Selected artist space resources.
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National Links
National Spacefinder, Chicago Artists Resource
A national database of artists spaces offers.
Selected NYFA Space Request
Dance and Theatre Venues, Housing Information and Subsidies, Space Awards.
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Massachusetts Links
Artisan Asylum
A non-profit community craft studio promoting teaching, learning and the practice of all crafts. Affordable daytime space and equipment rental to local professional artists and businesspeople interested in having access to industrial-grade manufacturing equipment.
ArtistLink
ArtistLink is a collaborative effort to create a stable environment for Massachusetts artists as they seek workspace and housing.
APE Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd.
Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd. exists to support contemporary artists working in all disciplines, by preserving and supporting the spaces in which they create, perform and exhibit their work.
CAI Contemporary Arts International, Acton
CAI promotes the creation of 3D and Multi-disciplinary Art with Artist Residency and Facility Sharing Programs designed to encourage and assist artists to realize new projects and ideas.
CHAPA Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association
CHAPA is a non-profit umbrella organization for affordable housing and community development activities in Massachusetts.
Commonwealth Center for Change
C3 provides space to the community through facilitating donated temporary available space from local building owners.
Eastworks, Easthampton
Eastworks is a 500,000 square foot converted mill located in Easthampton at the foot of the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts.
Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, Concord
Studio residencies are provided for more than 60 artists in 2 former school buildings in historic Concord and neighboring Carlisle, MA.
Joy Street Artists Studios, Somerville
Joy Street Artists Studios, the newest artist building in Somerville, offers 52 non-residential work studios in a variety of sizes and shapes to 60 artists.
Open Square, Holyoke
Open Square is an exciting new 685,000-square-foot mixed-use urban community on 8½ acres in the heart of Holyoke’s Historic Canal District. It offers distinctive, attractively priced space for offices, retail shops, light manufacturing, and artists and artisans, as well as future residential live/work lofts in a prime Western Massachusetts location.
Waltham Mills Artists Association, Waltham
The Waltham Mills Artists Association comprises more than 70 artists working in a wide range of media who occupy studio space in two buildings of the ex-Waltham Cotton and Wool Factory in downtown Waltham, Mass.
Washington Street Art Center, Somerville
The Washington Street Art Center in Somerville provides studio workspace for professional painters photographers and writers and serves as a community center. Founded by a cooperative of local artists the Art Center building houses 10 studios a darkroom a gallery and classroom space.
Western Avenue Studios, Lowell
Since opening day, Western Avenue Studios has become an integral part of the cultural life of the city of Lowell with more than 180 working artists.
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Boston Links
Artist Space Boston
Supporting development and preservation of artist space in Boston. Lists of Live/Work Space and Work-Only Studio Space for rent or for sale.
Brickbottom Artists’ Building
Brickbottom was developed in the mid-eighties by a group of artists looking for affordable studio spaces in the Boston area. They converted an old bread factory into one of the largest buildings of live/work space for artists in the country.
Friends of Fenway Studios
The Friends of Fenway Studios was founded in 1998 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration and preservation of this National Historic Landmark building, and to raising awareness of this cultural treasure, as well as promoting the work of the artists who work in the Fenway Studios.
Ice Cream Factory Lofts
Artist Live/Work Space for Rent.
Mobius Space Rental
Mobius (est. 1977) is a non-profit, artist-run organization, whose mission is to generate, shape and test experimental art. The members of the organization believe an effective strategy for supporting this art is to establish grounds that build relationships among fellow artists.
NEFA Facility Rental
Aloft @ NEFA is a unique space, occupying the entire top floor at 145 Tremont Street in Boston. Connected to NEFA’s main offices one story below by private elevator, Aloft @ NEFA is a prime New England location in downtown Boston.
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Berkshire Links
Art on No, Pittsfield
Art On No is located at 311 North Street, Pittsfield, MA. The 2nd floor has a gallery space and studios for 17 local artists, musicians, and performers. Art On No continues to be the largest group of artists under one roof in downtown Pittsfield.
Eclipse Mill Artist Lofts, North Adams
The Eclipse Mill is an artists’ community consisting of forty (40) artist studio lofts located in a district zoned industrial by the City of North Adams, Massachusetts. The primary use of the lofts must be for active engagement in artistic endeavors, either gainfully or as a vocation. Lofts for sale.
Historic Beaver Mill, North Adams
Situated in a beautiful setting, adjacent to Natural Bridge State Park and one mile from MASS MoCA. Private studio and loft spaces.
MASS MoCA Real Estate, North Adams
MASS MoCA’s beautiful factory campus offers a uniquely creative work environment. 19th-century mill buildings combined with “plug and play” ready telecommunications connectivity and clean, reliable electric supply.
Wellspring House, Ashfield
Wellspring House, located in the hills just east of the Berkshires, is open from April until December. Up to 5 writers and artists at a time are welcome for periods of a week to a month or longer. Residency fee applies. The House includes an extensive library and a meditation room.
