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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in 3D: Blossom, Hospital
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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in 3D: Blossom, Hospital

With intricately detailed encrustations of ceramic flowers, Ai transforms the utilitarian fixtures (sinks, toilets, and tubs) in several hospital ward cells and medical offices into fantastical, fragile porcelain bouquets.
@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in 3D: Stay Tuned, A Block
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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in 3D: Stay Tuned, A Block

Stay Tuned invites visitors into 12 individual cells in A Block, where they can sit and listen to spoken words, poetry, and music by people who have been imprisoned for the creative expression of their beliefs—as well as works created under conditions of incarceration.
@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in 3D: Refraction, New Industries Building (with tunnel access)
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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in 3D: Refraction, New Industries Building (with tunnel access)

Using the imagery of flight to evoke the tension between freedom and confinement, this monumental installation—weighing more than five tons—is modeled after a bird’s wing.
Ai Weiwei, Trace 2014 (New Industries Building, Alcatraz)
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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in 3D: Trace, New Industries Building

In this installation, the viewer is confronted with a field of 176 colorful portraits laid out across an expanse of the floor. Each portrait—intricately constructed from LEGO® bricks—represents an individual who has been imprisoned or exiled because of his or her beliefs, actions, or affiliations.
Ai Weiwei Art Installation at Alcatraz
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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in 3D: With Wind, New Industries Building

This large-scale installation, located in the building once used for prison labor, is based on the traditional Chinese "dragon kite" and features multiple kites strung together to create a single, large multipart kite.
Ai Weiwei Art Installation at Alcatraz
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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in a Virtual 3D Space

Visitors can now revisit—or view for the first time—this once-in-a-lifetime installation of art within the confines of Alcatraz.
Colorful dragon suspended in an old Alcatraz prison building
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Art in the Parks Archive

Take a look at how creative expression has been an integral part of the Golden Gate National Parks since 2006.
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Current Exhibits and Programs

Explore Art in the Parks today with any of these creative works now open for visitors. Come back soon to see more current exhibitions and programs—new opportunities and creative works are always making their way to to the national parks!
Person in costume leading a crowd of audience members through a park
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Apply to the Art in the Parks Program

From foggy Sutro Baths to Alcatraz, Art in the Parks showcases site-specific works within national park settings that provide opportunities for reflection about nature and the unique culture of the San Francisco Bay Area. Proposals are accepted on a quarterly basis.
A barrage of weapons suspended in flight reveals itself on closer inspection to be an assortment of obscure objects made from secondhand clothes, worn fabric, and crocheted scraps
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About Art in the Parks

Art in the Parks works with with a variety of community partners to bring the arts to park settings to provide new ways of experiencing and learning about place.