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1 day agoBoom or Bust in the Bay
AI-driven tech growth benefits the Bay Area while the local contemporary art ecosystem faces multiple gallery closures, institutional sales, and limited financial spillover.
Come visit our collaborative community of artists at 1890 Bryant Studios! You will discover a feast for the eyes, from painting, drawing, ceramics, fiber, fabric design, collage, letterpress printing, bookbinding, photography, sculpture and much, much more. Meet the artists in the spaces where they work and explore what it's like to be a working artist in the heart of San Francisco.
It was, Oropeza recalls, "the beginning of me formally learning to paint in oil and to draw." It was also, he adds, a really beautiful moment. Once he was back in class, "unexpectedly, so many things sprouted."