Meet the man running Tilted Brim, the Tenderloin’s one-day-a-week clothing shop
By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local, April 20th, 2025
“You can hear five different languages when you go down the street, or you can get food from 15 different cultures on three blocks, you know?” Bautista said on a recent afternoon as he ran an errand during his lunch break. “This kind of mosaic of people and businesses and attitude is, to me, what makes any city great.”
Punk Majesty: SF’s First Punk Art Showroom
By Bunny McFadden, Broke-Ass Stuart, March 20th, 2025
“Alisha Amnesia, the designer and owner, calls it San Francisco’s “only showroom dedicated to the rebellious energy of music, fashion, and art.” There you can find everything from hand-painted leather jackets to upcycled furniture, all with what the owner labels an eco-conscious twist.”
Oakland painter defies the odds, defines adversity through his art
By Jason Marks, KCRA News, December 11th, 2024
“Blood’s work caught the eye of Maness. Maness owns 5 Olive Gallery in the heart of the Tenderloin. He decided to give Blood his own show during November’s Art Walk. It was the first solo show Blood.
‘I finally got an art show at a gallery,’ Blood said. ‘It's mind-blowing to me. It's something I wanted since I was a little kid, and I thought it could never happen.’”
SF museum showcases ‘Tenderloin Blackness’ at monthly evening art Walk
By Francine Brevetti, Bay City News, September 6th, 2024
“People think of the Tenderloin as a place where only the homeless, drug addicted, and drug dealers live. We wanted to show this was a place of dignity for its Black residents,” said Del Seymour, the show’s organizer, aka “Mayor of the Tenderloin,” and founder of Code Tenderloin, which teaches job skills to homeless, drug-addicted and low-income residents of the area.”