Abstract La Mamelle/Art Com in San Francisco, established in 1975, was one of the first alternative artist-run organizations in California.. La Mamelle, Inc. / Art Com emerged in the 1970s during the proliferation of artist-run spaces across the country. In the San Francisco Bay Area this included Intersection for the Arts, Museum of Conceptual Art (active 1970-1984), Galeria de la Raza, SF Camerawork, Crossroads Community (the farm) (active 1974-1980), The Floating Museum (active 1975-1977) [source: monoskop.org]

• • Carl Loeffler [1946-2001] USA, was founder and director of one of the first alternative artist-run organizations in California — La Mamelle/Art Com in San Francisco, established in 1975. As artist and publisher, Loeffler produced books on performance art and correspondence art, and the periodicals Art Contemporary/Art Com Magazine, Videozine, Audiozine and Imagezine. In 1986, he started the Art Com Electronic Network on the Whole Earth Electronic Link (WELL), one of the first online networks for specifically for artists. Source: https://monoskop.org/Carl_E._Loeffler