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	San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery Announcement Bayeté Ross Smith Bayeté Ross Smith The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and PhotoAlliance present: Lens on Life April 12 – June 22, 2007 Please Join Us! Artists' Reception: May 23, 5:30 – 7:30 pm City Hall, Ground Floor The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, in a programmatic partnership with PhotoAlliance, presents Lens on Life; an exhibition at San Francisco's City Hall featuring three artists involved in the exploration of place and identity from both African and African American perspectives. This special exhibition is supported by the Museum of the African Diaspora and the San Francisco International Arts Festival. • Ananias Léki Dago: Bamako en Croix Ananias Léki Dago (Ivory Coast, Africa) presents two bodies of work depicting Bamako, Mali and Conakry, Guinea. Bamako en Croix is presented as part of the Museum of the African Diaspora's exhibition Lens on Life: From Bamako to San Francisco (May 18 – September 23, 2007). • Bayeté Ross Smith: Our Kind of People Bayeté Ross Smith (San Francisco) exhibits photographs that address stereotyping and preconceived notions in two recent portrait series; Our Kind of People and Passing. • Lewis Watts: Evidence Lewis Watts, an artist, curator and Associate Professor of Photography at UC Santa Cruz, centers his work on African American cultural landscapes. Ananias Léki Dago Lewis Watts Viewing Hours: 8 am—8 pm, M—F, Free Admission Location: Ground Floor of San Francisco City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlet Place (Between Polk and Van Ness / Grove and McAllister) Art at City Hall is funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Grants for the Arts Program of the San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund
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