It isn’t just hipsters leaving the bosom of Brooklyn for the Western wilds of San Francisco anymore. On Sept. 1., McCaig-Welles, the Williamsburg gallery known for hosting silk screening parties and boozy receptions late into the evening, opened a satellite location—dubbed McCaig-Welles Rosenthal due to a collaboration with California gallerist Michael Rosenthal—in the “city by the bay.”
According to Melissa McCaig-Welles, the co-owner of the galleries who recently relocated to the West Coast, the fusion of the two art emporiums is an attempt to cater to the growing number of artists moving between the two cities now dubbed “San Frooklyn.”
Back in March, the Times shed light on this artistic cross-country connection, claiming that it’s not only the creative atmosphere, but the economic opportunities that both cities offer that have so many musicians and artists hopping from coast to coast.
The gallery’s opening will be celebrated Sept. 13, with an exhibit by the Goldmine Shithouse, showcasing various “bring-your-own-shit-to-be-silk-screened” pieces. The Shithouse is collaborative effort started in 2003 by artists David Hochbaum, Travis Lindquist and Colin Burns. Since its creation, the trio has made its way across the globe, adding new artists to its repertoire and showcasing a variety of innovative paintings and drawings.
“The Goldmine Shithouse is really the perfect artist to bring into our space here in San Francisco, mainly because of its aesthetic,” McCaig-Welles says. “The Shithouse is producing things that are very new and exciting, so it’s definitely going to be a great opening.”
Not that she’s gotten New York entirely out of her system.
“I miss pizza. I miss Williamsburg a lot—I lived there for eight years,” she says. “The Mission is kind of like Williamsburg back when there were two restaurants to choose from. It’s just starting to change. Williamsburg now is over the top, the Mission hasn’t quite reached that level yet.”
According to Melissa McCaig-Welles, the co-owner of the galleries who recently relocated to the West Coast, the fusion of the two art emporiums is an attempt to cater to the growing number of artists moving between the two cities now dubbed “San Frooklyn.”
Back in March, the Times shed light on this artistic cross-country connection, claiming that it’s not only the creative atmosphere, but the economic opportunities that both cities offer that have so many musicians and artists hopping from coast to coast.
The gallery’s opening will be celebrated Sept. 13, with an exhibit by the Goldmine Shithouse, showcasing various “bring-your-own-shit-to-be-silk-screened” pieces. The Shithouse is collaborative effort started in 2003 by artists David Hochbaum, Travis Lindquist and Colin Burns. Since its creation, the trio has made its way across the globe, adding new artists to its repertoire and showcasing a variety of innovative paintings and drawings.
“The Goldmine Shithouse is really the perfect artist to bring into our space here in San Francisco, mainly because of its aesthetic,” McCaig-Welles says. “The Shithouse is producing things that are very new and exciting, so it’s definitely going to be a great opening.”
Not that she’s gotten New York entirely out of her system.
“I miss pizza. I miss Williamsburg a lot—I lived there for eight years,” she says. “The Mission is kind of like Williamsburg back when there were two restaurants to choose from. It’s just starting to change. Williamsburg now is over the top, the Mission hasn’t quite reached that level yet.”
