Artist housing...
from the Cultural Development CorporationArtist Housing Scoop
Thanks for expressing interest in CuDC’s upcoming artist housing opportunities. To keep you in the loop, this monthly update provides project status reports, lists any “to do” items and shares other opportunities. Please feel free to contact us if you have questions.
Project Update
• Douglas Street Work/Live Condominiums – Applications will be accepted beginning MONDAY
Make your dream of home ownership come true. CuDC will begin accepting applications for purchase of the 41 work/live condominium units at 2414 Douglas Street NE, WDC 20018 on June 4, 2007 at 9 am. Applications and instructions are available to download at http://www.culturaldc.org/projects/projects_in_development.html.
Applications will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Applications may be hand-delivered or mailed. If you mail your application and it is received prior to June 1st, you will be asked to resubmit your application. If a mailed application is received on June 1st or 2nd, we will consider it to have been received with the mail on June 4th. Mail is typically delivered to CuDC at 3:30 pm; all applications received in the mail will be date and time stamped at that point. We will accept applications until August 9, 2007 at 5 pm. If you have questions, call 202.315.1324 or e-mail housing@culturaldc.org.
Please Note: CuDC’s office is located in a residential building. Please respect our neighbors and do not “camp” outside the building prior to June 4th. For delivery after June 4th, CuDC’s office is open 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday and Saturday 12 – 6 pm.
• Dance Place Arts and Housing Project. CuDC is excited to announce our role as a consultant to Artspace Projects (a national, nonprofit organization) and Dance Place for their development of a new mixed-use arts center in the Brookland neighborhood. CuDC will provide a local arts “voice” and expertise to the project. We need you to help get this project going, please take 10 minutes of your time to complete their online survey, available at www.ArtspaceWashDC.org . This survey will assist in the development of affordable new space where artists may live and work, and a new home for Dance Place in the Catholic University/Brookland area of Northeast DC. Responses will help determine interest in a potential arts community, design the facility, and assess housing and workspace needs. If you have questions please contact us at housing@culturaldc.org or 202.315.1324.
Have you checked out our website? Find eligibility requirements, projects under development and completed projects at http://www.culturaldc.org/projects/artist_housing.html.
Other Opportunities
New Space Roundtable. Join CuDC and invited area experts – Amy Cavanaugh, Associate Director of ARCH for Arts and Culture, ARCH Development Corp. and Patrick Stewart, Executive Director, Atlas Performing Arts Center – for a roundtable discussion on the role location plays in the facility planning process. Following a tour of the new Honfleur Gallery, we will address how to prioritize the factors involved in making a location choice and how to mitigate audience challenges before, during and after. What factors should you consider? How do you balance the needs of your organization with the wants of your audience? What’s the best way to prepare your current audience for the move – and how do you develop a new audience in your new neighborhood? Bring your legends, lessons learned & questions to share with fellow arts administrators. Refreshments will be served. The Roundtable will be held at the Honfleur Gallery 1241 Good Hope Road, SE Washington, DC 20020 on Wednesday, June 6, 2007, 9:30 – 11:30 am. To register, visit www.flashpointdc.org or email redcircle@flashpointdc.org by 6:00 pm on Monday, June 4, 2007. Red Circle Members are free, non-members are $40.