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Mar 11, 2016
The former Andrew J. Bell Middle School campus in Treme, abandoned since Hurricane Katrina, will be converted into a space with affordable housing and artist studios. Plans were announced in 2013, and now groundbreaking on the project will happen April 14.
Mar 10, 2016
Jane Chu, chairwoman for the National Endowment for the Arts, sees how Artspace is beneficial to the economy of Loveland. Chu made a visit to Loveland's Artspace and the Loveland Feed and Grain on Thursday. The NEA awarded a $50,000 grant to the program in 2013 to provide funding for the Feed and Grain renovation. She toured the facility with Artspace personnel as well as Margaret Hunt, director of Creative Industries Division & Space to Create, and Tom Schultz, president of The Boettcher Foundation.
Mar 9, 2016
Spoiled by decades of affordable housing and studio options in a major city that was still pretty sleepy, local artists are already feeling the pinch of rising rents after former mayor Julian Castro’s “Decade of Downtown” battle cry and subsequent initiatives shot the city to the top of trend listicles.
Mar 6, 2016
The Hollywood CRA in collaboration with Artspace Projects, Inc. will conduct a major online survey of artists, arts organizations, and creative businesses to determine the size and nature of the market for an Artspace affordable live/work/create project planned for Downtown Hollywood.
Mar 5, 2016
The talk of downtown Memphis for the past 10 years has been the “South Main Arts District.” We’ve heard it over and over and it’s now a part of the cosmopolitan Memphian vocabulary. Like with many redevelopments, we sometimes forget the history of the place or how the new buildings came about.
Mar 1, 2016
Organizers of Artspace South Main Lofts expect to start construction in May on the 58-unit development at 138 St. Paul in the South Main arts district.
Feb 24, 2016
The $11.8 million Artspace Hamilton Lofts project has been through a few delays, but people behind the project believe the full impact of the project will be realized in due time.
Feb 22, 2016
Recognizing the impact artists have on the state's economy, the state of Colorado is planning to invest in nine affordable housing projects around the state in the coming years to make it easier for members of the creative industry to find a place to live.
Feb 22, 2016
A long-planned project to convert the former Andrew J. Bell Junior High School in Treme into a mixed-use arts development is finally starting to take shape.
Feb 18, 2016
"Our arts and historic district dialogue is an on–going conversation about what are ways that we can enhance, highlight, and celebrate this area that contains many of Mankato's cultural and historical assets," said Megan Flanagan, City Center Partnership Director.