The Art SF Show Was Fun, By the Way

Nice, nice folks and a fun party. With Mr. Mark was my date (as La Reina had royal business to which to attend), I had a fine time. Art SF is a nifty community art center, with an open-painting-night free-for-all on Thursdays. As I think a personable fellow who volunteers there named K2 said, it's nice if you have a small apartment to be able to pack up your stuff, go down to Art SF, and stretch out a bit.

They're located in a 5th story walkup space (overlooking the Burger King next to the 16th Street BART station), the kind of raw-but-painted-white space I was familiar with from the dot-com era in NYC. The party felt a bit like a scene from the movie After Hours; bohemians-a-plenty of all stripes and ages, a couple of live bands, and DJs. They're raising dough to buy a warehouse, one can of $2 PBR at a time. We helped them towards their goal, in said manner.

And I chatted for a bit to the always-pleasant Ms. Mari Naomi, and it looks like I'll have a little something in a show she's curating next month at Balazo gallery: Pet Noir. There's even a possibility El Flaco may get in on the fun. More info later!