July is for Music in the Parks
It’s summer time in the city and we we get to enjoy events in our parks. I brought my picnic blanket and sketchbook to see several shows with friends.
On July 7, I was enchanted by Eva Salina and Peter Stan playing Balkan Romani songs at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. You’ll certainly want to take a look at their whole schedule. I wasn’t the only one sketching this performance. After the show I found that Cristina Ibarra, Strategic Projects Director for the festival, also made a drawing of the musicians.
Eva Salina sings Balkan Romani Songs in the Yerba Buena Gardens
marker on paper, 9” x 6”, 2022
Drawing by Cristina Ibarra, Strategic Projects Director for the festival.
On July 14, I returned to Yerba Buena to see the Alaya Project combine “the intricate Carnatic style of Indian classical music and contemporary jazz and funk".” As always, I tried to capture some of the feeling of the music with my scribbles.
The Alaya Project Plays at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
marker on paper, 6” x 9”, 2022
You can see these guys enjoy sketches by the design of their upcoming album.
San Francisco celebrated the opening of a brand new park on July 17, 2022. The Presidio Tunnel Tops park is built above a busy highway to connect the Presidio and Crissy Fields. The view of the bay is spectacular and served as a great backdrop for performances which culminated in an appropriately festive show by the Brazilian Carnaval dance and percussion company, Fogo Na Roupa. I drew their leader, Metzi Quetzal, when I sketched all of the “Mujerx En Acción/Womxn Who Lead” Paseo Artístico event for Mission Local in 2021.
Fogo Na Roupa Performs to Open the new Presidio Tunnel Tops Park
marker on paper, 9” x 6”, 2022