By Teresa Wiltz
NEW ORLEANS — At 75, Deacon John Moore considers himself one of the lucky ones: The scion of three generations of music-making Creoles, he’s been able to sustain himself with his guitar, raise a family, buy a house. Most other musicians here, he says, aren’t so fortunate.
He’s tooling around the streets of Tremé — one of the nation’s oldest black neighborhoods and the birthplace of jazz — in his ancient Volvo, pointing out all the gentrified houses, the ones with the jacked up rents. Everybody wants to live here now, he said.
In 2017, Artspace experienced tremendous momentum and manageable growth, with vibrant activity happening in each of our existing 40 projects in operation, as well as construction on six new projects in six communities. We created opportunities for low-income artists by providing more than $3 million in total rent subsidy, and thousands of people came through the doors of Artspace buildings to attend more than 600 performances, programs, exhibitions, and community events in our spaces.
A profile of creative entrepreneur Kate Herzog, news about Immersion Twin Cities, a recap of the El Paso grand opening, now leasing information on Memphis & Mesa, a resident spotlight of Tashia Hart and Janathan Thunder, and a holiday event roundup.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESEPTEMBER 2017CONTACT:Tio AikenCommunications Managertio.aiken@artspace.org / 612-321-1841 ARTSPACE ANNOUNCES INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH INTEREST FOR OTHERS FOUNDATIONArtspace Joins a New “Social Giving” Initiative that Taps Donations of Earned Interest on Donors’ Bank Accounts
Television screens show a disjointed man as he listens to music weaponized for torturing prisoners, a photograph gives viewers a stomach-turning vista from the top of a crane overlooking Mecca, and brightly colored, hand-painted walls fill Dearborn’s Arab American National Museum for the Epicenter X: Saudi Contemporary Art exhibit running from July 8 to Oct. 1.
The exhibit is the first of its kind in Michigan to focus on and give a platform to Saudi art, says Museum Director Devon Akmon.
The City of Utica has the potential to earn a multi-million dollar arts development project. Mayor Palmieri, Artspace representatives, Cornell Rust to Green Urban Studio and the City's Utica Artspace Committee announced an online Utica Artspace Arts Market Survey that is now live online at www.UticaArtspaceSurvey.orgThe group issued a call to action from the regional arts community to take the survey - setting the stage for a potential $20 million arts development project in the city.
More artists will be flocking into Mesa’s city limits by next year thanks to the new Artspace Lofts being built at 155 S. Hibbert St. The 50-unit complex is designed to offer artists a live-and-work environment by including 2,900 square feet for creative exploration with spaces for classes, studios, galleries, food pantries and more. Set to be completed in May 2018, these lofts are Artspace’s first venture in Arizona.
On the last Thursday of every month, something wonderful happens on the streets of Downtown El Paso.
People get out of their cars and stroll through intriguing artist studios, often not knowing what they will find. They meet new and interesting artists with a story to tell or artwork to show. And they become part of a vibrant community.
