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Bell Artspace Campus Breaks Ground!

May 1, 2016

On April 14, Artspace staff and members of the Board of Directors gathered with residents of the Tremé community in New Orleans to celebrate the long-awaited groundbreaking of the Bell Artspace Campus. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and other speakers praised the project as a true community effort. We were thrilled to be joined by partners from Providence Community Housing, Ashe Cultural Center, Junebug Theater, the New Orleans Master Crafts Guild and Make Music NOLA, among others.

Breaking ground at Bell Artspace Campus.

Bell Artspace Campus Breaks Ground April 14

An ‘Arts Park’ Is Coming to Brookland

Apr 4, 2016

Carla Perlo is twirling a ribbon and dancing around a formerly vacant alley off 8th and Kearny Streets NE. Right off the sidewalk, one of those flailing inflatable tube men flaps over itself in the wind. A steady stream of local officials, artists, and community residents are filing into the alley and a ground level dance studio in the Brookland Artspace Lofts, to celebrate the groundbreaking of what will officially be known as the 8th Street Arts Park.

Cohorts, capacity building, creative communities: the evolution of Artspace’s geographic approach

Mar 22, 2016

ERIK HOWARD WAS IN A PANIC. The founder of The Alley Project (TAP)—a community center and gallery for youth creating street art and garage murals in Southwest Detroit—was working on an ArtPlace America Grant for Creative Placemaking. But his application had gone all wrong. “We found out late in the process that somehow we’d applied in the wrong category,” Howard recalls, “so we were improperly prepared for what we had to submit.”

Chairman of the NEA visits Artspace

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.

Two people chatting in a gorgeous living room with artworks on the wall.

What Is Hip? Affordable Housing for Struggling Artists

Feb 12, 2016

Subsidized housing for a specific population would not be welcome in every community, and might not be expected to receive unanimous support from the city council of America’s most conservative big city, Mesa, Arizona.

Sprawling Mesa, Arizona. Photo: Tim Roberts Photography

Conversion of Treme school campus moves forward

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.

Memphis Artist Spotlight: Ephraim Urevbu, Art Village Gallery

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.

What we're good at: Matching organizations with the right space

Feb 1, 2016

Over the last decade, Artspace Consulting has worked with many clients – arts organizations, arts councils, foundations, government agencies, and, occasionally, individuals – all of them seeking to tap into our unique experience and skills. But what are those skills? What do we know, and what are the things we’re good at?

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