We Are Artists
Why We Should Do This
We Are Artists
We're the people who brought you Burning Man, artists in many media, writers, designers, and musicians. We've watched our huge community disappear over the last two decades, taking with them the charm of bohemian San Francisco. We want to give the city back its soul, and give the artists who give us things we love a safe haven to work in, in a place of inspiring beauty..
What We Want
Why We Should Do This
We Are Artists
San Francisco estimates there are currently more than 60,000 empty units in the city, in buildings bought for investment only and left empty. We would like to partner with investors to lease empty mixed use buildings, with a contract to buy them, using profits from venues, grants, donations, and rents to purchase them, at the social impac
San Francisco estimates there are currently more than 60,000 empty units in the city, in buildings bought for investment only and left empty. We would like to partner with investors to lease empty mixed use buildings, with a contract to buy them, using profits from venues, grants, donations, and rents to purchase them, at the social impact investment rate of return. We offer our partners a legacy: the people who brought the artists back to San Franc
Why We Should Do This
Why We Should Do This
Why We Should Do This
Artists give us music, movies, books, art, and movements. It takes years to create great art and the years of development are unpaid. During the pandemic, artists had very little paying work and many have lost housing. Nonprofit co-op housing for the arts would provide a supportive environment that enables sustained work to maximize crea
Artists give us music, movies, books, art, and movements. It takes years to create great art and the years of development are unpaid. During the pandemic, artists had very little paying work and many have lost housing. Nonprofit co-op housing for the arts would provide a supportive environment that enables sustained work to maximize creative productivity. ArtHouseSF would make San Francisco a Twenty-First Century Florence during the Renaissance.