The Alliance of Artists Communities

Here's a tidy bit of information to followup, or chase down, thanks to the kind and dedicated people at the ALLIANCE OF ARTISTS COMMUNITIES. If you haven't visited their site, or better yet, purchased their book to study at length, do. They're the most comprehensive resource for residencies and artists retreats in the U.S.

The Alliance of Artists Communities

255 South Main Street Providence, RI 02903

Phone: (401) 351-4320

http://www.artistcommunities.org

ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING LIVE/WORK SPACE TO ARTISTS:

Artist Help Network - National listing of live/work spaces, co-ops, and resources
national
Artist Relocation Program (Paducah, KY) - “The Soho of the South”
KY
Artist Trust - Resources for artists, including listings of live/work spaces, in Washington State
WA
Arts Habitat of Edmonton - Provides safe, affordable and appropriate live/work space for artists in Albert, Canada
AB
Artspace Cleveland - Affordable live/work spaces for artists in Cleveland
OH
Artspace Projects - A nonprofit creating spaces for artists and their families throughout the US
national
Bates Art Center - Boston center with live/work space, professional support, and exhibit space
MA
Chashama - A nonprofit group that provides free and subsidized space to visual and performing artists through the Accessing Real Estate for the Arts (AREA) Program.
NY
Chicago Mutual Housing Network - Resource for co-ops throughout Chicago
IL
Community Housing Resource Group - Affordable artists housing in Provincetown.
MA
Harmony - Studios for rent along Highway 1 in San Louis Obispo County
CA
Keen Development Corporation - New England live/work space development
New England
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - Providing studio space to selected New York artists.
NY
Open Square - Converted industrial center in Holyoke, MA, which includes artists space
MA
Peekskill Artist District - Affordable live/work space in downtown Peekskill
NY
SurrealEstates, Ink. - Artist live/work project in Sacramento, CA
CA
Troy Artist District - Planned community for the arts, artists, and live/work space in Troy, NY
NY
The Warehouse Studios, Inc - Planned affordable studio space for artists and musicians in Columbia, MO.

Paducah, Kentucky - Artists Relocation Program

This post will be in haste, as I prepare for a long drive to the Bay Area. I still have friends there, but the "artists warehouse" is rapidly becoming an endangered species.

Just wanted to post information about the "ARTIST'S RELOCATION PROGRAM" of Paducah, Kentucky. The powers that be in Paducah came up with the extraordinary idea of inviting artists to relocate to their small city, and offered many incentives, including incentives on buying and renting property. The result, from all I hear, is a lively, evolving arts community.

Last year I was in Carbondale, Illinois, for a conference at the Univ. of Illinois. Paducah is not more than 40 miles away, and although I didn't drive down to Paducah, I heard a great deal about it. And I personally enjoyed the friendliness, and beauty, of that part of the country.

http://paducaharts.com/about.php