Jay Blakesberg, Beck in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, September 24, 2000. © Jay Blakesberg.
Postponed to Sunday, October 15, 2023 | 11:30am–12:30pm
ADMISSION: Free and open to all
Join artist Jay Blakesberg and Adult Learning Program Manager Ron Glait on a tour of RetroBlakesberg: The Music Never Stopped, and explore how music can help us understand ourselves and our communities. A Jewish kid from New Jersey who followed his passion for music and photography to San Francisco, Blakesberg captured era-defining musicians and moments across diverse genres in a visual history of the sounds and stories that shaped the Bay Area and beyond. Explore the exhibition together in community, connect with the artist, and experience the power that music can have in our lives.
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Travel through some of the most explosive moments in music history through the lens of Bay Area–based photographer Jay Blakesberg. RetroBlakesberg: The Music Never Stopped presents photographs of legendary musicians that reveal the evolution of San Francisco’s unique music culture and its wide-reaching influence. Featuring images of the Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, Neil Young, Soundgarden, Carlos Santana, and many more alongside original tickets stubs, press passes, and other ephemera, this exhibition invites visitors to experience an electrifying visual history of the sounds and stories that have shaped the Bay Area and beyond.
Jay Blakesberg, Beck in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, September 24, 2000. © Jay Blakesberg.
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Support for RetroBlakesberg: The Music Never Stopped is generously provided by Joyce Linker, Marilyn Yolles Waldman, ChromaLuxe, and Magna Chrome.