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Organizations are listed in alphabetical order by name.
Art Space Clearinghouse, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts,
URL: www.vlaa.org/index.php?view=Arts-Space
Description: Supports and facilitates the development of affordable work and living spaces for artists. Provides an on-line St. Louis Art Space Data Bank that lists studio and workspace.
ArtHouse, 1360 Mission Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94103,
Email: assistant@arthouseca.org
URL: www.arthouseca.org
Description: Serves as a clearinghouse for information about artists' studio and live/work and cultural facilities. Provides a hotline listing of available space on a 24-hour basis. Telephone 415-552-2183
Artist Relocation Program, 605 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001,
Email: info@paducahalliance.org
URL: www.paducahalliance.org/artist_relocation_program.php
Description: Provides economic and business incentives to artists who wish to relocate to Paducah, Kentucky.
Artspace, 230 S. 500 West, Suite 235, Salt Lake City, UT 84101,
Email: jessica@artspaceutah.org
URL: www.artspaceutah.org
Description: An arts and community-building nonprofit organization that creates affordable housing and workspaces.
Artspace Projects, Inc., 250 Third Avenue North, Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN 55401,
Email: info@artspaceusa.org
URL: www.artspaceusa.org
Description: Assists artists in finding or developing affordable studio and performance space in vacant and underutilized buildings.
City of Seattle Office of Housing, P.O. Box 94725, Seattle, WA 98124-4725,
Email: seattle.housing@seattle.gov
URL: www.ci.seattle.wa.us/housing
Description: Sponsors artist live/work space projects.
Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit, MI 48208,
Email: info@thecaid.org
URL: www.thecaid.org
Description: Administrates the Whitdell Apartment project, the first affordable housing development in Detroit specifically designed for artists.
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Center, 323 West 39th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018,
Email: studio@efal.org
URL: www.efanyc.org/
Description: Provides subsidized workspace for visual artists in Manhattan.
Fort Point Arts Community, Inc., 300 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210,
Email: info@fortpointarts.org
URL: www.fortpointarts.org
Description: An advocacy organization that helps Boston area artists obtain studio space.
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, 830 North Tejon Street, Suite 120, Colorado Springs, CO 80903,
Email: sharpeartfdn@qwest.net
URL: www.sharpeartfdn.org
Description: Provides free studio space in New York City to visual artists. Artists living throughout the U.S.A. are eligible to apply for work space.
PS1 Art Center Studio Program, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101,
URL: www.ps1.org
Description: An international studio program that provides visual artists with free, nonliving studio space for one year at the P.S. 1 Museum in Long Island City, New York, and The Clocktower Gallery in Manhattan.


Artscape, 171 East Liberty Street, suite 224, Toronto, Ontario M6K 3P6, Canada,
Email: info@torontoartscape.on.ca
URL: www.torontoartscape.on.ca
Description: Devises practical solutions for securing and maintaining space for artists to live and work in Toronto.


Publications are listed in alphabetical order by title.
Title: 100 Best Small Art Towns in America (The): Where to Discover Creative Communities, Fresh Air, and Affordable Housing
Author/Editor: John Villani
Description: Revised edition. An annotated list of communities that are particularly artist-friendly.
Publisher: Countryman Press
Publication Date: 2005
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Title: Art Studio-Loft Manual (The). For Ambitious Artists and Creators
Author/Editor: Eric Rudd
Description: Provides practical solutions to help creative people find, secure, fix-up and finance great studio space.
Publisher: CIRE Corporation
Publication Date: 2001
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Title: Artist's Assets
Description: revised edition. A resource guide for artists in Washington State. Includes information about housing/work space opportunities.
Publisher: Artist Trust
Publication Date: 2005
Publisher's Address: Artist Trust, 1835 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122,
Email: info@artisttrust.org
URL: www.artisttrust.org
Title: Creating Space. A Real Estate Development Guide for Artists
Author/Editor: Cheryl Kartes
Description: Shows artists how they can develop their own spaces for living and working. Also provides information on financing strategies, legal structures, design issues, and management.
Publisher: American Council for the Arts in conjunction with Artspace Projects, Inc. and the Bay Area Partnership
Publication Date: 1993
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Title: Housing the Arts Collective
Description: A workbook on financing and developing space as a group.
Publisher: ArtHouse
Publication Date: 2000
Publisher's Address: ArtHouse, 1360 Mission Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94103,
Email: assist@arthouse.org
URL: www.arthouseca.org/publicat.html


Web Sites are listed in alphabetical order by title.
Title: ArtHome
Description: An organization that helps artists build assets and equity through financial literacy and home-ownership.
Email: info@arthomeonline.org
URL: www.arthomeonline.org
Title: Artist Space Clearinghouse
Description: Sponsored by the city of Portland, Oregon. For artists looking for space and property owners seeking to rent space to artists.
URL: www.portlandmaine.gov/planning/creativeeconomyclearinghouse.asp
Title: Artspacefinder
Description: Lists artists spaces available for rent or purchase in Massachusetts and the Boston Metro area. Sponsored by Artistlink.
URL: www.artistlink.org/?q=artspacefinder
Title: Guide to Leasing Studio Space
Description: Sponsored by the St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts. Prepared by Sue Greenberg and updated by Céline Bondard, revised 2004.
URL: www.vlaa.org/index.php?view=Publications
Title: Live/Work Institute
Description: Advocates, encourges and assists in the development of live/work housing and communities. Provides information about planning and building codes, and examples of live/work projects.
Email: td.arch@live-work.com
URL: www.live-work.com/lwi
Title: Square Feet Chicago: An Artist’s Guide to Buying and Renting Space
Description: An online manual published by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
URL: www.chicagoartistsresource.org/node/8689
Title: Square Feet. The Artist’s Guide to Renting & Buying Work Space
Description: By Jennifer Ginder with Carol-Ann Ryan. Answers many questions about locating, renting and buying space relevant to Canadian artists. Sponsored by Toronto Artscape.
URL: www.torontoartscape.on.ca/community/space-related-resources/square-feet
Title: Warehouse Studio Health & Safety
Description: Addresses health and safety risks of artists living and/or working in warehouses and suggests workable solutions. Sponsored by CARFAC Ontario
URL: www.carfacontario.ca/~carfacon/health_and_safety