Another Retail/Gallery in the Hood

Stopped by the new Artillery Apparel Gallery at 2751 Mission & 24th St. this afternoon, and was very impressed! I’d been watching the space for a while, but somehow their opening slipped by me in the past two weeks. It has great selection of apparel items, most with a hip-hop, skater stylee. The opening group art show was impressive tool, which included the fabulous Blair Bradshaw and his period chart work, as well as some great 3-D art. I also really liked that Artillery really felt like it was really of and from the Mission, and not some corporate crap that imposing generic “mall culture.” Looking forward catching co-owner Ivan Lopez painting up custom t-shirts! I can see it becoming a new neighborhood fixture quick style. Love the logo too!

It makes me feel good about the retail/gallery mix that I’ve got planned for Mission: Comics & Art. It very much seems to be a viable business model for all sorts of ventures and well suited to the Mission as it continues to grow and change.

They’ll be having an opening event on Thursday July 2nd and I’ll definitely be checking it out

Welcome to the neighborhood Artillery!