Art Space

July 9th, 2007

This week the staff of Real Life Community Church went to Salt Lake City Utah for a retreat. It was a much needed break from the busy pace of day to day operations. We got a lot of planning done and were able share some quality time together. On friday afternoon we visited a non-profit organization called Art Space.

Art Space is a non-profit organization that provides living, studio, and gallery space for artists in the Salt Lake area. This a very cool organization. By building new buildings and remodeling old buildings in a older part of town they have brought awareness and revitalization to that part of town.

Because their organization is for artists they draw patrons of the arts to that part of town, which in turn brings more interest and money. With the artists living in Art Space buildings they can continue to afford to live/work there even though property values are rising because of their artistic influence in the community.

It was very exciting to view the Art Space operation and see what can be done to a forgotten part of town. After our tour the Real Life staff discussed how we could use some of this new knowledge to encourage art and revitalization in Nampa. It will be a slow process and won’t change overnight but we want to open a gallery for local artists. A place where artists can show their work free of charge and hopefully sell some. Right now we don’t know exactly how this will look or where we will do it but our initial thought is in our office building.

Sound off in the comments and let me know what you think. Is this something that Nampa needs? Are there enough artists to support something like this?

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