Creative Capital: Artists in Residence
MAY 6, 2010
A handful of organizations have made history by reaching beyond the scramble of market forces to provide a safe haven for creative residents.
The Westbeth Artists’ Housing community has been a definitive model for subsidized artists’ residences since its birth in 1970 in a Richard Meier-renovated building at 55 Bethune Street in the West Village. Built with private endowments and funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Westbeth community—which recently received National Historic Landmark recognition—was created to provide a home for artists, their families and their studios.
The imposing Midtown towers of Manhattan Plaza—a federally-subsidized Mitchell-Lama residence—were originally intended to offer 70% of their apartments to performing artists.
Another historic artists’ haven has been in the news lately due to its impending fade into the pages of history. The Carnegie Hall Studio Tower has been a home and work space to musicians, painters, sculptors, actors, drama coaches, photographers, architects and arts educators for over 100 years as part of founder Andrew Carnegie’s mandate to nurture a creative community. Plans are underway to evict the remaining studio residents—some who have been living there since the 1950s—to build new educational facilities. The Schermerhorn in Brooklyn provides supportive housing—reserved for members of the entertainment and arts community—with subsidies provided by non-profits like Common Ground and the Actors’ Fund.
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