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WALTER BAKER LOFTS 
Artist live/work units are available for rent now at Walter Baker Lofts in the Lower Mills neighborhood of Dorchester. For more information, visit HallKeen.
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live/work space for sale or rent
KEEN STUDIOS ETC, a Boston based nonprofit developer has renovated a former schoolhouse in Chelsea to create 23 mixed income loft-style condominiums for artists. Some units are also available for rent.
Keen Studios units offer open plan loft-style living with high ceilings and large windows. Unit sizes range from 969 to 1,208 square feet and are priced from $120,000 to $279,000. For more information, visit www.keenlofts.com.
For more information about ETC go to their website.
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work-only space for rent
HYDE PARK
ARTS CENTER 
100-300sf artist work-only studios $1.12/sf, 3 spaces left
For more information, visit
| | City of Boston Homebuying Assistance The City of Boston's HOME Center offers information about a range of programs and services to help you buy your first home, fix your credit, manage your property and prevent foreclosure. The next First Time Homebuyer Class schedule will be announced in mid-September. The next Meet the Lenders event will be held at Roslindale Branch Library on Wenesday, September 10, 2008 from 5PM to 7PM. For additional dates, to get on the Boston HOME Center Mailing List or to find out more about what they offer, v isit the Boston Home Center. | | Quick Links... state agency resources for artists | | To sign up for updates from=2 0other City programs, including Arts and the City (from Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events) and the Boston Bikes newsletter, visit www.cityofboston.gov/subscribe/
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| 20 Dear artists:
We'd like to get feedback from YOU about your needs for artist workspace, live/work space, and community arts space. You can influence the creation of permanent space for artist uses in Boston by participating in a focus group. See schedule of groups below. More groups will be announced in early 2009. | | | ARTIST SPACE FOCUS GROUPS
Please help us better guide development of space for artists in Boston. A series of 75-minute focus groups will be held starting in fall 2008 to solicit information about the needs of different artists for space. Please join one if you can. Call ahead to RSVP and indicate if you need childcare: (617) 918-4306.
October 6, 2008, 7PM: Artists who would like to develop work-only studio space with other artists are asked to join this discussion to encourage collaborative projects.
October 20, 2008, 7PM: Artist households with children (who are also welcome at the other focus groups) are invited to provide feedback about your particular space needs. November 3, 2008, 7PM: Musicians needing space are asked to tell us about the kind of space you are looking for in Boston.
If the date or time listed is not workable for you, please send an email to Heidi Burbidge indicating your interest and scheduling preferences. More groups/additional topics will be scheduled in 2009.
The BRA is also holding focus groups to gather citizen input to help improve the BRA's general website. If you can participate, please send and email to Kristin Phelan.
| Joe Wheelwright studio, Dorchester & nbsp; BOSTON OPEN STUDIOS SEASON BEGINS If you are an artist and would like to participate by showing and selling your work during an Open Studios weekend, contact the neighborhood group at the websites listed below. United South End Artists September 20 + 21 It is not too late to sign up to be a participating artist. Volunteers are also needed for logistics and set-up. Jamaica Plain Artists September 27 + 28 220 artists at 70 sites. Registration is closed. Volunteer opportunities available. Check out a wealth of information for artists on their website. Roxbury Open Studios (including Mission Hill) October 4 + 5 Final deadline to participate is September 13th. Planning meetings are ongoing: Sept. 3rd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th at 6PM at Hibernian Hall, 184 Roxbury Street. East Boston Artist Group October 11 + 12 Fort Point Arts Community October 17, 18 + 19 Fort Point Artists only to exhibit Anyone can volunteer Dorchester Open Studios October 25 + 26 Registration deadline to be included in the marketing materials has passed but it is not too late to sign up to be a participating artist. Fenway Studios Roslindale Open Studios November 8 + 9 Allston Arts District November 8 + 9 Hyde Park Open Studios December 6 + 7 If your neighborhood is not listed, or if you have other questions about Boston Open Studios, please contact John Crowley in the Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events at (617) 635-2368 or email johncrowley@cityofboston.gov | | Survey of Artists / Artist Foundation events Later this year the BRA Artist Space Initiative will be conducting a survey about Artist Space needs in Boston. We will be relying on your feedback and participation. In the meantime, if you are a Massachusetts artist, please make sure you STAND UP AND BE COUNTED by responding to the Artist Foundation's o n-line tool to better determine how many artists of all disciplines are living and creating in Massachusetts. You answers will help the AF and others to better advocate for artists. Help spread the word to all MA artists: musicians, writers, dancers, filmmakers, etc. Other information from the Artists Foundation: Mark your calendar for two free state-wide events in November: The Second Annual Artists Under the Dome Event Thursday, November 13, 2008 Site: Massachusetts State House's Great Hall A free event for Massachusetts artists working in all disciplines. The Second Annual Artists Leadership & Entrepreneurship Conference Saturday and Sunday, November 8 and 9, 2008 Site: Boston Public Library More info: The Artist Foundation regularly email notices to artists about opportunities of all kinds. To register or to post an opportunity for others, visit their website: | | | Thanks for reading our updates. Boston Redevelopment Authority Artist Space Initiative (617) 918-4306 | | |
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