This is a list of places we’ve researched to understand what works in these operations that support artists in a sustainable way.

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ABC no Rio, New York - http://www.abcnorio.org 

“ABC No Rio is a collectively-run center for art and activism. We are known internationally as a venue for oppositional culture. ABC No Rio was founded in 1980 by artists committed to political and social engagement and we retain these values to the present. We seek to facilitate cross-pollination between artists and activists. ABC No Rio is a place where people share resources and ideas to impact society, culture, and community. We believe that art and activism should be for everyone, not just the professionals, experts, and cognoscenti. Our dream is a cadres of actively aware artists and artfully aware activists.”

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Flux Factory, Long Island - https://www.fluxfactory.org 

“Flux Factory’s Mission is to support emerging artists through Artist-in-Residencies and Exhibitions, education and collaborative opportunities. Flux is an artist-led space that builds sustainable communities and retains creative vitality in NYC. Flux’s home in Long Island City is a creative hive that incubates experimentation with collaborative processes. Flux hosts over 75 annual multidisciplinary events; all are free to the public while all participating artists are compensated. Each year Flux selects 40 Artists-in-Residence to develop their creative practices by offering affordable studios, shared workspaces (such as a print shop, wood shop, and technical office), a solo exhibition, as well as professional development opportunities. Flux commissions 100 multidisciplinary artworks annually through open calls with 4 annual Group Exhibitions.”

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Gangeviertel, Hamburg - https://das-gaengeviertel.info 

Collections of buildings for “new things to emerge” including concerts, parties and readings or discussed urban development. 

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Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (visited) - https://nieuweinstituut.nl/en 

The New Institute makes museum presentation space available to creators, who arrange the set-up, take care of attracting visitors and carry the costs of presentation.

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OT 301, Amsterdam (visited) - https://www.ot301.nl 

“The OT301 has been squatted (1999) and bought (2006) by a diverse, international community that is united in an association called EHBK. We run this alternative, not-for-profit platform as a collective, in which housing, workspaces and public functions are combined to contribute to the arts, politics and subculture.”

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Plantage Dok, Amsterdam - https://plantagedok.nl 

“The Plantage Dok is very much a collective project. It is a building that is run by the people who work there along lines of cooperation and equality. Everybody involved share the responsibility and are encouraged to bring forth their own initiatives. These days some 30 people are present in the building. They are concerned in many fields of activity. There are architects, visual artists, actors, political activists, crafts people, musicians and designers. The (semi) public facilities of the building are a large hall The Dokzaal, a café and gallery space The Dokhuis Gallery and an artist in residence The Dokhuis Guest Studio. The Dokzaal is a communal space for activities inside the building and is also used by outside organizations for various cultural activities. The café/gallery is used for exhibitions and performances.”

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Pilar, Brussels (visited) - https://pilar.brussels/en 

“Pilar is a multi-faceted, open laboratory. It is an exhibition area for art by young, innovative creators and established figures, cross-fertilised with the ground-breaking knowledge of scientists. With its artistic offer, Pilar is looking for links between different artistic and scientific disciplines, the content fuelled by social impulses, a unique offer that challenges, stimulates and imagines. Pilar is targeted at adventurous art and culture lovers who dare to surrender to experience. Pilar is a creative space for budding artistic talents, an incubator that stimulates experimentation, failure, creation and development. Within this space, Pilar offers promising creators a support framework, so that innovators under the radar are given an opportunity to grow. Pilar is an intermediate space where future thinkers and doers can creatively rebel.”

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Progr, Bern - https://www.progr.ch/en 

The PROGR is an artistic center and cultural hub. More than 150 artists from every discipline work in this studio, from graphic designers to choreographers and filmmakers.

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Reitschule, Bern - http://www.reitschule.ch/reitschule 

The Cultural Center Riding School offers events that range from concerts to film and theatre screenings, performances, exhibitions and literary readings.

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Roodkapje, Rotterdam - https://roodkapje.org 

“Roodkapje has grown into a multidisciplinary platform for presentation and talent support for young artists, musicians, performers and programmers. Roodkapje is multi-voiced, energetic and supportive and offers a space to explore, experiment and execute. The cultural program happens in every nook and cranny and from noon till the early morning hours. We believe a hamburger can be art and celebrate both the low- and the high brow. We travel beyond existing art forms and break through boundaries and binaries.”

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Rote Fabrik, Zurich - https://rotefabrik.ch 

The Red Factory provides membership, an incubator, a theater, writing workshops, artist support, and programming as a cultural hub for its community.

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Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn

“Vaudeville Park showcases unique and affordable community arts programming. We strive to provide local artists with opportunities to hone their craft and present their work in a venue that is accessible, welcoming and professional. Over two-and-a-half years of presenting diverse programming, Vaudeville Park has stimulated positive dialogues in the local arts community and fostered an open-minded environment in which to display bold new art. Now, as a New York Foundation for the Arts-sponsored non-profit, Vaudeville Park is committed to continue offering all-ages community workshops and uniquely powerful multimedia arts programming.”

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WORM, Rotterdam (visited) - https://worm.org 

“WORM is the ultimate test environment for alternative art production, experimental ways of living and non-academic knowledge development. We are a network organisation at the intersection of (popular) culture and (performing) arts, fueled by an abiding interest in all the inspiring, beautiful, urgent, vital, raw, unruly and / or crazy shit that our fellow human beings come up with. We do not see the chaos that comes with it as a problem; rather we use it as energy for action.”

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