Juhi Gupta

Golden Gate Park
Third Place Zine

︎ Skills: Research, Feature Writing
︎ Impact: Represented SF parks in a NYC zine ︎


Inspired by the legendary Herb Caen, I wrote two essays for Third Place Zine’s inaugural issue, Parkscapes. My work traces the history and trajectory of two notable features of Golden Gate Park: the Waller Skate Park and the 6th Avenue Roller Rink.

Based in New York City, Third Place Zine explores design, the built environment, and the people who inhabit and curate it.

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Flower Piano
SF/ARTS


︎ Skills: Research, Interviews, Feature Writing
︎ Impact: 40K+ readers


I wrote my first article for SF/ARTS on Flower Piano, a beloved summer musical celebration in SF Botanical Gardens. I interviewed artist and pianist Dean Mermell about the foggy, cliffside origins of this quirky, classically San Francisco event.

SF/ARTS has a readership of~50,000, is distributed in digital and print, and is inserted in all New York Times papers in the Bay Area.

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Dancing in the Street
The San Franciscan


︎ Skills: Ethnography, Interviews, Feature Writing
︎ Impact: A barista in Seattle recognized Plum from reading my piece ︎

I wrote a full-length feature for local magazine The San Franciscan on the vibrant San Francisco music scene, interviewing three local bands: Hit Me Harold, Medscool, and Plum. The feature was published in print and online in the Summer/Fall 2022 issue.

The San Franciscan is an independent magazine that celebrates the diverse subcultures of San Francisco and the Bay Area. 

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Old Friends/New Friends Creativity Explored



︎ Skills: Brand Design, Content Strategy
︎ Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign


Old Friends/New Friends
was an exhibition celebrating Creativity Explored’s 40th anniversary at the end of 2023, curated by Natasha Boas. The exhibition told the tale of San Francisco’s artistic Mission District as a rhizome, exploring the connections between the fabled Mission School and the many Creativity Explored artists that came after. I worked with illustrations by artist Barry McGee to create the exhibition logo.



Figuratively Speaking Creativity Explored


︎ Skills: Brand Design, Content Strategy
︎ Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign


Figuratively Speaking was an exhibition at the Creativity Explored gallery in spring of 2023, curated by art critic Hilton Als of The New Yorker. I developed the logo for the show in consultation with him, and created a postcard and graphics to promote the show based on the late artist Douglas Sheran’s work.

Creativity Explored is a studio and gallery in San Francisco that partners with 150+ artists with developmental disabilities to support their creative careers.



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