2025 Guggenheim Fellow Mildred Howard returns to 500 Capp Street this Juneteenth for Collaborating With the Muses: Part Two, presenting a never-before-seen suite of new works titled Untold Histories/Hidden Truths.

At 500 Capp Street, visitors will encounter a powerful installation on our patio: a reincarnation of a Junípero Serra monument draped in red textile. Referencing the Serra statue in Golden Gate Park that was toppled in 2020—as well as many other monuments removed amid nationwide protests following the police murder of George Floyd—Howard reimagines this figure to engage public space and collective memory, contributing to the city’s ongoing reckoning with its civic monuments.

In partnership with the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Shaping Legacy project, 500 Capp Street will host public programs, performances, and community discussions exploring racial justice, historic preservation, and the reimagining of public art.

Collaborating With the Muses: Part Two follows the first installment of the series, which brought Howard’s work to 500 Capp Street, Anglim/Trimble, and Pt. 2 Gallery last year. Through Collaborating With the Muses, Howard reaffirms her belief in art as a catalyst for dialogue and healing—bringing her lifelong commitment to political engagement, site-specificity, and community-centered practice into urgent contemporary discourse.

A special thanks to the generous support of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and the San Francisco Arts Commission.