Amid Ailing Arts Scene, Pacific Felt Factory Blooms

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The Pacific Felt Factory studio complex was founded as, and remains, a professional community of artists. Photo courtesy of Mission Local

By Laura Wenus, Mission Local

The Pacific Felt Factory, the Mission’s most recently activated arts space, celebrated its first birthday one Sunday night with a small backyard barbecue. It was a modest celebration for a determined little studio in a city and neighborhood where its larger, weightier cousins are being swallowed whole.

“Three or four years ago, you had Guerrero Gallery across the street, Steven Wolf across the street from that, CellSpace was open, and Million Fishes,” said Pacific Felt Factory artist Rodney Ewing. “You could walk around this neighborhood and there was a lot of art, and there was a diverse body of art being made. And now that’s kind of, you know, gone.” 

Read the complete story at Mission Local. 

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