FALL OPEN STUDIOS - OCTOBER 17 & 18
Shipyard Open Studios x SF Open Studios | Saturday & Sunday | 11 AM-6 PM
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Visit Stacey Carter in Bldg 101, Studio 1111
Shipyard Trust for the Arts and ArtSpan team up for the fall edition of Shipyard Open Studios x SF Open Studios: over 130 artists opening their studios at the historic Hunters Point Shipyard and Islais Creek, plus food, a beer garden, kids' art and live music — all in one walkable weekend.
It is the best weekend of the year to meet the artists who work here, and it is free.
Saturday & Sunday, October 17-18 | 11 AM-6 PM | 451 Galvez Ave and 1 Rankin St, San Francisco.
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| Stacey Carter's studio in Bldg 101, Studio $1111 at Hunters Point Shipyard |
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CRANE: A Temporary Monument in Five Movements
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco |
October 9, 10, 16 & 17, 2026
CRANE transforms the Shipyard’s nearly 500-foot gantry crane into a temporary public monument through projected archival photographs, moving light, original music and community voices. Unfolding in five movements, the work honors generations of Shipyard workers, especially the African American families who helped build Bayview Hunters Point.
Created by Ian Winters, Elaine Buckholtz, Stacey Carter, Evelyn Ficarra and William Rhodes, the project brings decades of historical research together with oral histories and performances by the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center Choir. Carter’s photographic archive and work with Bayview seniors help bring the Shipyard’s people and stories into view at monumental scale.
Presented by Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR), CRANE is the culminating event of the San Francisco Arts Commission’s 2026 Shaping Legacy season of temporary monuments.
Experience the work: All four performances stream free at crane.video. Ticketed watch parties take place October 9 at Zaccho Dance Theatre and October 16–17 at Hunters Point Shipyard Artists Building 101. Performances begin at 7:45 p.m.
Event details and tickets
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Community Voices and Artist Panel Discussion - CRANE 2026
Seniors from the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center read the original pieces they wrote about the Giant Crane developed through Thomas Simpson's writing Class at Dr. Davis Senior Center in Bayview Hunters Point. The seniors also engaged with the artists in a panel discussion moderated by Neal Hatten about the CRANE project. Many community members in addendence can he heard singing or speaking in the recorded soundscape composed by Evelyn Ficarra with historical recordings & interviews with the seniors contributed by Stacey Carter.
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