Tag Archives: Cultural Arts Division
City exploring solutions for creative spaces crisis
The city is looking at a variety of strategies for assisting creative businesses and nonprofit organizations that are increasingly being priced out of theaters and other spaces due to Austin’s fast-rising cost of living. At its Thursday meeting, City Council…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 16, 2018
City looks to retain arts and culture amid growth
A pair of reports from the Cultural Arts Division of the Economic Development Department give city leaders perhaps the clearest road map yet for how to preserve and create artistic and cultural clusters that many worry are threatened by rapid…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 13, 2018
After a successful first year, the Art Space Assistance Program will not continue
The Art Space Assistance Program that is aimed at assisting creative-focused nonprofits facing permanent displacement, those previously displaced, or those facing lease renewals at substantially higher rates did not receive funding from City Council for 2018. Council approved $200,000 of…
Music & Entertainment • By Jessi Devenyns • Sep 21, 2017
Flexibility, affordability top CodeNEXT concerns for creatives
Ambitions for flexible arts spaces, affordable living options and improved transit options are some of the common themes among artists and their supporters considering how they want CodeNEXT to reshape the city’s growth. Those viewpoints were among the dozens offered…
Land Development Code • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 30, 2017
As rents push artists out, city seeks alternative space in houses of worship
In recent years, Austin’s creative community has been feeling the brunt of the city’s affordability crisis. As rents continue to rise, many artists have moved away, and studios and galleries have closed their doors. Now, the city is looking to…
