Photograph by Katherine Ahern
Home Is Where The Art Is: Katherine Ahern's studio (above) and Brian Knep's Driftwall (right) are made possible by Boston's housing initiatives. | Photograph by Brian Knep
Boston has become a beacon for displaced and emerging artists, thanks to the city's innovative housing program. The Artist Space Initiative (Asi) is dedicated exclusively to artist housing issues, from surveying artist needs in live-work units to implementing zoning tweaks that allow them to reside in industrial areas. It encouraged foot traffic by securing ground-floor galleries in emerging neighborhoods and also created a peer-review system that guarantees artist spaces will be used only by artists. ArtBlock, for example, is an old schoolhouse the city granted to a developer on the promise that half of the renovation include art studios, galleries, and live-work units. "It's an effort to use our tools to create permanent space for artists," says Heidi Burbidge,...
Home Is Where The Art Is: Katherine Ahern's studio (above) and Brian Knep's Driftwall (right) are made possible by Boston's housing initiatives. | Photograph by Brian Knep
Boston has become a beacon for displaced and emerging artists, thanks to the city's innovative housing program. The Artist Space Initiative (Asi) is dedicated exclusively to artist housing issues, from surveying artist needs in live-work units to implementing zoning tweaks that allow them to reside in industrial areas. It encouraged foot traffic by securing ground-floor galleries in emerging neighborhoods and also created a peer-review system that guarantees artist spaces will be used only by artists. ArtBlock, for example, is an old schoolhouse the city granted to a developer on the promise that half of the renovation include art studios, galleries, and live-work units. "It's an effort to use our tools to create permanent space for artists," says Heidi Burbidge,...
- 4/21/2010
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
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