“San Francisco isn’t an easy place to live for artists and others who choose to fill their souls at the expense of their bank accounts, particularly with the comparatively cheap and sunny East Bay so close. And with more of these creative types being lured eastward, Oakland and its surroundings are getting ever more hip and attractive — just as San Francisco is being gentrified by dot-com workaholics.”

Read the full article here: Heading East: Artists in flux

Part of the Flux Foundation crew in its American Steel workspace. PHOTO BY CATIE MAGEE