SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- San Francisco-based artist Taraneh Hemami’s striking window design has been selected as the winner of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ public art project competition. The new art commission, which was funded by a grant from the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District under the Public Art funding priority, has been installed on the expansive front window of YBCA’s Forum building and overlooks Yerba Buena Gardens. One of 64 submissions, the winning design was chosen by panelists Betti-Sue Hertz, director of visual arts at YBCA; Susan Krane, director of the San Jose Museum of Art; Maurizzio Pineda, gallery coordinator at the Mission Cultural Center; and Kevin King, YBCA board member. Taraneh Hemami, who was born in Tehran, has created a powerful work that complements the nautical elements of the architect Fumihiko Maki’s design of YBCA’s Galleries and Forum building, which references San Francisco’s position as a