(STUCK)

As the shelterinplace initiative was announced in San Francisco back in March, I immediately thought about the creative community (and workingclass) in the Bay Area, knowing that they would be among the first wave to feel the economic ripples of the coronavirus. I began interviewing the artists about how they’d been affected by the lockdown. What poured out was bracing and real, but it was also vulnerable and raw. I spoke with a range of people (over Zoom, FaceTime and Google Hangout) at different strata of the cultural class, from the leaders of our local institutions, to performers, to commercial and fine artists to get a sense of their locations (literally and symbolically).