Orpheum Theater Mural – RSVP
Paint a Moment That Will Outlast All of Us
For years, many of us lived in spaces where color didn’t exist — not metaphorically, but literally. Environments built to flatten the senses, strip away meaning, and turn the world into beige and concrete. And yet inside San Quentin, something different is happening. Incarcerated people and staff are painting a 325-foot mural with eL Seed, turning confinement into creation, and creation into connection — and reminding the world that we still have beauty and value to offer our communities.
The mural at the Orpheum is its counterpart — the side of the story the public gets to see. When you show up, you’re helping carry a message beyond the wall: that color belongs everywhere, that incarcerated people can help shape the world we all share, and that the distance between a prison and a city is smaller than we pretend.
Even a single brushstroke carries forward — a bright red shard of possibility that outlives all of us.
Event Schedule
Public Talk
Public Talk and Storytelling Circle, SF Public Library
Monday, January 13 • 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Community Mural Experience
Day 1
Wednesday, January 15 • 12:00 – 4:00 PM
Day 2
Thursday, January 16 • 12:00 – 4:00 PM
Closing and Special Events
Closing Gathering
Friday, January 17 • Evening (time TBA)
Potential Second Talk – SF Art Week (Tentative)
Friday, January 17
Dinner with eL Seed (By invitation)
Friday, January 17 • Evening (time TBA)
Click below to RSVP for the Orpheum Theater community mural events.
Press/Media:
Members of the press or media do not need to complete the RSVP form.
Please contact press@sanquentinskunkworks.org