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<\/p>\nLeah Rosenberg\u2019s \u2018The Sea Is But Another Sky\u2019 is part of the multifaceted programming at the free Fort Mason art walk on Sept. 17. <\/p>\n
Sep 11, 2026<\/p>\n
Updated 11:43 am PT<\/p>\n
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Leah Rosenberg’s new mural is part of the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture’s 50th anniversary programming. \u00a0(Pat Mazzera)<\/p>\n
When Leah Rosenberg arrives at a new location for a public artwork, she might spend up to a month studying the light, the natural environment and how the colors change depending on the time of day. Only then does she concoct a vivid palette that transforms a wall or building into something otherworldly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c[Color is] an attraction, it gets attention,\u201d Rosenberg says. \u201cAnd then it is a tool to talk about deeper and important things. I think one of the important things now is to figure out how to be in the world and to treat each other well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The San Francisco-based artist has created numerous large-scale installations, including pieces for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco International Airport. Her latest project transforms 18 loading docks at Fort Mason with a mural inspired by the sunrise, sunset and moonrise on the waters of the Bay. It\u2019s called The Sea is But Another Sky, and its vivid oranges, seafoam greens and aquatic blues follow visitors as they make their way through Fort Mason\u2019s former military buildings to the water\u2019s edge to take in the stunning view.<\/p>\n
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Fort Mason visitors walk past Leah Rosenberg\u2019s new mural, \u2018The Sea Is But Another Sky.\u2019\u00a0(Pat Mazzera)<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of the colors might seem a bit fantastical when, you know, it\u2019s like a neon orange sun spot,\u201d Rosenberg says. \u201cBut that actually happens when you\u2019re looking and you see there\u2019s a burst of a fluorescent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sometimes her inspiration isn\u2019t literal at all, Rosenberg continues. \u201cThe way that we name moons, right? The pink moon, the blue moon. I was going with [how] all the places we find color are not just how we see it, but also in writing and language and feeling and music.\u201d<\/p>\n
The mural, which will be up for a year, was commissioned by the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture as part of its programming<\/a> geared towards its 50th anniversary in 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n When the center opened in the \u201970s, it hosted eclectic events including a Tahitian cultural celebration and a sculpture-making collaboration in the parking lot. While things quieted down during the pandemic, \u201cthe program since that moment has been constantly trying to dial up the intensity of arts experiences,\u201d said Chief Curator and Director of Programming Frank Smigiel.\u00a0<\/p>\n