The Currency of Dreams:  A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025)
The Currency of Dreams:  A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025)

The Currency of Dreams:  A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025) was specifically designed for the forthcoming Center for Economic Mobility (CEM) in East Palo Alto. Over the course of a two-month period, Cheryl Derricotte (artist) and Horacio Rodriguez (consulting artist) met with 24 CEM stakeholders. Their responses, (in English and Spanish), were turned into this 288-ft wide fence artwork highlighting the stories of family, memory, and place. 

Lead Artist: Cheryl Derricotte

Consulting Artist: Horacio Rodriguez 

Commissioned By: Emerson Collective 

Project Management: EPACENTER and Lynne Baer + Art Projects

The Currency of Dreams: A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025)
The Currency of Dreams: A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025)

The Currency of Dreams:  A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025) was specifically designed for the forthcoming Center for Economic Mobility (CEM) in East Palo Alto. Over the course of a two-month period, Cheryl Derricotte (artist) and Horacio Rodriguez (consulting artist) met with 24 CEM stakeholders. Their responses, (in English and Spanish), were turned into this 288-ft wide fence artwork highlighting the stories of family, memory, and place. 

Lead Artist: Cheryl Derricotte

Consulting Artist: Horacio Rodriguez

Commissioned By: Emerson Collective 

Project Management: EPACENTER and Lynne Baer + Art Projects

Freedom’s Threshold, unveiling March 16, 2023
Freedom’s Threshold, unveiling March 16, 2023

Commissioned by Republic Urban Properties for Gateway at Millbrae Station.

Powder-coated aluminum, kiln-formed glass, 12 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft

(Photographer Credit: Robina Riccitiello)

Freedom’s Threshold, detail of Harriet Tubman rendered in glass
Freedom’s Threshold, detail of Harriet Tubman rendered in glass

Commissioned by Republic Urban Properties for Gateway at Millbrae Station.

Powder-coated aluminum, kiln-formed glass, 12 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft

(Photographer Credit: Padma Maitland)

Freedom’s Threshold (2023)
Freedom’s Threshold (2023)

Commissioned by Republic Urban Properties for Gateway at Millbrae Station.

Powder-coated aluminum, kiln-formed glass, 12 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft

(Photographer Credit: Padma Maitland)

Living on the Fence-Line (2022)
Living on the Fence-Line (2022)

8 ft x 20 ft

Billboard and Photography

(Photographer Credit: SaveArtSpace.org)

Sound the Alarm (2020)
Sound the Alarm (2020)

Commissioned by San Francisco Emergency Command Center, culturally-appropriate reusable facemask.

(Photographer Credit: Courtesy of the Artist)

Freedom’s Threshold (2023)
Freedom’s Threshold (2023)

Commissioned by Republic Urban Properties for Gateway at Millbrae Station.

Powder-coated aluminum, kiln-formed glass, 12 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft

(Photographer Credit: Padma Maitland)

The Currency of Dreams:  A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025)
The Currency of Dreams: A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025)
Freedom’s Threshold, unveiling March 16, 2023
Freedom’s Threshold, detail of Harriet Tubman rendered in glass
Freedom’s Threshold (2023)
Living on the Fence-Line (2022)
Sound the Alarm (2020)
Freedom’s Threshold (2023)
The Currency of Dreams:  A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025)

The Currency of Dreams:  A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025) was specifically designed for the forthcoming Center for Economic Mobility (CEM) in East Palo Alto. Over the course of a two-month period, Cheryl Derricotte (artist) and Horacio Rodriguez (consulting artist) met with 24 CEM stakeholders. Their responses, (in English and Spanish), were turned into this 288-ft wide fence artwork highlighting the stories of family, memory, and place. 

Lead Artist: Cheryl Derricotte

Consulting Artist: Horacio Rodriguez 

Commissioned By: Emerson Collective 

Project Management: EPACENTER and Lynne Baer + Art Projects

The Currency of Dreams: A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025)

The Currency of Dreams:  A Tapestry of Economic Journeys (2025) was specifically designed for the forthcoming Center for Economic Mobility (CEM) in East Palo Alto. Over the course of a two-month period, Cheryl Derricotte (artist) and Horacio Rodriguez (consulting artist) met with 24 CEM stakeholders. Their responses, (in English and Spanish), were turned into this 288-ft wide fence artwork highlighting the stories of family, memory, and place. 

Lead Artist: Cheryl Derricotte

Consulting Artist: Horacio Rodriguez

Commissioned By: Emerson Collective 

Project Management: EPACENTER and Lynne Baer + Art Projects

Freedom’s Threshold, unveiling March 16, 2023

Commissioned by Republic Urban Properties for Gateway at Millbrae Station.

Powder-coated aluminum, kiln-formed glass, 12 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft

(Photographer Credit: Robina Riccitiello)

Freedom’s Threshold, detail of Harriet Tubman rendered in glass

Commissioned by Republic Urban Properties for Gateway at Millbrae Station.

Powder-coated aluminum, kiln-formed glass, 12 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft

(Photographer Credit: Padma Maitland)

Freedom’s Threshold (2023)

Commissioned by Republic Urban Properties for Gateway at Millbrae Station.

Powder-coated aluminum, kiln-formed glass, 12 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft

(Photographer Credit: Padma Maitland)

Living on the Fence-Line (2022)

8 ft x 20 ft

Billboard and Photography

(Photographer Credit: SaveArtSpace.org)

Sound the Alarm (2020)

Commissioned by San Francisco Emergency Command Center, culturally-appropriate reusable facemask.

(Photographer Credit: Courtesy of the Artist)

Freedom’s Threshold (2023)

Commissioned by Republic Urban Properties for Gateway at Millbrae Station.

Powder-coated aluminum, kiln-formed glass, 12 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft

(Photographer Credit: Padma Maitland)

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