Stacey M. Carter

DECOMMISSIONED: The History of Hunters Point Shipyard Exhibition curated by artist and historian Stacey Carter

Shipyard Gallery, Building 101, Hunters Point Shipyard, San Francisco, CA.  June 5 – August 2, 2025 

Installed across 16 wall sections (7x7’ each) in the Shipyard Gallery at Hunters Point Shipyard, DECOMMISSIONED is the first comprehensive art and history exhibition to explore the military, environmental, and social legacy of the site. Drawing on over two decades of research, curator Stacey Carter brings together original artifacts, rare photographs, oral histories, and archival documents to illuminate the untold stories of this historic former naval shipyard.

The show received press coverage in the SF Examiner, Mission Local, and the SF Standard, which named it one of the “Top 9 Art Shows to See This Summer in San Francisco.” Public programs were also covered by the press, with every event reaching the gallery’s capacity. All bus tours sold out, with additional people on the waitlist.

More than 1,200 people visited or participated in public programs during the exhibition’s two-month run—an unprecedented turnout for a gallery open only one day per week.

With this extraordinary level of public interest, Carter now looks ahead to expanding the reach of this history through a collaboration with multi-media artists Elaine Buckholtz, Evelyn Ficarra, William Rhodes, and Ian Winters on a large-scale public artwork. This upcoming project will illuminate the Hunters Point Shipyard’s 450-ton Gantry Crane—originally built as an implement of war—transforming it through light, sound, and video projection into a monumental, awe-inspiring work of art. Crane Illumination is planned for October 2026.