# Event Details - **Event Name**: Tour of Downtown Palo Alto's Hidden Public Open Spaces (POPOS) - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 04 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Tue, 04 Aug, 2026 at 06:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join artist Lisa Van Dusen for a walking tour and participatory public artwork exploring Palo Alto's hidden public spaces.About this EventTour of Downtown Palo Alto's Hidden Public Open SpacesSome of Downtown Palo Alto's public spaces are hiding in plain sight.Join artist Lisa Van Dusen for an engaging walking tour and participatory public artwork exploring Palo Alto's hidden Privately Owned Public Open Spaces (POPOS).Created through agreements between the City and developers in exchange for expanded development rights, these plazas, pathways, and a spectacular garden were intended for public use. Yet many remain unmarked, largely unknown, and vastly underutilized.Along the way, Van Dusen shares the evolving story behind Public Benefit, an ongoing public art project that reveals Palo Alto's twelve hidden POPOS. Part walking tour, part public artwork, participants will playfully activate these overlooked spaces while considering what they reveal about the role of the Public and the often-invisible systems that shape how we share.This tour visits the seven of Palo Alto's twelve POPOS that are located downtown.Free, accessible, and open to the Public. All ages are welcome. Participants under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.RSVPs are appreciated but not required. Day-of walk-ins are welcome.This tour is part of , an ongoing public art project by Lisa Van Dusen that brings Palo Alto's hidden POPOS to life through playful, site-specific public activations—from tours and performances to creative experiments and moments of surprise.Supported in part by a City of Palo Alto Public Art ArtLift Grant.MEDIA RELEASEParticipants hereby grant permission for photographs, video, and/or audio recordings of themselves, which may be used for documentation, exhibition, publication, and promotional purposes related to Public Benefit.WAIVER OF LIABILITY (see FAQ)https://youtube.com/shorts/QAi7t0M5AEo?feature=sharePalo Alto Mayor, Vicki Veenker bowls a strike at the Double-Wide Sidewalk, the POPOS at 390 Lytton Avenue on the June 27th, 2026 tour of Downtown Palo Alto's Hidden Public Spaces. Yahoo! https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/496775c0-8bb3-11f1-b92e-41b584fdb3c9-rimg-w555-h740-dc8b7b75-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/49ec5d30-8bb3-11f1-91bb-95fd983b6721-rimg-w649-h740-dc000000-gmir.png - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/palo-alto/tour-of-downtown-palo-altos-hidden-public-open-spaces-popos/100001993428324781 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, pop-ups - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: all_ages - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - Location: Avenidas - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Palo Alto - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: Avenidas - **lat**: 37.4461243 - **long**: -122.1623366 - **full address**: Avenidas, 450 Bryant Street, Palo Alto, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Tour of Downtown Palo Alto's Hidden Public Open Spaces (POPOS) - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/a0ab7364df4340afeb67fba90ef0d66c12a9b860a60e95d50cb78cb7ee18045c-rimg-w1200-h1600-dc8b7b75-gmir.jpg?v=1783456670 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Tour of Downtown Palo Alto's Hidden Public Open Spaces (POPOS) being held? - **A:** Tour of Downtown Palo Alto's Hidden Public Open Spaces (POPOS) takes place on Tue, 04 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Tue, 04 Aug, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Avenidas, 450 Bryant Street, Palo Alto, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Tour of Downtown Palo Alto's Hidden Public Open Spaces (POPOS)? - **A:** Tour of Downtown Palo Alto's Hidden Public Open Spaces (POPOS) is organized by Lisa Van Dusen. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Tour of Downtown Palo Alto's Hidden Public Open Spaces (POPOS) is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Palo Alto, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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Through intimate observations, playful interventions, social exchange, and systems-based inquiry, she explores the visible and invisible forces that shape access, agency, and participation across public and private life. Her work draws on a lifelong art practice and decades of experience in media innovation, civic leadership, and philanthropy. Along the way, she helped launch the pioneering local media platforms Cable Co-op and Palo Alto Online, relaunched Leadership Palo Alto, helped grow Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), and served as executive director of the Palo Alto Community Fund.Her work has been exhibited in galleries, educational institutions, and alternative settings, including the Tahoe Gallery, Garage Gallery, and Ron & Maureen Ashley Community Gallery (Incline Village); the Donna Beam Gallery of Fine Art (Las Vegas); the Krause Center for Innovation Gallery (Los Altos Hills); Avenidas, ArtLab (Palo Alto), as well as Palo Alto’s Privately Owned Public Open Spaces (POPOS), among others. Her work is held in private collections.She holds an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe and an A.B. in Semiotics from Brown University, including studio art coursework at RISD. She is the creator ofPublic Benefit.Public Benefit: Pop-Ups in the POPOSis an ongoing public art project supported in part by a City of Palo Alto ArtLift Grant." } ] } ] ```