUIDE TO AUG 10, 2008 REGIONALISM, GLOBALIZATION INDEPENDENT FASHION YBCA’s free open house for Bay & THE ARTS FESTIVAL Area Now 5 invites the public to AUG 2, 2008 OCT 11, 2008 learn more about contemporary This moderated conversation brings A celebration of local independent art with visual art, music, together YBCA’s multidisciplinary designers who work with performances, hands-on workshops, off ering of Bay Area Now 5 artists sustainable materials and adhere to Art Savvy, tours of the BAN 5 including Todd Brown, co-director green business practices. Off ering exhibition, fi lm screenings and food of the Red Poppy Art House; a runway show, vendor fair and & drink. The Red Poppy Art House performance artist, Dohee Lee; panel discussion on fashion and Room for Big Ideas Annex project Madeleine Lim, executive director politics, this event highlights the off ers family art activities onsite of the Queer Women of Color Media craft and couture of some of the Bay at YBCA, featuring painting and Arts Project; and visual artist Area’s most dynamic independent storytelling with La Malamaña. Lauren Woods. designer.

Models Maisha Quint and Francesca Serrano; stylist Santa Barrios. Photo: Kimara Dixon. From The Bay Area Guide to Independent Fashion Festival, part of Bay Area Now 5 festival

P. 14 BIG IDEA 1: BAY AREA NOW 5 P UBLIC PROGRAMS YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT BIG IDEA 2: IMAGINING OUR FUTURE

In the midst of an ever-changing world, many artists wonder about what the future holds and what they can create to make life more enriching. Artists imagine a future that is as complex, rich and challenging as the present, but also one that is surprising and maybe even startling. YBCA brought together a group of artists whose visions of people, the kind of world they have created, and what the future could be within it are thought-provoking and oft en profoundly moving. The metaphorical power of art to help imagine the unknowable is at the heart of their work. Like many around them, these artists are driven by a sense of urgency about the future.

Elysian Park by Fallen Fruit. Photo courtesy of the artists. From The Gatherers: Greening Our Urban Spheres exhibition. THE GATHERERS: GREENING TRANSPOP: THROUGH FUTURE EYES: OUR URBAN SPHERES KOREA VIETNAM REMIX YAAW STUDENTS SELECT OCT 31, 2008–JAN 11, 2009 DEC 6, 2008–MAR 22, 2009 APR 24–JUL 5, 2009 The exhibition brings together A rare opportunity to view A dynamic exhibition of work from a diverse group of practitioners cutt ing-edge contemporary art 11 renowned local and international who combine art with cultural by 16 critically acclaimed artists artists who explore the universal activism to explore questions of from Vietnam, Korea and their and transcendental experience how we ensure sustainability for respective diasporas in the United of endurance—a universal truth our growing urban populations. States, exploring representations that aff ects all people, regardless It touches upon a broad range of modernity and popular culture. of age, race, gender, nationality or of interlinking matt ers, from In conjunction with the exhibition, economic circumstances. Artists environmental issues to urban a symposium event hosted at UC include Eric Araujo, Claudia spatial justice, through interactive Berkeley brings together some of Bernardi, Caleb Duarte, Jennifer programs, urban interventions and the leading scholars, artists, media Campbell, Chukes, Melissa Day, public dialogue. Artists and artist producers and activists. Curated by Shepard Fairey, Juan R. Fuentes, collectives include Fallen Fruit, Yong Soon Min and Viet Le. Michael Namkung, Diego Rivera Amy Franceschini with Wilson Diaz, and Katherine Sherwood. Curated the National Bitt er Melon Council, by six teens from YBCA’s Young Oda Projesi, Marjetica Potrc, Public Artists at Work (YAAW) program. Matt ers, Ted Purves and Susanne Cockrell, Rebar, roomservices and Åsa Sonjasdott er. Curated by Berin Golonu and Veronica Wiman.

Building, by Nguyen Manh Hun, from TransPOP exhibition. Image courtesy of The Francis J. Greenburger Collection, New York

P. 16 BIG IDEA 2: IMAGINING OUR FUTURE V ISUAL ARTS YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT ENIGMAS AND ETERNITY: UNDER THE UNDERGROUND: FEARLESS: THE FILMS OF ALAIN THE FILMS OF ROBERT DOWNEY STRAND RELEASING TURNS 20 ROBBE-GRILLET JAN 15–18, 2009 FEB 26–28, MAR 6–8, 2009 DEC 4–18, 2008 Robert Downey’s early fi lms are For 26 years, Strand Releasing has Both famous and obscure, Alain reckless, rebellious and out of been perhaps the boldest, most Robbe-Grillet was a profoundly control. While perhaps best known risk-taking fi lm distributor in unique French fi lmmaker and for his advertising industry send-up the country. Without their work, postmodern novelist. Much of his Putney Swope, Downey actually such world-class fi lmmakers as work deals with memory, eroticism, emerged from the early ‘60s New Tsai Ming-liang, Apichatpong fantasy, and dreams. YBCA presents American Cinema scene, America’s Weerasethakul, Gregg Araki, Fatih four of his directorial eff orts, all of own new wave movement. This Akin, and André Téchiné (to name them essentially impossible to view series includes Chafed Elbows and a very few) would be far less known in the United States until now. No More Excuses. in the United States. We celebrate their years of heroic eff ort with a six-night tribute, featuring eight stimulating fi lms..

Film still from Downloading Nancy, part of rom Fearless: Strand Releasing Turns 20 fi lm series. Photo courtesy of Strand Releasing

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT BIG IDEA 2: IMAGINING OUR FUTURE F ILM/VIDEO P. 17 Bay Area Premiere! Bay Area Premiere! Bay Area Premiere! JAPAN DANCE NOW JOHN JASPERSE BIG ART GROUP JAN 29–31, 2009 MISUSE LIABLE TO S.O.S. APR 23–25, 2009 Electronica and noise, satire PROSECUTION and ingenuity, beauty and APR 2–4, 2009 Inspired by the primal themes of humour—this performance gathers Internationally acclaimed dancer/ the symphony/ballet Rite of Spring, a new generation of Japanese choreographer John Jasperse Big Art Group creates its own choreographers. This night of raw presents an exhilarating new contemporary rite of spring, using expression and unbridled creativity evening-length work for fi ve ordinary rituals of renewal that are is a rare US appearance of Japan dancers, with an original score abstracted and refracted though Dance Now, presented in only three performed live on stage by multi- video. As these common actions US cities. instrumentalist Zeena Parkins morph into metaphors of war and and a bagpipe player. Praised for environmental breakdown, a larger his savvy integration of design discussion emerges of sustainability and performance, and intrigued by and its daily practices. such topics as money, our capitalist society, and environmental waste, Jasperse assigns himself a production budget of zero, creating a stunning set made completely of recycled materials.

Sennichimae Blue Sky Dance Club. From Japan Dance Now. Photo: Tsuyoshi Koishara

P. 18 BIG IDEA 2: IMAGINING OUR FUTURE P ERFORMANCE YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT ROOM FOR BIG IDEAS ANNEX WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? NIGHT SLOW FOOD NATION JAN 31, 2009 DEC 5, 2008–MAR 8, 2009 The Big Idea Night for Imagining Slow Food Nation organizes events Our Future features two of San to introduce the community to Francisco’s top crews coming issues in the food system and the together for a mash down of styles— need to bring more citizens good, Surya Dub Live with Kush Arora clean, and fair food. The public & Maneesh the Twister and Non joins the creators of the Slow Food Stop Bhangra and the Dholrhythms Nation Annex Project, to celebrate Dancers; Bhangra dance lesson with the “Slow” life, and to experience Dholrhythms; tarot card, I-ching, how to build community through and palm readings; a video booth for the promotion of sustainable and recording and sharing thoughts on holistic food systems in which the future; curator tours of YBCA aspects of human culture such as exhibitions; continuous screenings music, art and dance are integrated of a Korean and Vietnamese short with the agricultural arts of food fi lm series; plus free pizza and a production, the environment and cash bar with specialty cocktails. human wellness and culture.

Slow Food Nation logo From Slow Food Nation project in the Room for Big Ideas Annex

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT BIG IDEA 2: IMAGINING OUR FUTURE P UBLIC PROGRAMS P. 19 BIG IDEA 3: RITUAL & REDEMPTION

In this moment of unprecedented change, artists desire for revelatory insights is stronger than ever before. Art as ritual—striving for the sublime through the creative process—can be a pathway to redemption, leading to the transformative experience so many desperately crave. The artists in this series embrace the ritualized power of performance. They invite the audience into their process and take them to a deeply imaginative place, one that is rarely accessed in overscheduled lives. The artists’ desire—and the audiences’—is not simply knowledge or awareness, but experience and enlightenment.

Wild at Heart, by Louise Nippierd. Photo: Alf Borjesson From Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art exhibition. IRREVERENT: CONTEMPORARY NICK CAVE: MEET ME AT NORDIC CRAFT ART THE CENTER OF THE EARTH JAN 23–APR 12, 2009 MAR 28–JUL 12, 2009 Surprising work from a new wave The largest scale presentation of craft artists from Denmark, of work by Chicago-based artist Finland, Norway and Sweden. Nick Cave, featuring forty of his Challenging the aesthetics Soundsuits—multi-layered mixed- and principles of Scandinavian media, wearable sculptures made modernism, these artists turn of scavenged and found materials. away from the utilitarianism of Named for the sounds made high modernism toward camp when worn, the Soundsuits are as and intricacy, triggering a fresh reminiscent of African ceremonial relationship between craft and art. costumes as they are of haute Artists include Frida Fjellman, Tuva couture. Mad, humorous, elaborate, Gonsholt, Eva Hild, Per Lysgaard, grotesque, glamorous, and Trine Mauritze Erikson, Louise unexpected, Cave’s work explores Nippierd, Anders Ruhwald, Ulla ceremony, ritual, myth and identity. West, Anni Rapinoja and Janna Curated by Kate Eilertsen. Syvanoja. Curated by Kate Eilertsen.

Sounsuit by Nick Cave. Photo: James Prinz From Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center for the Earth exhibition.

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT BIG IDEA 3: RITUAL & REDEMPTION V ISUAL ARTS P. 21 CINEKINK SPIRITUAL CINEMA: A CLOWN UNDERGROUND: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH JUL 10–12, 2008 A LISTENER’S TALE TAYLOR MEAD IN PERSON INTERNATIONAL FILM CineKink is a NY-based JUL 17–20, 2008 SEP 18–21, 2008 FESTIVAL organization that encourages the A surprise discovery at the 2008 Performer and poet Taylor Mead MAR 5–26, 2009 positive depiction of alternative Rott erdam Film Festival, this is has starred in over 100 fi lms and In collaboration with the Human sexuality through its annual a meditative, non-fi ction visual is a central fi gure in the history Rights Watch International Film fi lm festival. This festival in July poem shot among the people of of underground cinema. Now over Festival, YBCA presents a selection has off erings drawn from both Sikkim in a North-Eastern state 80 years old, Mead makes his of powerful documentaries, all of Hollywood and beyond, ranging of India. The fi lm is structured as fi rst San Francisco appearance which seek to enlighten and create from documentary to drama, a contemplative magic ode, with in decades for this series of three change in the viewer. This unique camp comedy to spicy erotica, and elements of pure cinema vérité, to fi lms: The Flower Thief by Ron Rice, curatorial collaboration included To everything in between. the spirit of the Buddhist struggle Lonesome Cowboys by Andy Warhol See If I’m Smiling by Tamar Yarom, to survive and maintain the ancient and Excavating Taylor Mead by Youth Producing Change by various values William A. Kirkley. As part of his artists, The Sari Soldiers by Julie residency at YBCA, Mead shares Bridgham and Project Kashmir by with fi lm audiences two new live Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel. performances.

Film still from Project Kashmir, part of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. Photo courtesy of Dishoom Pictures

P. 22 BIG IDEA 3: RITUAL & REDEMPTION F ILM/VIDEO YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT Bay Area Premiere! Bay Area Premiere! Bay Area Premiere! World Premiere! TEATRO DE CIERTOS PAPPA TARAHUMARA DAVID ROUSSÈVE/REALITY RONALD K. BROWN HABITANTES SHIP IN A VIEW SAUDADE SOUNDSUITS IN MOTION MONSTERS AND PRODIGIES: FEB 19–21, 2009 MAR 5–7, 2009 MAY 28, 30–31, 2009 A HISTORY OF THE CASTRATI From esteemed Japanese director An ode to those transcendental A truly remarkable confl uence FEB 5–7, 2009 Hiroshi Koike and his dance-theater moments when joy and sorrow of performance and visual art, Monsters and Prodigies is about the troupe Pappa Tarahumara comes collide, Saudade—a Portuguese fusing the movement of renowned fascinating 18th century cultural an ethereal spectacle. Drawing on word close to “bitt ersweet”—is a choreographer Ronald K. Brown phenomenon of castrati: talented memories of his Japanese seaside compelling mix of theater, spoken and the shimmering Soundsuits of child singers born in poverty who home, Koike creates a haunting dialogue, contemporary dance and visionary sculptor Nick Cave. Brown were castrated to preserve their remembrance of his seaside the movement of Indonesia, India blends African, modern, ballet and soprano voices and propelled to town, where vignett es small and and West Africa. Unifying the work social dance styles to tell stories stardom in the frivolous courts of large create a ghostly ritual of is Fado, oft en called “Portuguese about the human experience. As Europe. Directed by Claudio Valdés remembering, of both connecting to blues,” which expresses the longing part of his residency at YBCA, Kuri and writt en by Jorge Kuri and separating from the past. of saudade. Equal parts wild humor Brown and EVIDENCE dancer, for Mexico City’s internationally and grit, Saudade is a rare work of Arcell Cabuag collaborate with acclaimed Teatro de Ciertos spiritual seeking. local performers to bring Cave’s Habitantes. Soundsuits to life.

Teatro des Ciertos Habitantes. From Monsters and Prodigies. Photo: Jose Jorge Carreron

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT BIG IDEA 3: RITUAL & REDEMPTION P ERFORMANCE P. 23 ROOM FOR BIG IDEAS ANNEX WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? NIGHT SISTERS OF PERPETUAL JUN 6, 2009 INDULGENCE The Big Idea Night for Ritual APR 10–JUN 28, 2009 and Redemption features the The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Soundsuits of Nick Cave, the have been employing satire and Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence high drama to shed light on serious and YAAW’s Through Future issues since 1979. America’s fi rst Eyes exhibition; free ink by the order of 21st-century nuns formed Bay Area’s hott est tatt oo artists; to improve the socio-cultural, entertainment by Pansy Division, spiritual, educational and artistic Ex-Boyfriends, Exillon, Honey experiences of the communities in Soundsystem, DJ Dirty Knees, Evan which members live, work and have Fraser and T-Bird Luv with Soma creative interactions. Sisters have Olam and the Satya Yuga Collective been creating rituals, blessings, art, and comedian David Hawkins; literature and general debauchery a drag extravaganza hosted by designed to foster universal joy and Monistat and Anna Conda; “Project expiate stigmatic guilt for the past Nunway” by the Sisters of Perpetual 30 years. Indulgence; and outrageous short fi lms.

Sister Marquesa of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco From Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 30th Anniversary Room project in the Room for Big Ideas Annex

P. 24 BIG IDEA 3: RITUAL & REDEMPTION P UBLIC PROGRAMS YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT YBCA off ers its state-of-the-art facilities to nonprofi t community-based organizations as well as to corporations and individuals who desire att ractive sett ings for a variety of events. Revenues generated from these rentals help support YBCA’s Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film/Video and Community Engagement programs.

08_09 COMMUNITY RENTALS FOR PERFORMING ARTS 08_09 RENTALS BY COMMERCIAL CLIENTS AND American Orient Performance Art OTHER NONPROFITS California Chinese Orchestra Adobe Foundation Chinese Cultural Productions Ankh Marketing Chitresh Das Dance Company Apple, Inc. Dancers Group Barclays Global Investors Janice Garrett & Dancers Bryn Mawr Communications Lamplighters Musical Theatre Calyx Soft ware Alonzo King LINES Ballet Canadian Consulate Liss Fain Dance Capiraso Bing Consulting ODC Dance Company Charles Schwab Red Bean Chinese Opera City College of San Francisco San Francisco Ballet City and County of San Francisco San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Dan Escobar Photography San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band Delphi Productions San Francisco Performances Episcopal Community Services San Francisco Theater Festival Flowers Heritage Foundation Self Help For the Elderly Future Leaders Institute Smuin Ballet Genentech Yaelisa & Caminos Flamencos George Marks Childrens House Zhukov Dance Theatre Grants for the Arts Groundspark Hartmann Studios TV of Tomorrow Long Now Foundation Macy’s Mother Jones National Center for Lesbian Rights Northern California Grantmakers Novellus Systems Inc. Oracle Our Family Coalition Producers Guild of America Public Advocates RIVERCAVE Productions San Francisco Housing Action Coalition Small Press Distribution Tale of Tales Theater Bay Area University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health Voltage Security YMCA

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT FACILITIES RENTALS P. 25 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts warmly thanks the following generous contributors for making our 2008_09 fi scal year programs possible. We also gratefully acknowledge the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency for its ongoing support.

$100,000 AND ABOVE FOUNDATIONS Rocket Fund for Equality Lucia Brandon and INDIVIDUALS INDIVIDUALS CORPORATIONS Koret Foundation of Horizons Foundation Bert W. Steinberg Anonymous Andrew Alford Anonymous George Frederick Jewett Stacey Welsh Milton Briggs Sally R. Allen David and Claire Baker Novellus Systems Foundation Sarah and David Lois and Steve Chess Craig and Laurel Alvin H. Baum, Jr. Wells Fargo Foundation Nordic Culture Fund Woodward Robert Epstein Anderson Kitt ie and Eugene The San Francisco Saul and Gloria Feldman Michele C. Anderson Brodsky FOUNDATIONS Foundation $2,500 AND ABOVE Jeff rey and Deborah James McKay Armstrong Gail and Eric Buchbinder The Wallace Foundation Zellerbach Family CORPORATIONS Filimon Marina Bacchett i Yvett e Chalom The William and Flora Foundation Fashion Group Americas, Jon Funabiki Adele E. Behar Austin Conkey, MD Hewlett Foundation Inc. Marisa Gallagher J.D. Beltran Marcia Feitel INDIVIDUALS KGO-TV/DT John and Marcia Goldman Scott Minneman Thomas and Mary Foote INDIVIDUALS Janice and Matt hew SMAAK Catering* Philanthropic Fund Denise Bradley Madeline Frankel Mike Wilkins and Sheila Barger US Bank Suzanne Greischel Lucia Brandon and Edward Grant Duignan Laura Brugger and L. Ross Chris Jay Hoofnagle Bert W. Steinberg Oliver Graves and Sappenfi eld GOVERNMENT James C. Hormel and Ann Brennan Max Hufnagel $50,000 AND ABOVE Carla and David Crane The Cultural Services of Michael P. Nguyen David and Sylvia Weisz Dayna Goldfi ne and CORPORATIONS John Faricy the French Consulate in Amelia Kaymen and Family Philanthropic Dan Geller San Francisco Bay Doris and Don Fisher San Francisco Eric Yapes Fund, Inc. Matt hew Goudeau Guardian* The Grace Trust Royal Norwegian Maureen and James Knoll Alice Dockter Nina and Claude Gruen Richard Laiderman and Consulate General Jon Henry Kouba John Donovan, MD John and Kimberly INDIVIDUALS Jung-Wha Song Peter Lambert Elizabeth Franklin Harding Meridee Moore and David Lichtenstein FOUNDATIONS Marsyas Fund of the Tides Elizabeth Garlinghouse Heather Hartle Kevin King and Jennifer Moore Association of Performing Foundation Carol A. Granados, CPA Wayne Hazzard Lichtenstein Arts Presenters William and Susan Gary and Elna Hall Jan Hobbel $20,000 AND ABOVE Elaine McKeon Fund The American- Oberndorf Hedberg Foundation Franklin R. Jackson CORPORATIONS Gale Richards and Scandinavian Jay Pidto and Lynne Baer Kenneth Hempel Anna Karydas and AAA of Northern Ruth Dawson Foundation Rabine Family Fund Priya H. Kamani Linda Koll California Rosekrans Fund Diane Sanchez Ruth De Young Kohler Seth and Wendy Katzman Campari Christopher Staff ord and INDIVIDUALS Jane Sanguinett i Will Leben Jeff Krause and Eduardo Barbosa Stephen Beal Elizabeth Saul Donna Long Debbie Wu GOVERNMENT Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer Rena G. Bransten Helen and Sam Sause Wesley M. Lowe Bernard F. Kyle National Endowment for Barton Woytowicz Leonard and Robin Eber Vicki Shipkowitz Diane R. Murakami Lawrence Li the Arts Susan and Stuart Engs The Srinija Srinivasan Jim Newman and Catherine Marshall $5,000 AND ABOVE Mary and John P. Fund of Silicon Valley Jane Ivory Karin and FOUNDATIONS CORPORATIONS Grossmann Community Foundation Nora Norden Gregory McClune Doris Duke Charitable Adobe Foundation Fund Scott Harkonen John Smallberries Timothy Pueyo and Lydia and Tony Pugliese Foundation Bloomingdale’s Helen M.Z. Harwood and The Swig Foundation Joanna Bueche Brian Porea Evelyn and Walter Haas, Diageo* Alvaro A. Garcia Billy and Kathleen Madeline Puccioni and Sarah Ratchye and Jr. Fund J.P. Morgan Chase Ted Janus Volkmann Monroe Pastermack Edward Frank Korea Foundation Foundation Bruce McDougal and Charles and Cheryl Ward Raymond Family Pamela A. Routh New England Foundation Le Meridien* Daniel Rey Lyn and Adam Werbach Foundation Matt hew Scinto for the Arts Washington Mutual Diane B. Wilsey Christopher and Jocelyn Shoup The Barbro Osher Pro Foundation $1,000 AND ABOVE Ken Wilson Julie Ridley Steve Snyder Suecia Foundation CORPORATIONS Rhoma Young Isaias Rodriguez Priscilla Stoyanof The Bernard Osher FOUNDATIONS Delta Dental Plan of Amy Seiwert Judy and Gerald Sullivan Foundation LEF Foundation California $500 AND ABOVE Suno Kay Osterweis Fund Mark and Bobbi Tacchi The Sato Foundation W.L.S. Spencer Microsoft Matching CORPORATIONS Roselyne C. Swig Marcia Tanner and Foundation Gift s Program Café Madeleine* Jonathan Williams Winsor Soule INDIVIDUALS Wachovia Foundation Fiji Water* Jim Stewart and Jean and Jeff rey Weiss Catherine and Ned INDIVIDUALS Matching Gift s Program SAP Matching Gift s John Zderic Terry Wright Topham Jim and Penny Coulter Program Janis M. Zivic Kenneth J. Foster and FOUNDATIONS Revolution 3D Tea* $300 AND ABOVE Nayan Shah Potrero Nuevo Fund of the CORPORATIONS *Denotes gift s In-Kind $10,000 AND ABOVE Robert C. Goodman and Tides Foundation FOUNDATIONS IBM Matching Grants CORPORATIONS John Bankston GAP Foundation Program Bank of America Gruber Family Foundation INDIVIDUALS Jewish Community Bristol Farms* Charitable H.W. Schumann Anonymous Endowment Fund* Foundation, Inc. Foundation Argosy Foundation Barclays Global Investors Theodora Lee Cristina Banks Citigroup Foundation Yves Behar

P. 26 GIFTS TO OUR OPERATION FUND YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT ASSETS Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total CURRENT ASSETS: Restricted Restricted Cash and cash equivalents 3,743,367 REVENUE AND SUPPORT Contributions and grants receivable 1,090,221 Support from San Francisco Redevelopment Agency 3,391,927 163,073 - 3,555,000 Other receivables 30,450 Contributions 924,970 136,850 - 1,061,820 Prepaid expenses 90,101 Box offi ce ticket sales and gallery admissions 311,403 - - 311,403 Deposits 26,717 Subsidized community programs 797,264 - - 797,264 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 4,980,856 Commercial rentals 984,243 - - 984,243 Special events 278,800 - - 278,800 Contributions and grants receivable, net of current portion and allowance for 1,740,514 Raffl e ticket sales 2,952,631 - - 2,952,631 doubtful accounts of $491,305 Naming revenue - 111,273 - 111,273 Investment Income (155,404) (3,795) - (159,199) LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS: Investment income (endowment) (191,389) (6,421) - (197,810) Cash and cash equivalents 241,744 Box offi ce service charges 99,869 - - 99,869 Marketable securities 3,090,414 Marketing and advertising sales 99,134 - - 99,134 TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS 3,332,158 Traveling exhibition fees 58,182 - -58,182 Other income 19,456 - - 19,456 Fixtures and equipment, net 317,345 Net assets released from restrictions 1,120,139 (1,120,139) -- TOTAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT 10,691,225 (719,159) 9,972,066 TOTAL ASSETS 10,370,873 EXPENSES LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS PROGRAM SERVICES: CURRENT LIABILITIES: Performing Arts 1,539,432 - - 1,539,432 Accounts payable and accrued expenses 957,072 Visual Arts 2,046,104 - - 2,046,104 Deposits and refundable advances 150,515 Film/Video 425,258 - - 425,258 Other deferred income 1,676,869 Community Engagement 790,803 - - 790,803 TOTAL LIABILITIES 2,784,456 Subsidized community programs 1,419,186 - - 1,419,186 Commercial rentals 930,948 - - 930,948 NET ASSETS: TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES 7,151,731 - - 7,151,731 Unrestricted 984,470 Temporarily restricted 4,740,732 SUPPORTING SERVICES: Permanently restricted 1,861,215 Facilities 504,973 - - 504,973 TOTAL NET ASSETS 7,586,417 General and administration 523,469 - -523,469 Fundraising 1,211,608 - - 1,211,608 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 10,370,873 House raffl e 1,958,329 - - 1,958,329 TOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES EXPENSES 4,198,379 - - 4,198,379 TOTAL EXPENSES 11,350,110 - - 11,350,110

Increase in net assets (658,885) (719,159) - (1,378,044) Net assets, beginning of year 1,643,355 5,459,891 1,861,215 8,964,461 NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR 984,470 4,740,732 1,861,215 7,586,417

YBCA 08_09 ANNUAL REPORT YBCA FINANCIAL REPORTS 08_09 P. 27 YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 MISSION STREET AT THIRD || SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103-3138 415.978.ARTS OR WWW.YBCA.ORG

FRONT COVER IMAGE: SOUNDSUIT BY NICK CAVE, FROM NICK CAVE: MEET ME AT THE CENTER FOR THE EARTH EXHIBITION. DESIGN: crystal am nelson