 John Bela, ASLAJohn is an artist, designer, and innovator with over a decade of experience creating public art, public space, and community participation projects. As a Rebar founder and principal, he led the creation of Park(ing) Day, The Panhandle Bandshell, The Victory Garden, and Showplace Triangle. While at CMG Landscape Architecture in San Francisco, he helped craft the Treasure Island Redevelopment Plan, Mint Plaza, and the Concord Naval Weapons Station Reuse Plan. John lectures and teaches worldwide and is a senior lecturer at the California College of Arts in San Francisco. John studied Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley, Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Massachusetts, and fine art and sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. John is a registered landscape architect in the state of California. email: john [at] rebargroup.org
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