artist live/work space with staff from Artspace, Inc. in a public meeting
starting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 1st, at Salina Area Chamber of Commerce
Development Center. I encourage you to attend if you're interested in care
of artists and arts and culture or in re-imagining Salina's
industrial/commercial core. Please let someone else know who may be
interested.
As the nation's leading nonprofit real estate developer for the arts,
Artspace has a mission to create, foster and preserve affordable space for
artists and arts organizations. The purpose of their visit to Salina is to
evaluate the potential to create a project where artists can live and work
affordably and arts/cultural organizations can thrive.
SDI, Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Salina have collaborated to bring
Artspace to Salina to examine whether our city and cultural scene can
foster artistic and economic growth through development of downtown
properties for artist live/work spaces. This visit is purely an
assessment of Salina's potential. The 7 p.m. meeting will start with an
overview of what Artspace does across the country. Artspace will provide
its findings and recommend next steps in a report to the City of Salina.
Thanks ,
John Highkin
Executive Director
Salina Arts and Humanities Commission
211 W. Iron Street
P.O. Box 2181
Salina, KS 67402-2181
Ph: 785-309-5770
Fax: 785-826-7444
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