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Where the artists are
Elizabeth Ward has a really excellent piece in the Pinkline Project about that one building on 9th and G where all the cool artists live.
And the parties are great... what these eyes have seen there... read it here.
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Mather has 12 artist live/work units out of 50. No performing artists need apply. Income qualification: 50 to 80 percent of AMI, about $50,000 -- $80,000 per annum. Few DC artists earn that much.
Artists are not the only ones who need affordable housing, and singling them out for special treatment simply reinforces the public perception of artists as privileged elitists. Developers would rather house artists than the involuntary poor,as this adds an artsy cachet; letting them make this substitution is not good public policy.
Artists are certainly among the thousands of DC area residents who need affordable housing, but they need arts work space more -- studios and rehearsal space. An artist without a studio is a former artist. A meaningful public arts policy would recognize this.
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