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San Francisco Beautiful and the SFMTA Launch the 2022 Muni Art Project

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

We’re partnering with San Francisco Beautiful (SFB) to announce the kick-off of the 2022 Muni Art Project. The annual collaboration features the original work of five new local artists who visually interpret poems and a new theme each year.

For the first time, instead of featuring the work of five different local poets, only one local poet was chosen: the late Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The 2022 theme, “Streets of San Francisco” is the seventh year that the SFMTA, San Francisco Beautiful and The Poetry Society of America (sponsors of Poetry in Motion®) have collaborated to bring art and poetry to Muni commuters. The Muni Art Project is the only public art project that exclusively features local, San Francisco artists and poets.

The inspiring biographies of the Muni Art 2022 artists, Richard Louis Perri, Sebastian Rafael, Steffan Sanguinetti, Krithika Sengo and Tan Sirinumas are available on the San Francisco Beautiful website.

You can see one of these works of art and read the accompanying poetry on your next Muni ride through April.

Poems

The Changing Light

Recipe for Happiness in Khabarovsk or Anyplace

Populist Manfesto

 What is Poetry?

At the Golden Gate

Artists

painting of cable car with alcatraz in background by SanguinettiLearn more about artist Steffan Sanguinetti

 

Painting of Bob's Donuts by Tan SirinumasLearn more about artist Tan Sirinumas

 

Painting of San Francisco skyline by Krithika Sentottaiyan

Learn more about artist Krithika Sengottaiyan 

 

Painting of PCC streetcar by Richard Louis Perri

Learn more about artist Richard Louis Perri

 

Painting of cable car by Sebastian RaphaelLearn more about artist Sebastian Raphael