Selected Articles, Interviews, Catalogs, and Book Excerpts About Founder & Director, Bonnie Ora Sherk & Her Projects:

 

2013

• Galpin, Pierre Francois, Independent Curators International Website, Cultivating The Human & Ecological Garden:  A Conversation With Bonnie Ora Sherk
  

• Cohn, Teri, SFAQ, Issue 14, Bonnie Ora Sherk, Interview, pgs. 78-83, ill.

• Smith, Stephanie, Feast:  Radical Hospitality In Contemporary Art, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago,Interview With Bonnie Ora Sherk, pgs. 126-133, ill.

 

2012

• Spaid, Sue, Green Acres, Contemporary Arts Center, Catalog, pgs. 3, 7 16, 17, 25, 43,75 95, 98, 109, 111-113, 124,125, 130,146, 167, 181, 191, 220, 222, ill., Back Cover

• Weintraub, Linda, ECO Art: In Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet, UC Press

• Angie Smith, Pop-Up Urbanism: The Origins of a Movement, Streetsblog Network 
• Aurash Khawarzad, Pattern Cities, Catching Up To 1970

 

2011

• Anne Kersten, Urban Farming — Rural Art: die Kunst des Essens und Bewahrens,   Kunstbulletin, pgs. 4-44, ill.;10/2011, Switzerland

• Lewellen, Constance and Moss, Karen, State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970, UC Press, pgs. 3, 23-28, 56, 136, 141, 144-45, 169, 171,  202-3, 216, 250, 252, ill.

• Schimmill, Paul, Under The Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981; Delmonico & Prestel, Munich, London, New York, pgs. 19, 25, 36-37, 39, 250, 275, 280, ill.

• Sommer, Danielle, A California State of Mind, Circa 1970, DAILY SERVING, an international forum for contemporary visual art blog, December 13, 2011, ill.
  

•  Mizota, Sharon, PST, A to Z: ‘State of Mind’ at OCMA, Culture Monster, Los Angeles Times Blog,   November 28, 2011, ill.

• San Francisco Magazine: Art Page-Older, but not necessarily wiser, Dec 2011,pg 42, ill. 

 

2010

• Dearen, Jason, “Plans Percolate to Revive Some SF Native Creeks”, April 24, 2010, Associated Press, global distribution, ill.

 

2009

• Eaton, Joe; Sullivan, Ron, “SF History Lesson Runs Through Islais Creek”, SF Chronicle, January 14, 2009, ill.

• Eaton, Joe; Sullivan, Ron, “Urban Students Get To Study At Living Library”, SF Chronicle, January 7, 2009, ill.

 

2008

• Sing Tao Daily News, “Chinatown Living Library Breaks More Ground”, May 30, 2008

 

2007

• Will Bradley, Charles Esche, Editors, Art & Social Change, Tate Publishing/Afterall, pgs. 18, 29, 227,228,229, 470 ill.

• Tim Holt, “Street Dreams – Can one woman’s beautiful vision bring life back to Cesar Chavez Street ?”, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, November 18, 2007, pgs.16-21, ill.

• Cornelia Butler, “WACK !  Art And The Feminist Revolution” MIT Press & Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; pgs. 103, 297-298, 508, ill.

• Bay Nature Magazine, Inside Cover, “A Living Library”, April-June, 2007

 

2006

• California Shade, California Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection, “Life Frames, Inc. Uses Urban Forestry Grant to Plant 200 Trees”, Fall, 2006, ill.

• San Francisco Examiner; “Today’s Newsmakers”, pg 5, July 18, 2006

 

2005

• Bradley, Will, Let It Grow, Frieze:  Contemporary Art & Culture, London pgs ; ill.

• Peter Selz, “Art of Engagement”, University of California Press, pgs 15, 228-229;259; ill.

• 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.

• Ethan Fletcher, “Roots of the Problem”,  SF Examiner, May 25, 2004, pg.5, ill.

• Dr, Noel J. Brown, “Letter To The Editor”, Main Street Wire, Roosevelt Island, NYC,   April 3,2004, pg.6.

• Lutz, Dick, Living Library Releases Plans For Cultural Park at Southpoint, Main Street Wire, Roosevelt Island, NYC, March 20, 2004, Cover & pg. 10-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.

• 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.

• Brookman, Donna, “Terms of Engagement – Radical Communalism in Bay Area Art”, SCULPTURE Magazine, July/August, 2002, pp. 47, 48, ill.

• 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

• 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.

• U.S. Department of Education, Community Update, No. 77, May, 2000, “PFIE  Partner Nominated For A Smithsonian Award” p. 4, ill.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• Selz, Peter, Stiles, Kristine (eds) Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art, A Sourcebook of Artists’ Writings, UC Press, Berkeley

• 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. 10, 1989, pg. 3.10, ill.”

 

1988

• Roth, Moira, ed., Connecting Conversations, Interviews with Bay Area Women Artists, Eucalyptus Press, Mills College, Oakland, California, pp. 168-175, ill.

 

1986

• Cheatham, Annie & Powell, Mary Clare, This Way Day Break Comes – Women’s Values And The Future, New Society Publishers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  pp. 112, 136, 164, 166, 171-173, ill.

 

1985

• Albright, Thomas, Art In The San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980 University of California Press, Berkeley, California  

 

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, 1984, pp. 14, 15, ill.

• “Festival D’In(ter)vention-2:  In Memoriam Georges Maciunas“, Record Album, Inter/les editions INTERVENTION, 9 Aout 1984, side C

 

1983

• Roth, Moira, ed., The Amazing Decade – Women and Performance Art In America 1970-1980, Astro Artz, Los Angeles, pp. 134-135, ill.

• Lippard, Lucy, Overlay, Pantheon, 1983, 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, 1983, pp. 14, 18, 20, 22, (German and English)

 

1981

• Lippard, Lucy, “Gardens: Some Metaphors For A Public Art”, Art In America, November, 1981, pp. 145-148, 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, 135-199, 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, 1980, 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

 

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, 1979, pg. 41, ill.

• Albright, Thomas, “Rural Architecture Near Army Street”,  San Francisco Chronicle, December 4, 1979, pg. 57

 

1978

• Roth, Moira, “Toward A History of California Performance:  Part l”, Arts Magazine, February, 1978, pp. 100, 101, ill.

• Doss, Margot-Patterson, “The Freeway Farm – San Francisco At Your Feet”, Sunday Punch, S.F. Examiner & Chronicle, July 9, 1978, pg. 32, ill.

 

1977

• Butler, Katy, “A Farm Flourishes Beside S.F. Freeway“, San Francisco Chronicle, March 18, 1977, Second Section, pp., 18, 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, 1977, pg.60

• Waugh, Dexter, “A Graduation Party – New Milestone For The Farm“,  S.F. Examiner, November 7, 1977, 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 10, 1976, vol. 7, pp. 1, 3

• Frankenstein, Alfred, “An Exhibition of Hay and Herbs“, S.F. Chronicle, December 9, 1976, pg. 62, ill.

 

1975

• Thompson, Jennifer L., “Art Blooms South of Market“, San Francisco Magazine, May, 1975, pp. 40, 41, 128, ill.

 

1974

• San Francisco Magazine, “SECA”, April, 1974, pg. S-36, ill.

 

1973

• Dunham, Judith L., “The Four”, Artweek, January 28, 1973, pp. 1, 12, ill. 

• Belard, A. & Fox, L., “All Night Sculptures“, Artweek, May 26, 1973, pg. 3, ill.

 

1972

• Lambie, Alec, “Things Are Not As They Seem:  An Interview With Bonnie Sherk“, Artweek, March 25, 1972, pg. 3, ill.

• McCann, Cecile N., “Sources of Art“, Artweek, March 4, 1972, pg. 5, ill.

• Newport Harbor Art Museum, “The San Francisco Performance“, ed. Tom Marioni, catalog, March 12 – April 16, 1972, Performance called: “Traditional Performances:  A Piece Within A PieceWithin A Piece, etc.”,  videotape available by George Bollin.

• Artweek, “San Francisco Performances“, April 8, l972, pg. 4

 

1971

• Mademoiselle Magazine, “Mademoiselle’s Young Women of the Year”, January, 1971, pp. 60, 63, 41, ill.

 

1970

• Albright, Thomas, “Parks That Hop, Skip, and Moo”, San Francisco Chronicle, pg. 16, June 24, 1970, ill.

• Albright, Thomas, “Freeway Sprouts A Park”, San Francisco Chronicle, pg. 4, June 26, 1970, ill

• Hager, Phillip, “Award Winning Idea – Artist Creates Portable Park For Downtown SF Freeways”, Los Angeles Times, June 26, 1970, p. 3, ill.

• S.F. Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, “Park For A Day”, June 28, 1970, Section A, pg. 3, ill.

• Tarshis, Jerome, “Portable Parks Project l-lll”, ArtForum V.9, October, 1970, pg. 84, ill.

• Sunset Magazine, “Community Action – San Francisco’s Experiment..Portable Parks Downtown”, August, 1970, pg. 24, ill.

• S.F. Examiner, “Snowballs Fly At Art Museum”, October 15, pg 11, ill.     

• Caen,Herb, “The Foibulous People”, S.F. Chronicle, October 15, pg. 27

• Artweek, “SECA Award”, May 2, 1970, pg. 3

 

Selected Articles, Book Chapters & Art By Bonnie Ora Sherk

 

2013

•   Sherk, Bonnie Ora, A Living Library:  Cultivating The Human & Ecological Garden, Narrated Powerpoint Presentation
  

• Sherk, Bonnie Ora, A Living Library Promotes Sustainable Development And Health, Centerpoint Now, in affiliation with United Nations, Sustainability, pg. 148, ill.

 

2012

• Sherk, Bonnie, Nature (Documents of Centemporary Art Series), Edited by Jeffrey Kastner, Whitechapel Gallery Ventures Limited, Extract from Crossroads Community (the farm), Center for Critical Inquiry Position Paper, 1^st International Symposium, San Francisco Art Institute, November,1977

 

2011

• Sherk, Bonnie, Bernal Heights Living Library & Think Park Nature Walk, New Bernal Journal, August-September 2011, Vol. 48, Number 4, page 10

 

2010

• Sherk, Bonnie, Clary, Jennifer, Schemmerling, Carole- A Watershed Moment for SF Creeks, San Francisco Chronicle, OP-Ed Page, Open Forum, April 16, 2010

 

2009

• Sherk, Bonnie “The He(Art) of the Matter: Cultivating the Human & Ecological Garden”; UNDPI/NGO 61^st & 62^nd Conference Journal, September 2008, 09, with UNESCO, Paris, France & Mexico City, Mexico, pg. 117, ill.

 

2007

• Sherk, Bonnie, Position Paper:  Crossroads Community (the farm), Art & Social Change, Tate Publishing, London, Extract from Paper at First International Symposium of Center For Critical Inquiry, SFAI, 1977

• Sherk, Bonnie, “A Living Library & Think Park: Place-Based, Ecological Transformation of Schools & Communities”, Celebrating NGO’s:  60 Years With The United Nations, 60^th Annual NGO-DPI Climate Change Conference, September 5-7, pgs. 42-43, ill.

 

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 60^th 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

 

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

• 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. 131-150; 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.

 

1993

• 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. 17-24, 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, l99l, 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 is Culture 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.