Lynne Baer +Art Projects

1403 Lake St, San Francisco, CA 94118, 415 819-8376, lynnebaer@comcast.net www.baerartprojects.com

Lynne Baer Art Advisor For Public Spaces; 1988-present Work with public entities, private non-profit foundations, developers, corporations, and private clients to commission site-specific artworks and installations, form permanent collections, create exhibitions and programs for public spaces, and develop guidelines and procedures for art programs. LONG-TERM PROJECTS: University of California, San Francisco Medical Center: 2010 – 2016 Provide consulting services for the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay to develop an art master plan and for the acquisition of artworks, including the creation of site-specific commissions at the new Mission Bay Children’s, Women’s Specialty and Cancer Hospitals completed 2015. Artworks by Jessica Stockholder, Spencer Finch, Chris Johanson, Ranjani Shettar, Dave Muller, Mary Temple, Barry McGee, Clare Rojas and Will Rogan have been commissioned. Over 800 artworks have been installed in the three hospitals and a second phase of working with local arts organizations and local artists has been completed. University of California, San Francisco: 1990-2013 Appointed by the Chancellor to develop the philosophy and implement art programs on the Parnassus and Laurel Heights campuses. Projects have included temporary exhibitions of works from museum collections such as sculptures by Rodin from the Fine Arts Museums, Chinese Porcelain from the Asian Museum, and a group of works by Isamu Noguchi from the Noguchi Foundation as well as the commissioning of site-specific works from Bay Area and National artists including Catherine Wagner, Jon Rubin, Rebeca Bollinger, Jim Campbell, Ellen Harvey and Sarah Sze for the campus and purchases of artworks by Bill Woodrow, Robert Arneson and Stephen de Staebler. Advise the Chancellor and Art Committee on procuring donations and purchasing of two-dimensional art for the library and campus buildings. Dublin Fine Arts Foundation and City of Dublin, CA; 1988- 2008 Managed the private non-profit organization to commission permanent works of art, create temporary exhibitions and installations, and art education programs in the schools. Developed Public Art Policy with and for City of Dublin. Established Dublin Sculpture Park and commissions for new Library, bus shelters, and murals for freeway underpasses. Site-specific commissions and acquisitions includes but not limited to works by Peter Voulkos, Ned Smyth, Ned Kahn, Fletcher Benton, Temporary community projects include Get on the Bus & in the Camera, 2008, Dublin Does Art! A Celebration of Public Art, 2005, and Art and the Environment, 1990, 1992, and 1999.

SELECTED COMPLETED PROJECTS:

San Francisco, CA; Bridge Housing Corp, Site-specific commission by Catherine Wagner for affordable housing project. Architect: Richard Stacy; Leddy Maytum Stacy. Completed 2013. Los Altos, CA; David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Review and evaluate existing art collection for selection and redistribution to new headquarters (EHDD Architects) and original facilities. Completed December, 2012. San Francisco, CA; Mercy Housing California, Site-specific commission by Ball Nogues Studio for two affordable housing projects, Architect: Richard Sheng; KMD Architects. Completed 2011.

Boise, Idaho; Philadelphia artist, Ray King, selected for site-specific commission for major downtown office building, originally built by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, for Rafanelli & Nahas Real Estate Development, Installed April, 2011.

Lynne Baer +Art Projects

1403 Lake St, San Francisco, CA 94118, 415 819-8376, lynnebaer@comcast.net www.baerartprojects.com

SELECTED COMPLETED PROJECTS (continued): Antioch, CA; 2 site-specific artworks by Barbara Grygutis and Robert Ellison for the Assessment Districts of Hillcrest and Lone Tree Way based on Master Plan completed for the project. Installed 2010.

San Francisco, CA; Glide Economic Development Corporation, Site-specific Commissions by the artists, Mildred Howard, Completed 2008, and Johanna Poethig, completed 2009, for the facades of two new affordable housing buildings in downtown San Francisco. (MWA Architects)

San Francisco, CA, 2007 – 2010, Jim Joseph Foundation: Selected art works for offices based on the mission of the foundation including artists, Ori Gersht, Robert Indiana, and Shirley Shor.

San Francisco, CA, 2006, Mother Jones Foundation: Commissioned the photographer, Jim Goldberg, to create a large work for the lobby of their new offices.

City of Pleasanton, CA, 199 –2006: Managed public art projects for Centennial Community Park, Sports Park, public/private projects with Safeway Corp and private individuals.

City of Santa Clara, Ca, 2001-2004: Worked with Public library and Community members to select artists, Barbara Grygutis and Irene Pijoan, to be on design team for new main library and then managed fabrication and installation of artworks.

City of Emeryville, CA, 2001, 2006: Managed public art project for Fire Station #2. and Temporary Public Art Project, Art Along the Avenue, with 15 different artists and installations.

City of Walnut Creek, CA, 2001-2002: Advised Developer in the process of placing public art in major new downtown plaza. City of Richmond, CA; 2001-2002: Advised Developer in the commissioning of art in new shopping center. Town of Tiburon, CA, 2001-2002: Consulted with Arts Commission and community members to select artist for Downtown plaza public art project.

City of Milpitas, CA, 2000-2008: Advised community members in the commissioning of artworks for community parks.

San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA, 1988, 1999: Evaluated works by artist Lucien Labaudt, (1988) and assisted Public Art Program on various projects.

MASTER PLANS AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES San Francisco, CA: March-June, 2010, revised, April, 2014: UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, Work with Art Committee to create Public Art Master Plan for the Art Program.

San Francisco, CA; March - October, 2007: National AIDS Memorial Grove Public Art Project Feasibility Study, Conducted design and public review process. Santa Rosa, CA; May, 2007: Courthouse Square Competition, part of team of Marta Fry Landscape Associates selected as one of five finalists for the project. Modesto, CA, 2002: Gallo Arts Center, in the design phase, researched and prepared long range plan for visual arts program for new performing arts center completed in 2006. Walnut Creek, CA, 1999-2000: Researched and Prepared Public Art Master Plan for the City. Approved by the City Council.

Dublin, CA, 2000: Project Manager for Heritage and Cultural Survey and Long Range Plan for the City of Dublin, Survey completed and draft written for long range plan.

Lynne Baer +Art Projects

1403 Lake St, San Francisco, CA 94118, 415 819-8376, lynnebaer@comcast.net www.baerartprojects.com

Employment Experience 1978-1988 Butterfield and Butterfield Auctioneers and Appraisers, San Francisco, CA; 1983-1988 Director, Fine Arts Department and Museum Services, 1987-1988 Assistant Director, Painting Department, 1983-1986

Directed a department with an annual gross of over $6 million. Supervised a staff of eight in all aspects of the auction process including: appraising paintings, prints, and photographs; soliciting works for auction; producing auction catalogues; designing the advertising and marketing strategy; and working with collectors, dealers and museum staff. Created and developed new areas of specialty auctions, such as California Painting and Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; 1982:

Smithsonian Intern San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; 1981: Research Assistant Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; 1978-1981: Director of Acquisitions, Collectors Gallery Education University of California, Davis M.A. Art History, 1983 Thesis: "William Gropper's Construction of a Dam: Case Study of a Mural" University of California, Berkeley B.A. Art History, 1976 B.A. English Literature, 1970 graduated with honors Selected Publications Exhibition brochures for temporary exhibitions in Kalmanovitz library: Sculptures by Auguste Rodin from the Collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco September 1992 - September 1995; Selection from the Rockefeller Collection of Mexican Folk Art at the Mexican Museum of San Francisco January 1996 - January 1997; From Tradition to Modernity: Sculpture from 1915 – 1940, August 1997 - August 1998; Decorative Motifs in Chinese Porcelain: Selections from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Avery Brundage Collection November 1998 - October 1999; The Public and Private Worlds of Isamu Noguchi: A selection of works from the Isamu Noguchi Foundation, New York, November 1999 - June 2001; The Human Condition: Sculptures by Stephen DeStaebler February 2003 – March 2004 (sculptures also installed in Saunders Court and Laurel Heights); Connections: Objects from the California Academy of Sciences, November 2003 – June 2005; Hand Bookbinders of California 2005 Annual Exhibition, September 2005 – January 2006, Breaking with Tradition: The Legacy of Robert Arneson, March 2006 – December 2006, Stitch in Time, April 6 – November 30, 2007; Peter Voulkos: Clay into Bronze, February 20, 2008 – February 20, 2009; IN ANCIENT TIMES: A Collection of ancient surgical instruments and beautiful glass vessels from the 2nd century B.C. to the 4th century A.D, June 15, 2009 – June 15, 2010 "Investing in American Art" Antiques and Fine Art Magazine, September. 1985

"From Exposition to Exposition: The Relationship Between Paris, New York and San Francisco, 1913 - 1939" (Sacramento: Crocker Art Museum, 1981). Selected Lectures Seminar in Public Art, guest lecturer and advisor, Graduate Seminar, California College of Art, September - December, 2009, Spring, 2012 “Art in Suburbia” Guest Lecturer, Graduate Seminar, California College of Art, November, 2007 Public Art Presentations in the California communities of Eureka and Petaluma, 2005 and 2006 "Art in Public Spaces" Guest Lecturer, UC Extension, class taught by Topher Delaney, Landscape Architect, April 1997

"New Deal Murals, 50th Anniversary," Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, Study Tour, Washington, D.C., January 29, 1988 (Similar Study tour conducted in February, 1984) "Buying Art and Antiques Wisely," Seminar on finance, Junior League of San Francisco, October 21, 1987

Professional and Volunteer Affiliations Alameda County Public Art Advisory Committee, 1996-99, 2006- 2012 Magnes Museum, San Francisco and Berkeley, CA, Board of Trustees, 1992 - 2006 Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA, Board of Trustees, 1994-97 SFMOMA, Modern Art Council, chair, Art Sandwiched In, 1996- 2000; Foto Forum, 2011

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UCSF Medical Center Mission Bay Hospitals (selected commissions and purchases)

Jessica Stockholder, Like Water if Pond as Lily, 2013-14 Like Water if Pond as Lily is composed of six different elements; two outdoor sculptures, art glass panels, a frieze, a sculpture, and a ceiling pattern in the lobby.

Chris Johanson, Everything in our world Spencer Finch, Ophiucus, 2014 and universe is connected, 2014 The constellation, Ophiucus, depicts the Greek God of Healing and Medicine

Clare Rojas, Hummingbirds, 2014 Barry McGee, Untitled, 2014

Lynne Baer+Art Projects 1403 Lake St, San Francisco, CA 94118, 415 819-8376,

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UCSF Medical Center Mission Bay Hospitals

Shinique Smith, Joy's Way, 2014 Art for Recovery, Hope and Gratitude Project, canvas tiles created by Poems created by patients occupy the niches patients, caregivers, and Bay Area Community members between Shinique’s calligraphy inspired mural.

Dave Muller, California Days, 2013-15 Tucker Nichols, 40 Flowers, 2014 Murals created for all 6 floors of the Benioff Children’s Hospital

Ranjani Shettar, Morning Walk, 2014 Jennifer Steinkamp, Kamp Trees, 2015, Video Installation

Lynne Baer +Art Projects 1403 Lake St, San Francisco, CA 94118, 415 819-8376

lynnebaer@comcast.net, www.baerartprojects.com

UCSF Parnassus Campus (selected commissions and purchases)

Hank Willis Thomas and Ryan Alexiev, The Truth . . ., Regardless of History, 2000 by Bill Woodrow 2008-2012,Temporary installation of 12 speech balloons in front of Kalmanovitz Library Highlighting a single line from a poem into 24 languages Spoken by the student body.

Ocean Mirror with Fragments, 2007 by Jim Campbell Pedestal for Self Evaluation, Base for Easy Listening 5 foot square grid of 100 glass blocks and Head Stand for Naught, Column for a Toupee, 1992/99 white LED lights Bronze, By Robert Arneson

Cell Wall II( frieze, 2003 by Catherine Wagner The Distance Where Magnets Pull, 2011 by Sarah Sze

Lynne Baer +Art Projects 1403 Lake St, San Francisco, CA 94118, 415 819-8376

lynnebaer@comcast.net, www.baerartprojects.com

Other Projects

Upwelling, 2004 by Ned Kahn for Emerald Glen Park, Dublin, CA The Music of Language (detail), 2008 by Mildred Howard, Glide Affordable Housing, San Francisco