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What about on the East Bay? Isn't there a more lively artist community in places like Berkeley, Oakland, or El Cerrito?
by mykowebhn 8y ago
What about on the East Bay? Isn't there a more lively artist community in places like Berkeley, Oakland, or El Cerrito?
- mushufasa 8y agoMy impression is that there was recently a "golden age" for art in the east bay which is now waning, in large part because it's not seen as an affordable destination for young artists. During my pit-stop in SF last November, I made a point of attending the famous monthly underground art variety show (Tourettes without Regrets) in the east bay, because I happened to be there that day. I was shocked to see the audience and performers were much older demographically than I remembered when I lived in the area 5 years ago; most attendees seemed to be over 30 rather than under 30. So, anecdotally, it seems to me that the artists who established there years ago may still be there, but the east bay's not attracting new artists as much as it once was.
- ericmcer 8y agoI have been in Oakland for about ten years and the only young people I know who still go to the art/variety shows have been enabled by family wealth. The culture is still here because people are drawn to this area specifically for it, but it feels hollow at this point, none of it is coming from an organic place.
- Gibbon1 8y agoThe fallout from Ghost Ship Fire destroyed most of the communal artist spaces. What's left is carefully hidden now. But rents had doomed it anyways. Artists need spaces, time and spare money to work. And high rents consume all three.