Our mission

Amplifying art in urban spaces.

 
 

Our mission is to build and preserve creative spaces in urban environments that advance entrepreneurship, artistic connections, and empower individuals to self start.

Our work began in NYC in the form of an art gallery and collective space in Williamsburg conceived to foster the careers of emerging artists. We moved East to Bushwick to escape the rising rents and continue to offer free exhibition and performance space as well as resident fellowships in an old industrial building through a partnership with Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc., a creative spaces business.

 

With rents still rising, our movement has continued to move northward to include Newburgh, NY, where we join other creatives who seek affordable places to grow, build and work. Drawn by the history and natural beauty of this Revolutionary era town built high up on the banks of the Hudson River, we hope to expand our mission, spurring transformative arts-based economic development that nurtures and inspires the whole community.

 

Thomas Burr Dodd
Founder

 
The historic “Brooklyn Fireproof Sash and Door Company” building at 101 Richardson Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Circa 1999.

The historic “Brooklyn Fireproof Sash and Door Company” building at 101 Richardson Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Circa 1999.