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Jan 20, 2016
Artspace Projects is pleased to announce that it has purchased the former Bell School Campus and its buildings in Tremé from the Orleans Parish School Board. A groundbreaking celebration for the Bell Artspace Campus is scheduled for Thursday, April 14, with construction on the first units to be completed in early 2017.
Jan 20, 2016
As Chicago nears the first anniversary of Pullman's designation as the city's first national monument, officials say restoration plans will start picking up speed soon.
Jan 16, 2016
Additional fourth-quarter grants included $100,000 to Artspace Projects to develop affordable live/work artist housing and community space for the arts in Hastings, Minnesota.
Jan 14, 2016
A New Definition of Workforce When the subject of workforce housing is invoked in any discussion, we tend to think of police officers, fire- fighters, teachers and other municipal employees. But there is a national nonprofit organization with an everexpanding footprint and sphere of influence that is enlarging that definition to another cohort its leaders consider critical to a healthy and complete urban environment: artists.
Jan 13, 2016
The Pullman neighborhood on the city's far South Side is one of those uniquely Chicago neighborhoods. It's the nation's first industrial planned community, it's an area that helped breathe life into the American labor movement, and an area that helped usher in the era of civil rights.
Jan 11, 2016
Heart Of The Turtle in downtown Minot is more than a retail art gallery of Native American art. It's also a resource center for Native American artists.
Jan 10, 2016
The $12.7 million, 51-unit Artspace El Paso Lofts at 601 N. Oregon, next to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, is scheduled to be completed by late October.
Jan 7, 2016
Dreams can become a reality if the whole community stands behind them. One such dream is the possibility of a combined live/work space for artists in the bay area — something identified last summer as being essential to the sustainability of a strong arts community in the future.
Jan 6, 2016
The Far South Side's Pullman neighborhood is on a roll with its historic district earning recognition as Chicago's first National Monument, Method soap company choosing Pullman for its new factory, and the Curbed Chicago readership voting it neighborhood of the year
Jan 5, 2016
Artspace Consulting is currently working with the Duluth Art Institute (DAI), located in Duluth, Minnesota, to help them assess their current space usage and make decisions about the future of their facilities. Anna Growcott and Lucas Koski traveled to Duluth in December to meet with the staff, the board and key stakeholders of DAI's community to help dig through the history, finances and implications of its place in the Duluth art community. DAI was founded more than 100 years ago.