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"New Orleans has a soul that is palpa-
ble when you enter the city," says Angela King, director of the Angela King Gal- lery (www.angelakinggallery.com). "It's moist and verdant, and from such an en- vironment creativity steams out of every crack, every pore, every body living here. We have a rich history of cultures and creativity blended to make incredible music, food, architecture, performance, street and visual art. Artists not only thrive in New Orleans, they grow and blossom, spread roots underground and lushness above ground to everyone they come in contact with. It's inevitable."
Q SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
San Francisco has been one of
America's artistic hotspots for well over a half-century now, dating back to the poets of the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat Generation of writers who migrated here from New York in the 1950s. Staunchly liberal, the city's come-as-your-are attitude has made it an attractive locale for those seeking freedom of expression, many of whom are using art to do just that. Art is a way of life in San Francisco,
to work in neighborhood and commu- nity settings. Some of the group's proj- ects have included Art in Storefronts, where temporary installations are cre- ated in the windows of vacant establish- ments; an Arts Education program that, in conjunction with the San Francisco Unifi ed School District, provides every student with access to art every day; and StreetSmARTS, a public works pro- gram that replaces graffi ti with murals. Of course, it doesn't hurt that there's
Richard Currier's New Orleans-inspired Tempest Dawn
a stunning view to be had at seemingly every turn in the City by the Bay. "As a native of San Francisco, I'm inspired by the unlimited vistas avail-
able to paint," says cityscape painter Michael Rodman (www.rodmanart. com). "From [the] Nob Hill area, you can paint the Financial District, North Beach, Coit Tower, the Transamerica Building, the Bay Bridge and Alcatraz, all within a few minutes walk. Each intersection you stop at is yet another stunning composition to paint. Crissy Field Overlook, Fort Mason and the Presidio off er sweeping views of the bay, with its bridges that are almost too large to capture on one canvas. T e painting opportunities in San Francisco are endless. Parking, well... that's an- other issue."
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as evidenced by the city-run San Fran- cisco Arts Commission. Established in 1932, the SFAC sees art as a right, not a privilege, and has always sought to "make the arts available to each and every person in San Francisco." T is is a city that understands that
art and revitalization go hand-in-hand. T e SFAC's Community Arts and Edu- cation program, founded in 1967, was established as a way to provide funding to individual artists and arts programs
Michael Rodman's Leavenworth St. Afternoon
Photo courtesy Angela King Gallery
