Name/Title
S. RENEE JONES- Soul Traveler - San Francisco Senior CenterDescription
Renee was raised by a single-parent father in the Mission District of San Francisco. She had nine sisters and brothers. Her father also helped raise other children as well. She says at one point therewere 18 children living under one roof. Her father was named “Father of the Year” three times by the SF Examiner. He taught her to be the person she is today: responsible, caring and hard working.There was always art in her house growing up. One day her father brought home a large white rug from a home he was helping to tear down. He spread the rug out on the sidewalk and gave all the kids colored markers and allowed them to draw whatever they wanted on the rug. That made the kids feel special! He also brought home old cameras, which started Renee’s interest in photography. Today she runs an art gallery (6th on 7th Gallery), and teaches photo workshops for “adults living in poverty” and military veterans. “There are not enough positive images of people of color,” she says, “And my goal is to put those images out in every medium.”
