Since the beginning of 2015, 89 artists and their families have moved into the affordable live/work spaces created by Artspace and El Barrio's Operation Fightback at PS109 in New York City's East Harlem neigbhorhood. The entire project, including expansive community space and administrative/programmatic space for three locally-based non-profit organizations, will be complete this summer. In addition to providing affordable space for artists and helping to anchor the cultural identity of a rapidly changing community, PS109 has helped inspire New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to include a call for 1,500 additional units of affordable housing for low-income artists. A win for local artists, a win for the neighborhood, and a win for New York public policy is a phenomenal outcome.
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See below for recent updates, press, and events from this project
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Aug 9, 2016
For decades, Vicky Holt Takamine—a Kumu Hula (teacher of hula), social activist, community leader and executive director of the PA’I Foundation in Honolulu—has sought creative... Read More
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Nov 17, 2015
Old buildings are being abandoned in cities across the country. Schools have closed. Factories have shuttered. Jails have been replaced with new models. But instead... Read More
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Jul 29, 2015
The Minneapolis-based Artspace has developed dozens of live-work projects around the country, part of a growing national effort to combine artistic efforts and economic and... Read More
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Sep 18, 2012
As Artspace’s first project in New York City, El Barrio's Artspace (PS109) will transform East Harlem’s historic and long-vacant P.S. 109 into a mixed-use facility... Read More
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Aug 31, 2012
As Artspace’s first project in New York City, El Barrio's Artspace (PS109) will transform East Harlem’s historic and long-vacant P.S. 109 into a mixed-use facility... Read More
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Jun 21, 2012
Vested stakeholders Artspace’s first project in New York City, El Barrio's Artspace (PS109) will transform East Harlem’s historic and long-vacant P.S. 109 into a mixed-use... Read More
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Apr 05, 2012
Growth by collaboration As Artspace’s first project in New York City, El Barrio's Artspace (PS109) will transform East Harlem’s historic and long-vacant P.S. 109 into... Read More
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Feb 26, 2012
Challenges addressed, lessons learned As Artspace’s first project in New York City, El Barrio's Artspace (PS109) will transform East Harlem’s historic and long-vacant P.S. 109... Read More
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Dec 29, 2011
Partners in transformation In the unglamorous, yet oh-so-important phase of nearing financial closing and groundbreaking of El Barrio’s Artspace (PS109) project, we fuel the fires... Read More
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Nov 28, 2011
Can you smell the crumbling dirt? Over the next couple months, Artspace, the New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and our lenders/investors... Read More
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Oct 23, 2011
Just last week, Artspace was notified by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development that our El Barrio’s Artspace project (commonly known... Read More
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Oct 03, 2011
‘Jobs, safer streets, sustainable development, and a more cohesive society.’ In early September, Artspace celebrated the grand opening of the Cowles Center for Dance and... Read More
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Aug 01, 2011
All nonprofits love grants, but some grants are more lovable than others. For Artspace Projects , the most lovable grants of all are the final... Read More
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Mar 09, 2016
Following quickly on the heels of our Public Safety Working Group in Oakland last month, today ArtPlace is joined by The Kresge Foundation and Enterprise...Read more
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Aug 20, 2015
Housing is widely regarded as an essential human need, and—as residential building stock—it’s often one of the first visual signals within a community. As HUD...Read more