Hi Greg,
I'd be interested in the Hunters Point tour on July 24. Thanks. David Stein
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If anyone is interested, i could check with Barbara Ockel, the CEO of the Shipyard Trust, about arranging a private tour.
Us with Barbara at the Shipyard Trust July 24th, 2024
By James Salazar | Examiner staff writer
1 hr ago
"Decommissioned: The History of Hunters Point Shipyard" traces the site's evolution from an industrial center to an area that has experienced displacement, resilience and renewal.
Neighborhood nonprofit Shipyard Trust for the Arts will open “Decommissioned: The History of Hunters Point Shipyard,” an exhibition curated by artist and historian Stacey Carter, this Thursday with an artist reception at 6 p.m. The exhibition will be open on Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. beginning June 14 through Aug. 2, with a week off for the Independence Day weekend. Guided walking tours are available at 2 p.m. on each of those days, save for June 28 and July 12.
The trust support the Hunters Point Shipyard Artists, an art collective spread over 500 acres of the former United States Navy facility. Carter, who has spent over 20 years chronicling the site’s history, said her exhibition traces the shipyard’s evolution from an industrial center to an area that has experienced displacement, resilience and renewal. Archival exhibition items and new artworks will challenge visitors to “think about how history shapes our present,” she said.
As both an artist and historian, Carter said she saw this exhibition “as a way to bring the shipyard’s hidden histories and overlooked voices to the forefront.” Carter’s educational dive into the shipyard began when she first got a studio on the site and began painting buildings around the property.
“Decommissioned” spans the shipyard’s status as a 19th-century commercial shipbuilding hub to a burgeoning artist community over the last 40 years. Carter said that “it’s incredibly moving to bring this history back to The City, especially in a space that has been so layered with memory, struggle and achievement.”
The site of “Decommissioned” is typically only open to the public two weekends a year. Organizers said the upcoming exhibition will allow more people to see it, and to view it in a new light. While headlines around the shipyard frequently center on toxic cleanup delays or radiation risks from the shipyard being an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site, exhibition organizers said those conversations only tell part of the shipyard’s story.
Carter said that she also wanted to trace the shipyard’s transformation from one of the largest drydock ship repair facilities along the West Coast to a major U.S. Naval hub in the 20th century that played a key role in World War II, drawing migrating African Americans from the South in search of jobs. The exhibit also explores the shipyard’s role in the Cold War as a radiological research lab.
Hunters Point exhibit traces decades of SF shipyard history
Greg