San Francisco Seeks Professional Artists to Create Public Artwork in Chinatown

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco is looking to select artists for three public art initiatives in Chinatown, according to a July 11 statement from Mayor London Breed’s office. The city is investing more than $2 million for the initiatives in Portsmouth Square, the Chinatown Public Health Center, and the Chinatown Him Mark Lai Branch Library. The goal of the newly launched Chinatown Artist Registry is to search nationwide for professional artists with “direct and meaningful connections” to San Francisco’s Chinatown, and the purpose is “to celebrate and enrich the cultural heritage of Chinatown and the Greater San Francisco community,” according to the statement....