Green Parcels, Taraneh Hemami’s Artist Residency in the SFArtsED gallery at Minnesota Street Project, is centered on gardening, shared knowledge, and storytelling. The project aims to connect homes, neighborhoods, and communities through artist-led activities and creative actions.

Green Parcels is a response to the toxic legacies of the land Hemami has occupied in the Dogpatch, Bayview, and Hunters Point neighborhoods in San Francisco, where she’s had a studio for the past twenty-five years. The residency will end with the distribution of plants, seeds, and recipes to local communities and neighborhoods.

“Green Parcels” has also invited local and international artists Binta Ayofemi, Negar Farajiani, Gita Hashemi, Alison Pebworth, Praba Pilar, and Minoosh Zomorodinia to contribute projects. These projects stem from the artists’ expansive practices, which explore histories of place, movements of people, community care, and environmental justice. Each participating artist has recommended a seed for planting, a recipe, a question, or a prompt for action.