Rob!n Abad Ocubillo
at the nexus of civics + art as social praxis
GOVERNANCE
[ board co-chair ] Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
[ board co-chair ] Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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[ board of directors ] Illuminate the Arts
[ board of directors ] Illuminate the Arts
About Us Boom. Bust. Boom. Bust. Welcome to San Francisco. Our city’s natural beauty and self-expressive nature have always saved us. Throughout history our vistas and creative citizens have consistently inspired awe. Today we make it formal, declaring San Francisco the City of Awe. It’s an open-source moniker, one we hope will be embraced locally […]
[ board co-chair for storytelling ] Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza
[ board co-chair for storytelling ] Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza
Commissioner, San Francisco Board of Appeals
Commissioner, San Francisco Board of Appeals
We provide a final administrative review process for appeals on a range of City determinations. Please Note: All documents and emails submitted to the Board Office are public records. You are advised to redact information if you want it to remain confidential. Please contact the Board Office if you need assistance.
[ co-chair ] The International Parklet Sympsium
[ co-chair ] The International Parklet Sympsium
CURATORIAL + EDITORIAL
[curator] The Reimagined City: San Francisco 2000–2025
[curator] The Reimagined City: San Francisco 2000–2025
The ReImagined City: San Francisco 2000-2025 On view: September 4, 2025 – February 25, 2026 This exhibition explores how San Francisco’s built environment has transformed over the past 25 years. […]
[editor] Queerburners Event Guide
[editor] Queerburners Event Guide
With so many things to do on playa, queer and straight, it’s hard to know where to go at any given time! Queerburners has your back. Every year since 2022, we publish a directory of as many a…
[curator] Queer Anthropologies, L.A. Music Center
[curator] Queer Anthropologies, L.A. Music Center
[exhibitor] Biennale de lo Stretto, Messina
[exhibitor] Biennale de lo Stretto, Messina
[curator] Queer Third Spaces: Resurgence and Resilience
[curator] Queer Third Spaces: Resurgence and Resilience
In conversation with a 2017 SFUFF Program on the demise of queer bars in the Mission District, this program will celebrate how LGBTQ+ communities work tirelessly in spite of structural forces to keep them and their allies oppressed.
[editor] 'Participatory Urbanism' in Open Space Magazine at SFMOMA
[editor] 'Participatory Urbanism' in Open Space Magazine at SFMOMA
This time of protests and a pandemic presents great strain for our cities — and great opportunity for long-needed change. Through in-depth conversations and place-specific portraits, local, national, and international figures explore the promise and problematics of “participatory urbanism” and public space, asking who participates — and how — in constructing urban places. We know that place is comprised of more than just the physical environment: social fabrics, ecological processes, political and economic agendas all have their (often competing) roles to play. In what ways do artists, architects, urban planners, and community activists produce and reproduce a place? How are burdens of emotional labor, collective responsibility, and commitment to justice borne differently by different actors? What, ultimately, does civic participation mean in the current urban condition?
[curator] Echo Location: The Cultural Geopolitics in South of Market
[curator] Echo Location: The Cultural Geopolitics in South of Market
[curatorial advisor] ‘Take Part,’ exhibition at SFMOMA
[curatorial advisor] ‘Take Part,’ exhibition at SFMOMA
[curator & producer] The SF Urban Film Festival
[curator & producer] The SF Urban Film Festival
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[screening cmte.] SF International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
[screening cmte.] SF International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
BRC QUEER CENSUS + CULTURE AUDIT
Black Rock City Queer Census Questionnaire
Black Rock City Queer Census Questionnaire
Int’l Conf. of Anarchist Geographers and Geographies, Sao Paulo 2025
Int’l Conf. of Anarchist Geographers and Geographies, Sao Paulo 2025
11/12 – Mesa 7 | Mesa 8 | Mesa 9 | Mesa 10 | Confira a programação aqui
American Assn. of Geographers, Detroit 2025, S.F. 2026
American Assn. of Geographers, Detroit 2025, S.F. 2026
AS SPEAKER
[exhibitor & speaker] Biennale Spazzio Pubblico, Rome 2025
[exhibitor & speaker] Biennale Spazzio Pubblico, Rome 2025
[plenarist] Placemaking Week Europe, Reggio Emilia 2025, Rotterdam 2024
[plenarist] Placemaking Week Europe, Reggio Emilia 2025, Rotterdam 2024
Placemaking Week Europe is Europe's largest placemaking festival with over 400 practitioners reunited to share knowledge, learn and network.
[panelist] High Line Network Symposium, Detroit 2025
[panelist] High Line Network Symposium, Detroit 2025
[keynote] Int'l Parklet Symposium, Bologna 2024
[keynote] Int'l Parklet Symposium, Bologna 2024
[convener] Global LGBTQI Storytelling Congress, Baltimore
[convener] Global LGBTQI Storytelling Congress, Baltimore
[convener] Global Cultural Districts Network Convening, Athens
[convener] Global Cultural Districts Network Convening, Athens
[convener] Global LGBTQI Storytelling Congress - Global Placemaking Summit, Mexico City 2023
[convener] Global LGBTQI Storytelling Congress - Global Placemaking Summit, Mexico City 2023
[plenarist] Global Cultural Districts Network Congress, Montreal 2023
[plenarist] Global Cultural Districts Network Congress, Montreal 2023
[keynote] Visor Urbano Forum on Digitalization of Territory, Guadalajara 2022
[keynote] Visor Urbano Forum on Digitalization of Territory, Guadalajara 2022
[keynote] Placemaking Europe, Pontevedra, Spain 2022
[keynote] Placemaking Europe, Pontevedra, Spain 2022
[keynote] Australian Placemaking Summit, Melbourne
[keynote] Australian Placemaking Summit, Melbourne
AS JUROR
Global Design Awards, Society of Experiential Graphic Design
Global Design Awards, Society of Experiential Graphic Design
Creative Bureaucracy Festival, Berlin
Creative Bureaucracy Festival, Berlin
Community Alliance Awards, American Institute of Architects
Community Alliance Awards, American Institute of Architects
GOVERNANCE - EMERITUS
[ committee ] Community Arts Stabilization Trust
[ committee ] Community Arts Stabilization Trust
[ treasurer of the board ] Lavender Youth Rec & Info Center
[ treasurer of the board ] Lavender Youth Rec & Info Center
[ treasurer of the board ] San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
[ treasurer of the board ] San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
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