Space for Change Planning and Pre-Development Grantees
Through the Space for Change program, LINC, in partnership with the Ford Foundation, will resource these twelve grantees with a robust suite of support including direct funding up to $100,000; technical assistance and access to field expertise from several related sectors including non-profit arts management, real estate development, and finance; access to and participation in timely research to help make the case for the impact cultural facilities can have on local economies; as well as a range of opportunities for peer learning and participation in a national network of artist space practitioners and stakeholders. To learn more about these outstanding organizations and their visions for exemplary art spaces, see below.
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651 Arts
Brooklyn, NY
651 Arts is preparing for a new home when its current lease with BAM expires in 2014—allowing the organization to be more nimble in its long-standing support of performing artists creating new work.
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Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education is commissioning a programming study of the 400 seat performing arts venue in its South Bronx location.
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City of Asylum/Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
City of Asylum/Pittsburgh is transforming a once rundown nuisance bar into a dynamic literary center that can serve as a cultural anchor and community hub.
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The Columbia Film Society / Nickelodeon Theatre
Columbia, SC
The Columbia Film Society is developing plans for the renovation and restoration of a classic 1930’s movie palace, The Fox, the last of its kind in downtown Columbia, SC.
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Dance Place
Washington D.C.
Dance Place, known as the "hub of dance activity in Washington, DC," is planning the expansion of its longtime home to better meet the needs of its artists and audiences.
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The Heidelberg Project
Detroit, MI
The Heidelberg Project is planning the expansion of its Cultural Village, a public art project that began in the 1980’s as an effort to clean up vacant lots and abandoned buildings on Detroit’s East Side.
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The Heritage Center
Pine Ridge, SD
The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School is in a planning process to renovate its historic building to better support its extraordinary collection of Native American art.
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Intersection for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
Intersection for the Arts is moving from the Mission district, where it has been since 1986, to the Chronicle Building, where it will bring innovative programming to an urban campus of organizations working in the both the arts and social enterprise.
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Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
San Pablo, CA
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center of San Pablo is planning a move from its modest storefront location to a larger facility that will feel like a zócalo or community plaza where they will offer art, music, dance and cultural programs.
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Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
San Jose, CA
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, a contemporary arts organization grounded in the Chicano/Latino experience, is preparing to convert the entire building it now partially occupies into a permanent home, a plan supported by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Jose.
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Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Detroit, MI
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is developing plans to transform its vacant outdoor space into an inviting landscape for both public artwork and community engagement.
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Northwoods NiiJii Enterprise Community, Inc.
Lac du Flambeau, WI
Northwoods NiiJii Enterprise Community, Inc. is working to coalesce three existing Lac du Flambeau cultural facilities into a more unified arts and culture campus that can spur local economic development while sustaining indigenous cultural practices.
