Cheryl Derricotte: Ann Getty Institute 36 Trees Exhibition and Panel

Cheryl Derricotte, the Ann Getty Institute of Art and Design Inaugural Visiting Artist, will present her project 36 Trees. The exhibition will include her creative research, photographs, and prints created during her residency at the University of San Francisco. This event will feature a conversation with members of the USF community around public streetscapes in San Francisco neighborhoods.

This event is free and open to the public.

Schedule of Events:

5–6 p.m. Exhibition Reception

6–7 p.m. Conversation

Cheryl Derricotte is a visual artist who specializes in glasswork, paper, and textiles. Originally from Washington, D.C., she currently lives and makes art in San Francisco. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Glass, the deYoung Museum, the Historic New Orleans Collection, the Oakland Museum of California, the San Francisco Public Library, the Public Art Collection of the City of Berkeley, and the National Association of Homebuilders, among others. Derricotte holds a B.A. in Urban Affairs with a minor in History from Barnard College at Columbia University, a Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University, and a Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of Integral Studies.

Professor Rachel Brahinsky teaches in Politics, Urban Studies, & Urban and Public Affairs. Her scholarship focuses on race, property, and justice struggles in California cities. She is the co-author of A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area (2020), and author of the forthcoming When I Rise Up: Race, Place, and Power in San Francisco, both with the University of California Press.

Mike Yarak is the program director at Friends of the Urban Forest, a community forestry nonprofit that has planted over 60,000 street trees over it’s near 45 year history of connecting people to nature and each other by planting and caring for San Francisco’s trees and gardens.  Since graduating from San Francisco State University with a degree in Environmental Studies and a concentration in Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice, Mike has attained ISA Certified Arborist and Tree Risk Assessment Qualification with over a decade of experience working in arboriculture and urban forestry in San Francisco.

Cheryl Derricotte’s research and exhibition 36 Trees are funded in part by San Francisco Arts Commission.