Artist in Residence Program
The Artist in Residence program promotes health humanities by exposing and re-purposing historical materials preserved in the Archives and Special Collections. Through collaboration with the Makers Lab, the artist creates work that explores connections between art and healing, examines the process of scientific discovery, addresses contemporary issues related to health care and social justice, or addresses historical subjects in health sciences inspired by the Archives and Special Collections holdings including rare books, personal papers, photographs, artifacts, university publications, East Asian and Art collections.
Intrinsic Value: Art Celebrating the San Francisco Bay Area BIPOC Community
The Intrinsic Value of Art Series is a UCSF student-led organization that promotes and celebrates the voices of Bay Area BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) artists. As a program within a health sciences institution, we strive to create opportunities for collaboration and develop events that support, uplift, and expand the reach of the creative community in the Bay Area.
The 2023 iteration of the Intrinsic Value of Art Series will focus on organizing art-based activations that center partnership building between local artists, community organizations, and UCSF.
Permanent exhibits at Parnassus Kalmanovitz Library
Second floor
- Azuma nishiki e Yamato fūzoku: Shokō gata otanjō shiki / Japanese costumes in Eastern brocade: Birth ceremony of receiving visits from other families, Kobayashi, Ikuhide, fl. 1868-1887, 1889
- Uo-zukushi: Koi / A Shoal of Fishes: Carp, Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858, 1832
- Uo-zukushi: Ayu / A Shoal of Fishes: Sweetfish (trout), Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858, 1832
- Kinrai ryūkō kabuki uwasa Kenbutsu no hara / Internal bodily functions dramatized by popular kabuki actors, unknown artist, late 19th century
- Senaka ni hara kodomo asobi / Back and abdomen, children’s games, unknown artist, Late 19th century
- Gotai wagō shinsai no kyō-kun / Teaching on harmonious body and mind, Utagawa, Yoshikatsu, fl. 1844-1859, 1850
Third floor
- Georges Mathieu, Arrivee De Bohemod, 1957
- Helaman Ferguson, Umbilic Torus NC, 1988
- Fred Reichman, Little Summer Music with Book and Chair, 1990
- R.C. Gorman, Natoma, 1985
- Portrait of Julius R. Krevans, M.D.
- Bill Woodrow, Regardless of History, 2000
- Robert Cremean, Bust of R. de la V., 1964
- Sarah Sze, The Distance Where Magnets Pull, 2011
Fourth floor
- Georges Mathieu, Arrivee De Bohemod, 1957
- Helaman Ferguson, Umbilic Torus NC, 1988
- Fred Reichman, Little Summer Music with Book and Chair, 1990
- R.C. Gorman, Natoma, 1985
- Portrait of Julius R. Krevans, M.D.
- Bill Woodrow, Regardless of History, 2000
- Robert Cremean, Bust of R. de la V., 1964
- Sarah Sze, The Distance Where Magnets Pull, 2011
Fifth floor
- Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton
- Sunbather sculpture