SELECTED PROJECTS
2002 - Present
Project Director & Chief Designer
Bernal Heights Living Library & Think Park Nature Walk
with Junipero Serra Child Development Center, Junipero Serra Elementary
School, SF Recreation & Park Department, SFPUC, Neighbors, Cortland
Merchants Assoc. & others
San Francisco, California
Development of Conceptual Master Plan for environmental and educational
transformation to engage the community and its resources into a unique
Bernal Heights Living Library & Think Park in diverse parts of
this low income, multicultural community. Will be linked electronically
with multiple Branch Living Libraries. Ongoing hands-on, standards-based
Living Library Garden/Ecology/Arts Programs PreK-5th grade with local
schools.
2001-Present
Project Director & Chief Designer
Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park
with PS/IS 217, Roosevelt Island Seniors Association, Roosevelt Island
Artists Association, Roosevelt Island Disabled Association, Roosevelt
Island Residents Association, RIOC, others
Roosevelt Island, New York City
Organizing the community and development of Conceptual
Master Plan for environmental and educational transformation to aid
in community and economic development of the area. Engaging the community
and its resources – ecological, built, and multicultural - to
develop a unique Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park
in diverse parts of this low income, multicultural community. Will
be linked with multiple Branch Living Libraries. Ongoing hands-on,
standards-based Living Library Garden/Ecology/Arts Programs K-8th
grade with PS/IS 217, Coler-Goldwater Hospita and other community
members.
1998 - Present
Project Director & Chief Designer
OMI / Excelsior Living Library & Think Park
with James Denman Middle School, Balboa High School, San Miguel Child
Development Center, SF Department of the Environment, SF Recreation
& Park Department, SF PUC, Neighbors, Other Agencies & Community
Groups
San Francisco, California
Environmental & educational transformation of three
typical "factory model" public schools which sit on a contiguous
piece of land of nine acres in what used to be a fertile river valley
and is now a mostly concrete, asphalt environment surrounded by chain-linked
fences. Transformation of site through creation of indoor / outdoor
Learning Zones based on ecological, built, and cultural resources
of area - past, present, and future. Includes work with currently
culverted, flooding river and rehabilitating riparian habitat and
creation of multicultural gardens. Student, teacher, parent, and community
involvement in all aspects of creation, use, maintenance, management,
and communication through interdisciplinary project-based learning
linked to the curricula of the schools. Includes arts and communications
technologies integrated into landscape. Ongoing hands-on, standards-based
Living Library Garden/Ecology/Arts Programs PreK- High School with
local schools and community. Also, Environmental Skills Training Program
for Adults.
May 1992 – 2001 – Founder &
President
2001 – Present – Founder & Executive Director
Life Frames®, Inc.
New York, New York
San Francisco, California
Established a non-profit 501 C3 Corporation to develop content-rich
site and culturally sensitive indoor/outdoor culture-ecology-technology
Think Parks®, Living Libraries®, and Life Frames® in different
communities around the world with integrated programs, curricula,
and products, to be linked electronically. Each integrates local resources:
human, ecological, historic, technological, and aesthetic and creates
a social weaving of all sectors of community to be involved in the
creation, use, maintenance, management, and communications of all
elements
March 1981 - Present
Founder & Executive Director/Chief Designer
A LIVING LIBRARY®
New York, New York
San Francisco, California
Responsible for over-all concept, integrated environmental
and program design for creation of A LIVING LIBRARY, an indoor/outdoor
culture-ecology-technology park, lifelong learning magnet, and linked
with international network of such parks, each integrated with programs,
curricula, and products that bring the local cultural & ecological
diversity of the area to life through plants and other living forms,
the built and ecological environment(s), all the arts, state-of-the-art
communications technologies, and diverse educational, ecological,
and entertaining activities. Formed Board Advisors, non-profit corporation
called Life Frames®, Inc., led negotiations with government, corporate,
and community leaders in New York City, San Francisco, and other cities
in the country and abroad. Developed innovative uses for new communications
technologies for an international interactive network and unique educational
strategies for a multigenerational and multicultural public. Developed
new maintenance techniques for urban public open spaces that utilize
existing resources promoting community stewardship, education, job
creation, and economic development.
July l985 - May l986
Producer/Director/Designer
A GARDEN OF KNOWLEDGE
New York, New York & Houston, Texas
Developed traveling interactive installation as mini-demonstration
for A LIVING LIBRARY. Involved corporations, teachers & students
(K-College), professional artists, horticulturists, video/computer
technologists in environmental exhibition. Produced interactive videodisk
and electronic "Tree of Knowledge".
May l974 - November l980
Founding Executive Director/President
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY (THE FARM)
San Francisco, California
Creator of integrated concept and environmental plan
for new city Farm Park and environmental education and culture center.
Directed implementation. Developed non-profit corporation and formed
Board of Directors and Advisors. Coordinated participation of city,
state, and federal agencies, and private corporations and foundations
in community development projects. Managed paid staff and volunteers.
Oversaw operation of programs including capital improvements and open
space acquisition. Designed, wrote, and presented winning visual proposals;
developed and administered budgets and grants; negotiated contracts.
Initiated and led successful campaign for city to acquire and develop
multi-million dollar park. Developed mechanisms for projects to produce
revenue. Designed and implemented innovative and ongoing public educational
programs and exhibitions for all ages in environmental education,
agriculture, and all the arts. Created programs that promoted ecological
sensitivity and multi-ethnic and international diversity for an intergenerational
and multi-economic public including teens, young children, senior
citizens, and at-risk students. Involved participation of individuals
and classes from over 75 schools (K-College) with programs linking
nature and the arts with math, language arts, civics, history, science;
worked with teachers in curriculum development; Generated extensive
media coverage for events and projects.
EDUCATION
M.A. San Francisco State University, Environmental Sculpture
Certificate, Landscape Architecture, University of California, S.
F.
Teaching Credentials: New York, New Jersey, California (K-12)
B.A. Rutgers University, Douglass College-Art (Honors)
Certificate - Oomoto School of Traditional Japanese Arts- Kameoka,
Japan
AWARDS, HONORS, & SELECTED GRANTS
2006 Appointed by SF Board of Supervisors to
SF Urban Forestry Council
2005 San Francisco Foundation for South Bernal
Heights Living Library
2003 California Department of Forestry &
Fire Protection for OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park
2003 The Ford Foundation for OMI / Excelsior
Living Library & Think Park (San Francisco) and Roosevelt Island
Living Library & Think Park (NYC) Programs
2002-08 Mayor’s Office of Children, Youth,
and Families for OMI / Excelsior & South Bernal Heights Living
Library & Think Park Programs
2002-04 Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood
Beautification for OMI / Excelsior Living Library & Think Park
2002 SF Art Commission for OMI / Excelsior Living
Library & Think Park
2002 SF Mayor’s Office of Community Development
to develop Conceptual Master Plan for South Bernal Heights Living
Library & Think Park
2001 SF Mayor’s Office of Community Development
to develop Conceptual Master Plan for OMI / Excelsior Living Library
& Think Park
2000 Named a Laureate of the Smithsonian Institution
for A Living Library
2000 A Living Library becomes part of the permanent
research collection of Smithsonian's Museum of American History and
featured on the Smithsonian Computerworld Website
2000 A Living Library & Life Frames, Inc.
nominated for Smithsonian Computerworld Award in the category of "Environment,
Energy, & Agriculture" by Steve Jobs of Apple Computers,
Inc.
2000 San Francisco Beautiful Grant - OMI / Excelsior
Living Library & Think Park
1999 Named "Outstanding Healing Artist of
the Arts & Healing Network for the Year 2001" by Marion Rockefeller
Weber, Founder & Director, Arts & Healing Network
1999 Miranda Lux Foundation - OMI / Excelsior
Living Library & Think Park
1999; 00; 01 Potrero Nuevo Fund of the Tides
Foundaton - OMI / Excelsior Living Library & Think Park Program
1996-97 San Francisco Foundation Grant - Civic
Center Living Library Project
1996-97 Columbia Foundation Grant for Civic Center
Living Library Project
1996 "Biennial Honor Award, ASLA, l995 (Northern
California Chapter) - "Building & Community" - for Guadalupe
Gardens Master Plan, San Jose. Member Design Team with Tito Patri
1993 Member design team, St. Vincent's/Silveira
Ranch, New Sustainable Living `Learning Community As A Life Frame,
San Rafael, California, 3rd place, National Competition
l987 Redesign of Todos Santos Plaza- Concord,
Ca. National Competition, Runner-Up Winner. Collaboration with Mark
Bunnell, ASLA
l980; 1975 NEA Individual Artist's Fellowships
l975-79 CAC Grants
1977 San Francisco Tomorrow Environment Award
1976-79 NEA Grants: Expansion Arts, Architecture
& Environmental Arts, City Spirit, Visual Arts
1974-80 Numerous Foundation Grants for THE FARM
1975-79 California Arts Council Project Grants
1973 San Francisco Art Commission Merit Award
1970 MADEMOISELLE MAGAZINE Woman of the Year
Award
1970 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SECA
Award
SELECTED CONSULTANCIES
2006-present
Consultant to diverse stakeholders in community of Chinatown, San
Francisco including Commodore Stockton Child Development Center, Gordon
Lau Elementary School, Chinatown Beacon, parents, neighbors, and other
local resources to create a unique Chinatown Living Library &
Think Park at both school sites based on local ecological, built,
multicultural resources linked to Branch Living Libraries as they
emerge.
2002-present
Consultant to diverse stakeholders in community of Bernal Heights,
San Francisco including Junipero Serra Child Development Center, Junipero
Serra Elementary School, public housing project, other neighbors and
incorporating local resources to create unique Bernal Heights Living
Library & Think Park Nature Walk based on local ecological, built,
multicultural resources linked to Branch Living Libraries as they
emerge.
2001-present
Consultant to multiple stakeholders in Roosevelt Island, New York
City to create a unique Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think
Park based on the local ecological, built, and multicultural resources
to be linked to Branch Living Libraries in diverse locales.
1998-present
Consultant to James Denman Middle School, San Miguel Child Development
Center, Balboa High School to develop an ecological, multicultural,
and technological OMI / Excelsior Living Library & Think Park
Master Plan to transform the indoor/outdoor facilities and link the
three schools with Balboa Park, City College, and other community
resources to the schools as Centers of Community. Work to include
development of Community Research Mentoring Teams, real-world project-based
curricula, teacher training, Natural Resources Training for community,
and assessments of program
1995-97
Life Frames, Inc. - Preliminary conceptual design with integrated
programs and curricula to rearticulate historic San Francisco Civic
Center into sustainable 21st century lifelong learning magnet for
whole community that celebrates the past, present, and future. Involved
and received support from all sectors of community including public
and private schools K-College, foundations, international & multicultural
groups, and environmental organizations, Sister Cities.
1994-95
Lincoln Unified School District, Stockton, Ca., Member Educational
Design Team to create new high school as farm with student & teacher
participation & all aspects of built & natural environments
integrated into interdisciplinary curriculum
1993
Eastside Union High School District, San Jose, Cal., Design Team Facilitator
for conceptual redesign of existing high school as A Living Library
1993
Indianapolis Children's Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Conceptual Redesign of indoor/outdoor integrated systems facilities
1992-93
Member design team with Tito Patri & Associates to develop Master
Plan for Guadalupe Gardens, l50 acres, San Jose, Ca. Involved all
sectors of community including schools K- College
1991
NASA, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Conceptual plans to develop
A Living Library in conjunction with Lewis Research Center Education
Department
1991
Monkey Jungle, Miami, Florida; conceptual development plans for Life
Frame
1989
City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, conceptual development plans to
create A Living Library for the city of Harrisburg
1987-89
National Park Service, Washington, D.C., Harper's Ferry, West Va.
Plans for NPS Interarts Program; NPS Living History Columbus Quincentennial
Program; Presented idea of a national park as A Living Library
1981
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Schematic
Plans for renovation of NY & NJ Entrance/Exit Areas to Holland
Tunnel
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, San Francisco Urban Forestry Council
Board Member, Youth Arts New York
Laureate, Smithsonian Institution
Advisory Board Member, National Learning Foundation,
Washington, D.C.
Advisory Board Member, Solutions: Town Hall,
San Francisco, California
Member, San Francisco Green Schoolyards Alliance
Member, SPUR/AIA Civic Center Task Force, San
Francisco, California
SPECIAL SKILLS
Systemic Ecological Design - Environmental, Landscape, & Urban
Design; Planning, Development, & Implementation integrated with
Ecological & Interdisciplinary Community Programs / Interdisciplinary,
standards-based curricula, PreK-12 / products
Community Participation, Facilitation, Visioning, Organizing; working
with youth and children; multicultural communities
Systemic Strategic Planning/Creative Problem-Solving / Integrated
Ecological Systems
New Applications for Communications Technologies and displays
Security Innovations
Creative Research, Documentation, and Evaluation
Public Speaking / Networking / Mobilizing
Marketing / Fundraising / Public Relations / Advertising
Teaching / Curriculum Design / Teacher Training
Writing / Grant Writing
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teacher Staff Development & Student Training
James Denman M.S., San Miguel Child Development Center, Junipero Serra
Child Development Center, Junipero Serra Elementary School, Gordon
Lau Elementary School, Commordore Stockton Child Development Center,
S.F., CA. PS/IS 217, Roosevelt Island, N.Y.
Instructor
San Francisco Institute of Architecture, S.F., Ca.
Graduate Mentor / Instructor
Arts & Consciousness
Graduate Program, JFK University, Berkeley, California
Sculptor-In-Residence
Tyler School of Art, Temple Univ., Philadelphia, Pa.
Dartington College Totnes, England
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California
San Francisco
State University, San Francisco, California
Antioch College West,
San Francisco, California
Credentialed Teacher in elementary & secondary
schools for all populations including at-risk, special education,
and physically handicapped students in New York, New York City, New
Jersey, California
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
French; some Spanish, Japanese
SELECTED SEMINARS, PANELS, SYMPOSIA, & LECTURES
2006 Evolution of Life Frames, California
College of Art, San Francisco, Ca.
2006 A Living Library, SPUR, Noon Lecture,
San Francisco, Ca.
2006 Ecological Design: The Unstoppable Wave
3, Keynote Speaker, San Francisco, Ca.
2005 San Francisco Institute of Architecture,
San Francisco, California
2005 A Living Library, SPUR, Noon Lecture,
San Francisco, Ca.
2004 Ecological Design: The Unstoppable Wave
2, Keynote Speaker, Oakland, Ca.
2002 Ecological Design: The Unstoppable Wave,
Keynote Speaker, Berkeley, Ca.
2001 Connect: Kids Who Think & Do; Project
Based Learning Conference; San Francisco, Ca.
2000 US Department of Education; “Improving
America’s Schools Conferences; Partnership for Family Involvement
In Education; Sacramento, California; Washington, DC
1999; 2000; 2001; 2002
San Francisco Institute of Architecture, San Francisco, California
John F. Kennedy University, Graduate Program, Arts & Consciousness,
Berkely, Calif.
San Francisco State University, Multimedia Studies, San Francisco,
California
1997 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Leadership
San Francisco, "Urban Infrastructure", San Francisco,
California
AIA, Regional Urban Design Committee, "Common Places: Building
Community", San Francisco, California
1996 AIA San Francisco, Urban Design Committee, "Civic
Center Living Library" American Forum For Global Education,
"Global Realities and the Local Community: The Challenge for
Educators - Educating for Sustainability"; Monterey, California
Bonnie Sherk Interviewed by Michael Krasny, on "Forum",
KQED radio, S. F.
1994 National Alliance for Environmental Education,
"Environmental Education 2000", National Symposium, Vienna,
Va.
"The Healing Dimensions of People-Plant Relationships",
International Research Symposium, University of California, Davis
1993 American Horticulture Society National Symposium,
"Children, Plants, And Gardens: Educational Opportunities",
Chevy Chase, Md.
Indianapolis Children's Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1992 San Jose State University, San Jose, California
"People Plant Relationships: Setting Research Priorities",
Rutgers Cooperative Extension, People-Plant Council, East Rutherford,
New Jersey
MedArt International World Congress, New York, New York
1991 American Forum for Global Education, H.S. Art
& Design, N Y
Media & Open Space, Municipal Art Society, New York, N Y
1990 Virtual Reality Seminars, Copenhagen, Odense,
& Arhus, Denmark
Interactive Entertainment Conference, New York, New York
Schoolyards Conference, CUNY Grad. Center, N.Y.C. Bd. of Education
International Interactive Communications Society, New York, .
Women of Spirit, New York, New York
1989 Indianapolis Children's Museum, Indianapolis,
Indiana
1988 International Federation of Landscape Architects
World Congress, Boston, Massachusetts
1987 Public Art In America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Meanings of the Garden Conference, University of California, Davis
San Francisco State University, Art Department, San Francisco, Cal.
University of Texas, Art Department, Arlington, Texas
University of California, Davis, Art Department, Davis, California
University of Iowa, Art Department, Iowa City, Iowa
Mills College, Oakland, California
1986 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia,
California
1985 New York University, Interactive Telecommunications,
NY
1984 New Jersey Institute of Technology, Department
of Landscape Architecture, Newark, N.J.
1983 CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Environmental
Psychology, New York, NY
Montclair State College, Art Department, Montclair, New Jersey
1982 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Quebec Musee de l'Art, Quebec, Canada
Powerhouse Gallery, Montreal, Canada
College Art Association, Women's Caucus for the Arts, Hilton Hotel,
New York, N. Y.
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of Art, New Brunswick, N.J.
New York University, Gallitan Division, New York, New York
1980 Byam Shaw College, London, England
Cardiff College of Art, Cardiff, Wales
Newport College of Art, Gwent, Wales
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
SELECTED ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS, AND BOOK EXCERPTS
ABOUT BONNIE SHERK AND HER PROJECTS
2006 California Shade, California Dept. of Forestry
& Fire Protection, “Life Frames, Inc. Uses Urban Forestry
Grant to Plant 200 Trees”, Fall, 2006, ill.
2006 San Francisco Examiner; “Today’s
Newsmakers”, pg 5, July 18, 2006
2005 Peter Selz, “Art of Engagement",
University of California Press, pgs 15, 228-229;259; ill.
2005 Zahid Sardar, “Living Truths”,
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, May 22, 2005, Cover & pgs. 4-6,
ill.
2004 Mary F. Albert, “Living the life”,
San Francisco Examiner, August 5, 2004, pg. 8, ill.
2004 Ethan Fletcher, “Roots of the Problem",
San Francisco Examiner, May 25, 2004, pg.5, ill.
2004 Dr, Noel J. Brown, “Letter To The
Editor”, Main Street Wire, Roosevelt Island, NYC, April
3,2004, pg.6.
2004 Lutz, Dick, "Living Library Releases
Plans For Cultural Park at Southpoint”, Main Street Wire,
Roosevelt Island, NYC, March 20, 2004, Cover & pg. 10- Color Centerfold,
pgs. 8-9, ill.
2003 Espinosa, Henni Jay P., "A Living Library,
The Community's Garden of Hope", Manila Bulletin, Kababayan
Edition, Cover Story, August 14-20.2003 cover& pp. 8,9; ill.
2003 Shai, Jack, "A Living Library",
Singtao Daily News, May 8, 2003; page F;, ill.
2002 Fuller, Diana Burgess, Salvioni, Daniela, ed.
“Art / Women / California 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections"
University of California Press, Berkeley, California,
pp. 7, 8, 20-21, 107, 109, 168, 229-231, 232 ; ill.
2002 Brookman, Donna, “Terms of Engagement
– Radical Communalism in Bay Area Art”, SCULPTURE
Magazine, July/August, 2002, pp. 47, 48, ill.
2002 Rich, Deborah, “OMI/Excelsior Library
and Think Park, a new way to frame life”; San Francisco
Chronicle, May 8, 2002, pg. G6
2001 Thomas, Laura, “Lessons learned from
getting their hands dirty”, San Francisco Chronicle, May
5, 2001, pg. 6, ill., Home Section
2001 Thomas, Laura, “Adult mentor helps
kids bring life to urban school grounds”, San Francisco
Chronicle, May 5, 2001, pg. 6, ill., Home Section
2000 Cohn, Terri, “Re-envisioning Our Urban
Ecology-Bonnie Sherk’s rural enclaves-Celebrating 30 Years”,
Artweek, December, 2000, Volume 31, Issue 12, pp; 12, 27, ill.
2000 U.S. Department of Education, Community Update,
No. 77, May, 2000, "PFIE Partner Nominated For A Smithsonian
Award" p. 4, ill.
2000 ED MATTERS In Region 1X - U.S. Department of
Education, Region 1X, Spring, 2000, "A Living Library Makes
Learning Bloom For San Francisco Students" , pp.4-5, ill.
2000 Mansfield, Sonia, "Gardens to Link
Three School Campuses", San Francisco Independent, April
3, 2000, pp 1,5, ill.
1998 Kastner, Jeffery, ed., Brian Wallis, Survey,
Land And Environmental Art, Phaidon Press Limited, London, England,
pp. 156, 268, 293; ill.
1998 Stiles, Kristine - article, Paul Schimell -
organizer of exhibit, Out of Actions - Between Performance and the
Object, 1949-1979, "Uncorrupted Joy: International Art Actions",
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles / Thames and Hudson, London,
pp. 319-321; ill.
1996 Cohn, Terri, "Bonnie Sherk: Projects and
Plans" at Canessa Gallery, Artweek, September, 1996, Volume 27,
Number 9, pg. 21; ill. review of exhibition
1995 Nash, Steven, ed, Constance Llewellyn, Facing
Eden: 100 Years of Art in the Bay Area, Catalog - Fine Arts Museums
of San Francisco and University of California Press, Berkely, L.A.,
London, pp. 122-124; ill.
1994 Lacy, Suzanne, ed., Mapping The Terrain: New
Genres in Public Art, Bay Press, Seattle, Washington, pp. 275-276;
ill.
Broude, Norma & Garrard, Mary D., ed., The Power of Feminist Art:
The American Movement of the l970's, History and Impact, Harry N.Abrams,
New York, pp.; ill.
1992 Matilsky, Barbara C., Fragile Ecologies, Contemporary
Artists' Interpretations and Solutions, Rizzoli, New York. pgs. 54-55,
ill.
Powell, Mary Clare, Creativity and Liberation: A Study of Women and
Artists, doctoral dissertation, School of Education, University of
Massachusetts, pgs. 65-68, 79-80, l43-l45, 227, ill.
1989 Pittas, Michael John, ed. "Contemporary
California Competitions", Urban Design International, Vol. l0,
l989, pg. 3.l0, ill."
1988 Roth, Moira, ed., Connecting Conversations,
Interviews with Bay Area Women Artists, Eucalyptus Press, Mills College,
Oakland, California, pp. l68-l75, ill.
1986 Cheatham, Annie & Powell, Mary Clare, This
Way Day Break Comes -- Women's Values And The Future, New Society
Publishers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. ll2, l36, l64, l66, l7l-l73,
ill.
1985 Albright, Thomas, Art In The San Francisco Bay
Area l945-l980 University of California Press, Berkeley, California,
pp. , ill.
1984 Lippard, Lucy, Get The Message , E.P. Dutton,
New York, pp. 42, 43, l26, l46, l47, l56, 318, 320, ill.
Inter,"Festival D'In(ter)Ventions-2: In Memoriam Georges Maciunas",
Quebec, Canada, Automne, l984, pp. l4, l5, ill.
"Festival D'In(ter)vention-2: In Memoriam Georges Maciunas",
Record Album, Inter/les editions INTERVENTION, 9 Aout l984, side C
1983 Roth, Moira, ed., The Amazing Decade - Women
and Performance Art In America l970-l980, Astro Artz, Los Angeles,
pp. l34-l35, ill.
Lippard, Lucy, Overlay, Pantheon, l983, New York, pp. 233-234, ill.
Sussler, Betsy, ed., "Art May Be The True Form of Disarmament”,
Bomb Magazine, No. 6, pg. 76, ill.
Hell, Ter,"Generics•••", Catalog, Neuer
Berliner Kunstverein, Galerie Fahnemann, May, l983, pp. l4, l8, 20,
22, (German and English)
198l Lippard, Lucy, "Gardens: Some Metaphors
For A Public Art", Art In America, November, l98l, pp. l45-l48,
ill.
Burnham, Linda Frye, "Between The Diaspora And The Crinoline",
High Performance, Los Angeles, Fall, l98l, pp. 49-71, ill. interview
1980 Foley, Suzanne, Space, Time, Sound - Conceptual
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area: The 70's, San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, Catalog, 1980, pp. 26, 29, 32, 38,
80-85, l35-l99, ill.
Loeffler, Carl, ed., Performance Anthology: Source Book For A Decade
of California Performance Art, Contemporary Art Press, pp. 29, 44,
46, 75, 91, 92, 234, 235, 380, 381, ill.
Drewes, Caroline, "The Farm", S.F. Examiner, August 6, l980,
pg. l, Section E, ill.
Lippard, Lucy, "Issue & Taboo", Institute of Contemporary
Art, London, England, Catalog, Issue, l980, pg 9
Roth, Moira, "The California Sensibility - A Star Is Born",
Performing Arts Journal/12, Vol. 4, number 3, l980, Cover & pg.
3
Greene, Herb, Building To Last: Architecture As Ongoing Art, Architectural
Book Publishing Co., New York, pp. ____ , ill.
1979 Feretti, Hollister, "Along The Tokaido",
Mainichi Daily News, Tokyo, Japan, September l0, l979, pg. 6, ill.
Gilliam, Harold, " A Battle Of Open Space Out On Potrero",
This World S.F.Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, July 8, l979, pg.
41, ill.
Albright, Thomas, "Rural Architecture Near Army Street",
San Francisco Chronicle, December 4, l979, pg. 57
1978 Roth, Moira, "Toward A History of California
Performance: Part l", Arts Magazine, February, l978, pp. l00,
l0l, ill.
Doss, Margot-Patterson, "The Freeway Farm - San Francisco At
Your Feet", Sunday Punch, S.F. Examiner & Chronicle, July
9, l978, pg. 32, ill.
l977 Butler, Katy, "A Farm Flourishes Beside
S.F. Freeway", San Francisco Chronicle, March l8, l977, Second
Section, pp., l8, ill.
Materials From The National Endowment for the Arts & The Handicapped
Information Service, "Crossroads Community", Washington,
D.C.
Ratcliff, Carter, "Report From San Francisco", Art In America,
May/June, l977, pg.60
Waugh, Dexter, "A Graduation Party - New Milestone For The Farm",
S.F. Examiner, November 7, l977, pg. 9, ill.
1976 Lippard, Lucy, From The Center, E.P. Dutton,
l976, p. 47, ill.
Laughingbird, "Building A Farm Under The Freeways", Environmental
Action Bulletin, Rodale Press, January l0, l976, vol. 7, pp. l, 3
Frankenstein, Alfred, "An Exhibition of Hay and Herbs",
S.F.Chronicle, December 9, l976, pg. 62, ill.
1975 Thompson, Jennifer L., "Art Blooms South
of Market", San Francisco Magazine, May, l975, pp. 40, 41, l28,
ill.
1974 San Francisco Magazine, "SECA", April,
l974, pg. S-36, ill.
1973 Dunham, Judith L., "The Four", Artweek,
January 28, l973, pp. l, l2, ill.
Belard, A. & Fox, L., "All Night Sculptures", Artweek,
May 26, l973, pg. 3, ill.
1972 Lambie, Alec, "Things Are Not As They Seem:
An Interview With Bonnie Sherk", Artweek, March 25, l972, pg.
3, ill.
McCann, Cecile N., "Sources of Art", Artweek, March 4, l972,
pg. 5, ill.
Newport Harbor Art Museum, "The San Francisco Performance",
ed. Tom Marioni, catalog, March l2 - April l6, l972, Performance called:"Traditional
Performances: A Piece Within A PieceWithin A Piece, etc.", videotape
available by George Bolling
Artweek, "San Francisco Performances", April 8, l972, pg.
4
1971 Mademoiselle Magazine, "Mademoiselle's
Young Women of the Year", January, 197l, pp. 60, 63, l4l, ill.
1970 Albright, Thomas, "Parks That Hop, Skip,
and Moo", San Francisco Chronicle, pg. l6, June 24, l970, ill.
Albright, Thomas, "Freeway Sprouts A Park", San Francisco
Chronicle, pg. 4, June 26, l970, ill
Hager, Phillip, "Award Winning Idea - Artist Creates Portable
Park For Downtown SF Freeways", Los Angeles Times, June 26, l970,
p. 3, ill.
S.F. Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, "Park For A Day",
June 28, l970, Section A, pg. 3, ill.
Tarshis, Jerome, "Portable Parks Project l-lll", ArtForum
V.9, October, l970, pg. 84, ill.
Sunset Magazine, "Community Action - San Francisco's Experiment..Portable
Parks Downtown", August, l970, pg. 24, ill.
S.F. Examiner, "Snowballs Fly At Art Museum", October l5,
pg ll, ill.
Caen,Herb, "The Foibulous People", S.F. Chronicle, October
l5, pg. 27
Artweek, "SECA Award", May 2, l970, pg. 3
SELECTED ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND ART
BY BONNIE SHERK
2006 Sherk, Bonnie “A Living Library: A
Global Network of Diversity & Commonality”, United
Nations Website, UN Chronicle Online, December, 2006
2005 Sherk, Bonnie “A Living Library: A
Global Network of Diversity & Commonality”
Centerpoint Now, Commemorative Journal for 60th Anniversary of United
Nations,
September, 2005, World Council of Peoples for the
United Nations, United Nations, NY
2002 Sherk, Bonnie, “Creating A Living
Library & Celebrating The Human Garden”, New Horizons
For Learning, New Horizons Online Journal, Vol. V111 No.1 Winter 2002;
www. newhorizons.org
2000 Sherk, Bonnie, “Smithsonian Computerworld
Case Study – A Living Library, Think Park, & Life Frame”,
on-line collection & Permanent Research Collection, Smithsonian
Museum of American History, Washington, DC
2000 Sherk, Bonnie, “Viewpoints”,
Friends of the Urban Forest Quarterly Newsletter for Bay Area Tree
Enthusiasts, Summer, 2000, pg. 6
1997 Sherk, Bonnie, "A New Opportunity For
Multimedia Developers: The Landscape-Based Edutainment Center - A
Living Library", MDG.org Bulletin, Summer, 1997,Volume 5,
No.3, Leslie Mattison, ed, pg.8.ill.
1996 Sherk, Bonnie, "Preliminary Suggested
Conceptual Site Plan To Revitalize The San Francisco Civic Center",
Camerawork Journal, Fall/Winter 1996, Vol. 23, No.2, Beth Goldberg,
ed., pp. 17-19, ill.
Sherk, Bonnie, "Land Between Two Rivers: A Conceptual Assyrian
Garden- One of Many International/Multicultural Gardens Proposed to
Rivitalize The Civic Center of San Francisco", Argonaut Press,
Warren Hinckle, ed., April, 1996, Vol. 141, No. 4218,
pg. 9, ill.
1995 Sherk, Bonnie, " A Living Library: New Model for Global
Electronic Interactivity and Networking in the Garden",
The Luminous Object: video art/video theory - Visible Language 29:2,
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I., Hans Breder and Hermann
Rappaport, ed. pp. 180-185
1994 Sherk, Bonnie, "Creating Interactive
Living Libraries of Cultural & Ecological Diversity",
The Healing Dimensions of People-Plant Relations, Mark Francis, Patricia
Lindsey, Jay Rice, ed., Center For Design Research, University of
California, Davis, pp. l3l-l50; ill.
Sherk, Bonnie, "Creation of A LIVING LIBRARY™: A Planetary
Network of Interactive LIFE FRAMES™", Chapter 33, People
Plant Relationships: Setting Research Priorities, Joel Flagler, Raymond
Poincelot, ed. Food Products Press, New York, London, Australia, pp.
415-425; ill.
Sherk, Bonnie, "Creation of A LIVING LIBRARY™: A Planetary
Network of Interactive LIFE FRAMES™", Journal of Home &
Consumer Horticulture, Volume 1, Number 4, The Haworth Press, Binghamton,
New York, pp. 415-425; ill.
Sherk, Bonnie, "A LIVING LIBRARY IS A SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE AND
AN INDOOR/OUTDOOR CULTURE-ECOLOGY PARK", Artweek, Vol.24, Number
l8, Sept. 24, l993, pg. 15, ill.
1992 Sherk, Bonnie, "Living Libraries, Life
Frames, and The School of the Future: The Evolving Visions of Bonnie
Sherk", IS Journal #12, Volume 6 #2 Winter, l992, pgs. l7-24,
International Synergy Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991 Sherk, Bonnie, "Creation of A LIVING
LIBRARY: An International Network of Interactive Life Frames",
LEONARDO, "Art & Telecommunications" Vol. 24, No. 2
, Spring, l99l, Pergamon Journals, N.Y., Oxford, Beijing,
Sherk, Bonnie, "A LIVING LIBRARY -- New Uses For Interactive
Technologies", The A & A Monthly On Interactive Entertainment,
Issue No, 3-01, January, 1991, Alexander & Associates,
Inc., New York, N.Y.
1989 Sherk, Bonnie, "Update On A Living
Library", On The Beam, Vol. X, No.l, Fall, l989, New Horizens
For Learning, Seattle, Washington
Sherk, Bonnie, "A Living Library: A New Model For Interactive
Learning", On The Beam, Vol. lX, No. 2, Winter, l989, New
Horizens For Learning, Seattle, Washington
1988 Sherk, Bonnie, "Interactive "Life
Frames" as Vehicles for Peace", Places For Peace, Karl
Linn, editor, l988 World Congress of International Federation of Landscape
Architects, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 54-57
Sherk, Bonnie, "Art isCulture is Nature", High Performance,
Los Angeles, #41-42, pp. 67-68
1987 Sherk, Bonnie, "The Park Or Garden
As A Living Library", Meanings Of The Garden, Center For
Design Research, University of California, Davis, pp. 298-308, ill.
1985 Sherk, Bonnie, "A Living Library",
Natura/Cultura, Salerno, Italy, Centro Internazionale MultiMedia,
May, l985, pp. 8-9, ill.
1984 Sherk, Bonnie, "Shrine To Power",
Sound/Art, catalog, The Sculpture Center, New York, May, l984, ill.
1983 Sherk, Bonnie, "Artists At Work",
Artist's Chronicle, High Performance,#22, l983, pp. 71, 88, ill.
Sherk, Bonnie, Sussler, Betsy, ed., "Art May Be The True Form
of Disarmament", Bomb Magazine, No. 6, pg. 76, ill.
1982 Sherk, Bonnie, "Artists At Work",
Radio Broadcast, KPFA-Berkeley, California, Live from San Francisco
Art Institute, August, l982, 2 hours, in KPFA archives
1981 Sherk, Bonnie, "Cover Girl",
High Performance, Cover Piece, Fall, l98l
Sherk, Bonnie, "CROSSROADS COMMUNITY (The Farm) IS AN ALTERNATIVE
TO ALTERNATIVE ART SPACES", Heresies, #13/ Feminism & Ecology,
l98l, pg. 31, ill.
1980 Sherk, Bonnie, "Sitting Still - l",
Cover, Performing Arts Journal/l2, Vol. 4, number 3, Sherk, Bonnie,
"I Dreamt I Lived In A Tryptich", Issue, catalog, Institute
of Contemporary Art, London, England, ill, no pg. numbers
1979 Sherk, Bonnie, "CROSSROADS COMMUNITY
(the farm)", prospectus, in collection of SFMOMA
Sherk, Bonnie, "Social Work(s), Sometimes", Los Angeles
Institute of Contemporary Art, Catalog, Nancy Buchanan, ed., pp. 38-40,
ill.
1977 Sherk, Bonnie, "The Farm",
DATA 27, Milan, Italy, July/September, l977, pg. 67, ill. (English
and Italian)
1976 Sherk, Bonnie, "The Farm",
La Mamelle Magazine: Art Contemporary, no. 5, vol. 2, l976, pg. 32-35,
ill.
Sherk, Bonnie, "Excerpt From Aktin Logic -- Volume Two, Chapter
42, 'Life Work'", La Mamelle Magazine: Art Contemporary, no.
4,v.l, Spring,l976, pg. l2
1975 Sherk, Bonnie, "Aktin Logic, Volume
Two, THE FARM, Life Work", Vision, ed. Tom Marioni, Crown
Point Press, N. 1, Sept., l975, pp. 32-33, ill.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 PS 1, Long Island City, New York
2007 Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Holland
2007 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington,
D.C.
2007 MOCA, Los Angeles, California
2006 Wattis Gallery, California College of Art, San
Francisco, California
2006 SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005 Braunstein / Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005 Urban Center, Municipal Art Society, New York,
New York
2002 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
2000 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles,
California
1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
National Television Broadcast, Excerpts from Public Lunch (1971),
Japan
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
J.F. Kennedy University Gallery, Berkeley, California
1998 MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna,
Austria
Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
The Museum of Contemporary Art at The Geffen Contemporary, L.A., Ca.
1996 Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, California
1995 DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Exit Art, New York, New York
1994 Artist's Space, New York, New York
1991 San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York
1987 Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
1986 New Music America, Houston Festival, Houston,
Texas
Central Hall Gallery, New York, New York
Snug Harbor Visual Arts Center, Staten Island, New York
1985 Eyes & Ears Foundation, Club Nine, San Francisco,
California
The Palladium, New York, New York
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York
Exit Art, New York, New York
1984 Castello Di Arechi, Salerno, Italy
L'Intervention Performance Festival, Quebec, Canada
Sculpture Center, New York, New York
Franklin Furnace, New York, New York
New York Public Library (Tompkins Square), New York
Taller Latin Americano, New York, New York
Danceteria, New York, New York
1983 Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, West Germany
Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
1982 International Sculpture Conference, Oakland,
California
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Sky over Bay Area, Election Day, San Francisco, California
Fashion Moda, Bronx, New York
Tyler School of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, New York
Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, New York
Public Image Gallery, New York, New York
P.S.I, Long Island City, New York
SUNY, Binghamton, New York
1981 HIGH PERFORMANCE Magazine, Cover Piece, International
Distribution
Gowanus Memorial Art Yard, Brooklyn, New York
1980 Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
1979 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los
Angeles, California
1977 The Floating Museum, San Francisco, California
1976 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,
California
THE FARM, San Francisco, California
Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California
1975 The Women's Building, Los Angeles, California
Hayward State College Art Gallery, Hayward, California
City Hall, San Francisco, California
1974 Superior Court, San Francisco, California
University of California, Davis, California
San Jose State College Art Gallery, San Jose, California
Andy's Donuts, San Francisco, California
1973 San Francisco Art Commission Festival, San Francisco,
California
Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, California
DeSaisset Art Museum, Santa Clara, California
1972 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1971 University of California, San Diego, La Jolla,
California
Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, California
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
Lion House, San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, California
1970 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco,
California
Gallery Reese Palley, San Francisco, California
Various sidewalk sites; Construction Site, San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Bridge; Freeway & Street Sites, San Francisco, California
Various Cages, San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, California
