“In August 2022, Lancaster artist Andrew Silvius took on a huge project — the West End Art Market, a four-day gathering of dozens of artists selling their wares inside a former neighborhood grocery store. Two months later, a real estate agent tipped off Silvius to a space at 317 N. Queen St., a cavernous building that has been everything from an after-hours club to a hookah lounge, a high-end music equipment store and the original location of the Chameleon Club in the back of what was once Tom Paine’s Restaurant.

Now, beginning in January 2023, EsōArts will be the newest inhabitants of the 4,100 square-foot space. Silvius is not alone in this endeavor, as he has three co-owners — artists Annie Roth and Zach Walter and entrepreneur Chris Dreisbach.”

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