Exterior view of Schlomer Haus Gallery. Courtesy of Schlomer Haus Gallery.
“San Francisco is such an interesting city in terms of its art scene because it’s a boom and bust town,” said Steffan Schlarb, co-founder, with his husband Brandon Romer, of Schlomer Haus Gallery, in the city’s Castro neighborhood. “It can also be difficult during those boom times for artists to live and work here.”
“The pandemic was devastating to the city,” Schlarb admitted. “But when artists are able to afford to live here, it’s a flourishing time and it seems like that was happening again with this latest [downturn]. The local art scene is burgeoning.”