Art: Naomi Tamura. Design: Jeremy Thornton

This was a geographically restricted call for works inspired by the Greater Bay Area. The works focus on who or what in our environment has been an artistic inspiration to us and explore what places, people, or cause in our community have been forces for our creativity.

Dr. Natasha Boas

Dr. Natasha Boas is an international independent curator and writer. Her work has been featured in in numerous publications such as the New York Times, Frieze and ArtForum. As a curator, she has worked for major museums such as the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archives, Grey Art Gallery, NYU and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. She is a strong advocate for Bay Area artists and cares deeply about championing underrepresented voices. Growing up in San Francisco, she fondly remembers a favorite museum in downtown Mill Valley-the Unknown Museum founded by Mickey McGowan.