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'''CELLspace along Bryant street.''' | |||
''Photo: Scott Beale'' | |||
CELLspace was founded on the Spring Equinox of 1996 when a group of artists and educators leased a former screen printing warehouse on Bryant Street to develop a communal workspace for collaborative and community-based arts. This dedicated staff of volunteers nurtured and developed their vision over the years, and eventually filed for 501c3 (non-profit) status. Events, classes, exhibits, and other types of arts and programming happened while the community developed the actual space inside of CELL, and grants soon came in to support our mission. CELLspace grew in its scope and outreach, expanding into youth services that offered after school arts classes, tutoring, counseling, off-site workshops, leadership opportunities, and vocational training. A three year capital campaign helped a city-mandated renovation project needed to obtain our Place of Entertainment permit. Since our inception, we have provided affordable space for artists to work on many types of media. This not only includes events and exhibits, but also the following: puppetry, circus arts, metalsmithing, fine arts, performing arts, craft making, music recording, and more. Due to many financial difficulties, the Great Recession, and lack of a younger generation of volunteers and supporters, CELLspace dissolved as an organization in 2012. Inspiration, drive, and the DIY ethic lives on in many other art spaces, artist's projects, and hearts and minds of the thousands who created and spectated at the warehouse space. | |||
''—Russell Howze'' | |||
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'''CELLSpace Funky Puppet Supper, 2000.''' | |||
''Photo: Russell Howze'' | |||
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'''CELLspace main area from the loft.''' | |||
''Photo: Scott Beale'' | |||
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'''Main space, 2008.''' | |||
''Photo: Scott Beale'' | |||
Cellspace was a vibrant artists' space in a large warehouse on Bryant Street, between Mariposa and 19th Streets. It was founded in 1996 and lasted until the early 2010s. Then a developer finally bought out the building (including the adjacent space dedicated to the American Conservatory Theatre's props and costume storage) and the longtime San Francisco Auto Repair shop that uniquely held auto repair shops for beginners for many decades at the corner of Mariposa and Florida, and by 2020 had erected a massive 5-story apartment building on the site. | Cellspace was a vibrant artists' space in a large warehouse on Bryant Street, between Mariposa and 19th Streets. It was founded in 1996 and lasted until the early 2010s. Then a developer finally bought out the building (including the adjacent space dedicated to the American Conservatory Theatre's props and costume storage) and the longtime San Francisco Auto Repair shop that uniquely held auto repair shops for beginners for many decades at the corner of Mariposa and Florida, and by 2020 had erected a massive 5-story apartment building on the site. | ||
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'''In any of a number of their regular newsletters, CELLspace always emphasized their strong connections to the community, and highlighted how easy it was to connect with the space.''' | |||
''Courtesy Jonathan Youtt'' | |||
The following images are details of murals along the Bryant Street walls of Cellspace. | The following images are details of murals along the Bryant Street walls of Cellspace. | ||
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Revision as of 16:37, 11 June 2020
Unfinished History
A Kearny Street Workshop dance performance on the outside of Cellspace, 2010.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
CELLspace along Bryant street.
Photo: Scott Beale
CELLspace was founded on the Spring Equinox of 1996 when a group of artists and educators leased a former screen printing warehouse on Bryant Street to develop a communal workspace for collaborative and community-based arts. This dedicated staff of volunteers nurtured and developed their vision over the years, and eventually filed for 501c3 (non-profit) status. Events, classes, exhibits, and other types of arts and programming happened while the community developed the actual space inside of CELL, and grants soon came in to support our mission. CELLspace grew in its scope and outreach, expanding into youth services that offered after school arts classes, tutoring, counseling, off-site workshops, leadership opportunities, and vocational training. A three year capital campaign helped a city-mandated renovation project needed to obtain our Place of Entertainment permit. Since our inception, we have provided affordable space for artists to work on many types of media. This not only includes events and exhibits, but also the following: puppetry, circus arts, metalsmithing, fine arts, performing arts, craft making, music recording, and more. Due to many financial difficulties, the Great Recession, and lack of a younger generation of volunteers and supporters, CELLspace dissolved as an organization in 2012. Inspiration, drive, and the DIY ethic lives on in many other art spaces, artist's projects, and hearts and minds of the thousands who created and spectated at the warehouse space.
—Russell Howze
CELLSpace Funky Puppet Supper, 2000.
Photo: Russell Howze
CELLspace main area from the loft.
Photo: Scott Beale
Main space, 2008.
Photo: Scott Beale
Cellspace was a vibrant artists' space in a large warehouse on Bryant Street, between Mariposa and 19th Streets. It was founded in 1996 and lasted until the early 2010s. Then a developer finally bought out the building (including the adjacent space dedicated to the American Conservatory Theatre's props and costume storage) and the longtime San Francisco Auto Repair shop that uniquely held auto repair shops for beginners for many decades at the corner of Mariposa and Florida, and by 2020 had erected a massive 5-story apartment building on the site.
The circular logo of Cellspace adorning one of dozens of murals (see below) along the Bryant Street facade towards the end of the building's life as an art space.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Cellspace Blurb, a basic informational tabloid published in March 2000.
In any of a number of their regular newsletters, CELLspace always emphasized their strong connections to the community, and highlighted how easy it was to connect with the space.
Courtesy Jonathan Youtt
The following images are details of murals along the Bryant Street walls of Cellspace.
Photos: Chris Carlsson
New apartment building nearing completion at Bryant and Mariposa on the old site of Cellspace, 2020.
Photo: Chris Carlsson