--- title: Artist Studios type: taxonomy_archive taxonomy: topic slug: artist-studios term_id: 700 permalink: "https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/topic/artist-studios/" post_count: 9 --- # Artist Studios Posts in this archive: 9 - [The World’s Emptying Villages: Could Creative Cities Hold the Key?](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/the-worlds-emptying-villages-could-creative-cities-hold-the-key.md) — Walk through rural Japan and you will find many abandoned homes: doors left ajar, gardens overgrown, teacups still on shelves. Japan now has approximately 9 million of these empty properties - known as akiya - double the number from thirty years ago, as younger generations leave for cities and never return.  In Italy, more than 70 towns have introduced schemes selling abandoned houses for as little as one euro - not as a real estate bargain, but as a last attempt to save entire communities from extinction . Across Europe, rural depopulation is steadily hollowing out villages, emptying buildings and slowly eroding centuries of cultural heritage.  Meanwhile, in those same years, cities have been filling up. Rents have exploded. Creative communities that built the cultural identity of neighbourhoods in Amsterdam, Berlin and Seoul have been pushed to the margins — priced out, squeezed out, worn out. Two-thirds of all global population growth between now and 2050 is projected to occur in cities . The pressure will only intensify.   We have been treating these as two separate problems. They are one. - [Healing Arts Chicago: Embedding creativity in community health ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/healing-arts-chicago.md) — Through cross-sector partnership between city culture, health and labour departments, Healing Arts Chicago has trained local artists as certified Community Health Workers through training at City Colleges of Chicago and through apprenticeships. - [How Taipei is reviving a heritage settlement with co-habitation between artists and residents](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/taipei-co-habitation-between-artists-and-residents.md) — Treasure Hill, once a self-built military settlement in Taipei, has been transformed into a model of living preservation through the Artists & Residents Co-Habitation policy. Since 2010, the site has blended historic housing, low-rent residences, and an artist village to foster community care and creative exchange. New residents apply through community-based proposals, contributing to education, arts, and stewardship. The model preserves cultural identity while building a sustainable, intergenerational community rooted in collaboration. - [START Box Tokyo’s creative affordable workspaces](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/tokyo-start-box.md) — Land prices in Tokyo surged post-Covid which led to increased rents for artist studios and gallery spaces. So in 2023, Tokyo launched START Box, a project to let out vacant spaces – owned by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture and other partners – as creative workspaces at affordable rates to local artists. By the end of 2024, 45 artists used the spaces to create, collaborate and display their work. - [Foto Wien: Strengthening Vienna’s cultural infrastructure ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/vienna-foto-arsenal-wien.md) — Foto Arsenal Wien is a publicly funded institution dedicated to contemporary photography and lens-based media. Following a EUR 3 million renovation of a historic building in the Arsenal complex, it offers exhibitions, workshops, and education programmes for all ages. With state-of-the-art facilities and up to 12 shows annually, it has quickly become a cornerstone of Vienna’s cultural infrastructure and a leading venue for photographic innovation and public engagement. - [Cultural Infrastructure: Establishing a dedicated Pavilion of Dance in Warsaw ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/warsaw-pavilion-of-dance.md) — Responding to a long-standing gap in infrastructure, the City of Warsaw is establishing the Pavilion of Dance and Other Performing Arts – a dedicated venue for contemporary dance and performance. Housed in the repurposed Pavilion on the Vistula – a former temporary Museum of Modern Art space – the initiative was shaped through deep consultation with the dance community and participatory architectural design. Set to launch a one-year pilot in 2025, the Pavilion marks a milestone in Warsaw’s cultural development, fostering visibility, creation, and connection for the performing arts. - [Cultural Infrastructure: Warsaw’s award-winning new Museum of Modern Art ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/warsaw-museum-of-modern-art.md) — In October 2024, after nearly 20 years as a nomadic institution, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (MSN Warsaw) opened its first permanent home in the heart of the city, next to the Palace of Culture and Science. Designed by Thomas Phifer, the minimalist, light-filled building offers 4,500m² of exhibition space, a theatre, and public forums. Already drawing international acclaim and thousands of visitors, the museum is revitalising central Warsaw as a cultural hub and cementing the city’s status as a centre for contemporary art. - [Culture for All: Expanding access to culture in Zürich](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/transformation-grants-for-cultural-participation.md) — Launched in 2024, Zürich’s Transformation Grants for Cultural Participation support cultural institutions in removing barriers to access and embedding diversity in their structures. Funded jointly by the City and Canton, the CHF 5 million programme offers phased support, from analysis to implementation, and requires partnerships with civil society organisations to ensure authentic inclusion. By focusing on organisational change rather than artistic output, the initiative aims to create long-term, sustainable cultural spaces that reflect and serve Zürich’s diverse population. - [How NYC Create in Place is protecting cultural space through cross-agency collaboration](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/nyc-create-in-place-cultural-space-support.md) — NYC Create in Place is a cross-agency initiative launched in 2024 to address the affordability crisis threatening the city’s cultural and creative sectors. Led by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the programme supports organisations at risk of losing space or seeking to expand. Through casework, a resource hub, and interagency collaboration, the initiative has reached over 30 organisations, safeguarding and strengthening New York’s creative infrastructure.