Art Blooms At 1890 Bryant Street Studios

San Francisco CA

30 September, 2021

7:51 PM

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By Andrew Gilbert, Mission Local September 29, 2021 The days grow short as September fades, but it might as well be spring in the 1890 Bryant Street Studios. "Maybe it's an archetype because everyone is painting flowers," said DK Haas, one of about 100 artists in the bustling Bryant Street hive participating in Artspan Open Studio Oct. 1-3 (Artspan artist-hosted events take place around the city through Oct. 17). "I think the response has been, I've got to paint something happy because this situation is screwed." Cultivating blossoms on canvas seems like an entirely sane response to pandemic confinement and ongoing uncertainty that has thrown so many daily routines into disarray. The return of 1890 Bryant Street open studios is both a reassertion of normalcy and an opportunity to see how artists are responding to extraordinary circumstances. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.