BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860119866 DTSTART:20260826T190000Z DTEND:20260827T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860119867 DTSTART:20260827T190000Z DTEND:20260828T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860120892 DTSTART:20260828T190000Z DTEND:20260829T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860121917 DTSTART:20260829T190000Z DTEND:20260830T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860121918 DTSTART:20260830T190000Z DTEND:20260831T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860122943 DTSTART:20260902T190000Z DTEND:20260903T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860122944 DTSTART:20260903T190000Z DTEND:20260904T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860123969 DTSTART:20260904T190000Z DTEND:20260905T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860124994 DTSTART:20260905T190000Z DTEND:20260906T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860124995 DTSTART:20260906T190000Z DTEND:20260907T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860126020 DTSTART:20260909T190000Z DTEND:20260910T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860126021 DTSTART:20260910T190000Z DTEND:20260911T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860127046 DTSTART:20260911T190000Z DTEND:20260912T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860128071 DTSTART:20260912T190000Z DTEND:20260913T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860128072 DTSTART:20260913T190000Z DTEND:20260914T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860129097 DTSTART:20260916T190000Z DTEND:20260917T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860130122 DTSTART:20260917T190000Z DTEND:20260918T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860130123 DTSTART:20260918T190000Z DTEND:20260919T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860131148 DTSTART:20260919T190000Z DTEND:20260920T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860131149 DTSTART:20260920T190000Z DTEND:20260921T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860132174 DTSTART:20260923T190000Z DTEND:20260924T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860133199 DTSTART:20260924T190000Z DTEND:20260925T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860133200 DTSTART:20260925T190000Z DTEND:20260926T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860134225 DTSTART:20260926T190000Z DTEND:20260927T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860135250 DTSTART:20260927T190000Z DTEND:20260928T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860135251 DTSTART:20260930T190000Z DTEND:20261001T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860136276 DTSTART:20261001T190000Z DTEND:20261002T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860136277 DTSTART:20261002T190000Z DTEND:20261003T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860137302 DTSTART:20261003T190000Z DTEND:20261004T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860138327 DTSTART:20261004T190000Z DTEND:20261005T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860138328 DTSTART:20261007T190000Z DTEND:20261008T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860139353 DTSTART:20261008T190000Z DTEND:20261009T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860139354 DTSTART:20261009T190000Z DTEND:20261010T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860140379 DTSTART:20261010T190000Z DTEND:20261011T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860141404 DTSTART:20261011T190000Z DTEND:20261012T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860141405 DTSTART:20261014T190000Z DTEND:20261015T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860142430 DTSTART:20261015T190000Z DTEND:20261016T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860142431 DTSTART:20261016T190000Z DTEND:20261017T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860143456 DTSTART:20261017T190000Z DTEND:20261018T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144916Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860144481 DTSTART:20261018T190000Z DTEND:20261019T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860144482 DTSTART:20261021T190000Z DTEND:20261022T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860145507 DTSTART:20261022T190000Z DTEND:20261023T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860145508 DTSTART:20261023T190000Z DTEND:20261024T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860146533 DTSTART:20261024T190000Z DTEND:20261025T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860147558 DTSTART:20261025T190000Z DTEND:20261026T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860147559 DTSTART:20261028T190000Z DTEND:20261029T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860148584 DTSTART:20261029T190000Z DTEND:20261030T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860148585 DTSTART:20261030T190000Z DTEND:20261031T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860149610 DTSTART:20261031T190000Z DTEND:20261101T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860150635 DTSTART:20261101T200000Z DTEND:20261102T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860150636 DTSTART:20261104T200000Z DTEND:20261105T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860151661 DTSTART:20261105T200000Z DTEND:20261106T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860151662 DTSTART:20261106T200000Z DTEND:20261107T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860152687 DTSTART:20261107T200000Z DTEND:20261108T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860153712 DTSTART:20261108T200000Z DTEND:20261109T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860153713 DTSTART:20261111T200000Z DTEND:20261112T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860154738 DTSTART:20261112T200000Z DTEND:20261113T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860154739 DTSTART:20261113T200000Z DTEND:20261114T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860155764 DTSTART:20261114T200000Z DTEND:20261115T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860156789 DTSTART:20261115T200000Z DTEND:20261116T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860156790 DTSTART:20261118T200000Z DTEND:20261119T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860157815 DTSTART:20261119T200000Z DTEND:20261120T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860157816 DTSTART:20261120T200000Z DTEND:20261121T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860158841 DTSTART:20261121T200000Z DTEND:20261122T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860159866 DTSTART:20261122T200000Z DTEND:20261123T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860159867 DTSTART:20261125T200000Z DTEND:20261126T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860160892 DTSTART:20261126T200000Z DTEND:20261127T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860160893 DTSTART:20261127T200000Z DTEND:20261128T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860161918 DTSTART:20261128T200000Z DTEND:20261129T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T144917Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53329860162943 DTSTART:20261129T200000Z DTEND:20261130T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 is the first major sur vey exhibition of the late artist\, environmental educator\, and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk (b. United States\, 1945–2021). Known for her temporary public installations and performances\, Sherk developed her init ial landscape architectural intervention Portable Parks I–III (1970\, wi th Howard Levine) by temporarily transforming San Francisco urban “dead spaces” into lush\, living environments complete with sod\, palm trees\, and live animals. Sherk expanded this approach as the founding director f rom 1974 to 1980 of Crossroads Community (the farm)\, also known simply as The Farm\, an experimental community art and ecology center. Active until 1987\, The Farm reconnected parcels of land fragmented by freeway constru ction\, conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes\, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces.\n\nBonnie O ra Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces Sherk’s sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere and her influential role within the f irst generation of California Conceptual and performance artists\, as well as within the artist-run space movement of the era. It showcases newly tr ansferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs\, collages\, wo rks on paper\, artist books\, printed matter\, and ephemera documenting Sh erk’s early performances and site-specific interventions of the 1970s an d 1980s.\n\nThe AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year in itiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)\, which celeb rates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97)\, the first internatio nal magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational c ollaborations and programming\, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s featu re in the magazine. UCSB students will also offer personalized tours of th e exhibition as a reflection of their learning environment and varied disc iplinary interests.\n\nBonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 was organi zed by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco and curated b y Tanya Zimbardo. The presentation at the Art\, Design & Architecture Muse um at UC Santa Barbara is curated by Ana Briz\, AD&A Museum Assistant Dire ctor and Curator of Exhibitions. The exhibition at Fort Mason Center for A rts & Culture was generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Art s\, the FMCAC Board of Directors\, and individual contributions to the For t Mason Fund. The exhibition at the AD&A Museum is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Generous support is additionally provided by Isabelle Clara G reene\, FASLA. GEO:34.411648;-119.847799 LOCATION:Art\, Design & Architecture Museum SUMMARY:Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/bonnie-ora-sherk-li fe-frames-since-1970 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR