136 Alpha Street

The Art Ranch

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Just out of college, I cut my teeth as an installation artist from 1980-1996. Those were the years I rented 136 Alpha Street in San Francisco; a splendidly spacious, ramshackle country home which was soon to be known as “The Art Ranch!” The palatial amount of space and freedom well afforded substantial stomping grounds for room-size, museum-quality installations. Many of these site-specific expressions were moved and professionally exhibited.

The Art Ranch (or “Alpha State”), as many came to think of the creative expanse, was loved as a landmark until the structure of the house became too frail and a move across the Bay, to my beloved birthplace, became necessary. I am always told I can’t move but “Alison in a Box,” my new warehouse existence, has proven to be a fruitful harvest as well.

Read an article on The Art Ranch by Myriam Weisang, featured in the San Francisco Examiner Image Magazine on January 10, 1988.

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Read an article by Steve Rubenstein about The Art Ranch, featured in the San Francisco Chronicle Saturday, September 15, 1984, as the lead photo story on the front page.

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© Alison Ulman 2001