Dorka Keehn who will discuss public art in the Bay Area. She will share her journey to her current work in public art along with sharing previous projects that KEEHN ON ART have done and providing some insights into how artists, governments and communities can get involved in public art opportunities.
An award-winning artist and filmmaker, Dorka Keehn is the Principal of Keehn On Art, an art advisory that specializes in public art. She has been instrumental in the success of some of the most innovative and visible art projects in the Bay Area including The Bay Lights, the 25,000 LED light installation by Leo Villareal for the Bay Bridge and Seeing Spheres, the iconic artwork by Olafur Eliasson for Chase Center. In 2011, she was appointed to the San Francisco Arts Commission where she chairs the Visual Arts Committee that commissions all artwork pertaining to the city’s Public Art Program. Additionally, she is the co-founder of Sites Unseen, a project that brings arts programming to neglected alleys in downtown San Francisco.