Construction was launched Friday on an apartment project in downtown Colorado Springs that supporters say would provide sorely needed, low-cost housing for the city's arts community.
The gallery came a couple of years later. We had a space open to the public in the lower level of the Kaddatz Hotel. Artspace Projects was looking for a commercial tenant for the street level space(s).
Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti have been deemed viable for an artist-oriented affordable housing development, according to a preliminary feasibility study conducted by Artspace, a nonprofit real estate developer.
Ranking third in the nation in Government Support for the arts, the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area received more state and federal arts grants and dollars per capita than any other midwestern community in the 2022 Arts Vibrancy Index Report.
Creative industries in Washtenaw County add hundreds of millions of dollars to the local economy. In the weeks and months to come, 89.1 WEMU's David Fair and co-host Deb Polich, the President and CEO of Creative Washtenaw, explore the myriad of contributors that make up the creative sector in Washtenaw County.
Early this fall, I teamed up with Stantec to photograph their recent restoration AND new construction projects in the Pullman Historic District. Their charge was to renovate and restore two historic buildings while constructing a new one between them. This trio of buildings at 11143 S Langley Avenue is now the Pullman Artspace Lofts – affordable live-work spaces for artists. With this project, Stantec delivered 38 new homes for a variety of artisans. The ground floor of the new building features a public art gallery and studios for residents, too!
