Artspace Immersion: Memphis


An 18-month cohort program designed to build local capacity for creating and maintaining affordable space for arts, cultural, and creative pursuits in Shelby County.

ARTSPACE IMMERSION: MEMPHIS 

Artspace Immersion is an 18-month cohort program designed to build local capacity for creating and maintaining affordable space for arts, cultural, and creative pursuits. The program meets regularly, bringing together arts and cultural organizations in various stages of facility and real estate planning.

Cohort participants will build skills, strengthen networks, and receive technical assistance to advance their space-related initiative. The program immerses participants in Artspace’s mission-driven, artist-led process and connects them with other local experts in the field. Artspace draws upon its three decades of experience developing, operating, and consulting on affordable arts facility projects across the country as it assists cohort participants.

 IMMERSION CURRICULUM INCLUDES

  • Workshops that feature presentations from experts in the field, collaboration with other cohort participants, and small group discussions. 
  • Individualized technical assistance consulting from the Artspace. 
  • Mentorship throughout the duration of the program. 
  • Access to templates and documents created by Artspace. 
  • An all-expenses paid round trip to Artspace headquarters in Minneapolis to meet real estate experts on Artspace staff, tour Artspace commercial buildings, and share experiences and knowledge with the Artspace Immersion: Twin Cities cohort.
  • A $5,000 planning stipend per organization to advance their project goals, provided at the conclusion of the program.

 EXAMPLE TOPICS 

  • Project Management 
  • Board Development
  • Concept Refinement 
  • Budgeting for Space 
  • Site Assessment 
  • Financing and Loans 
  • Fundraising Strategy 
  • Marketing and Communication 
  • Navigating City Resources 

[In our planning process] it was always a lot of energy and a lot of hope, but not a lot of direction. We just didn’t have it all together and didn’t have a path to follow. And then we started going to the sessions…this Immersion program was the answer that we were looking for

– Participant, Artspace Immersion: Twin Cities


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HEAR FROM THE ARTSPACE IMMERSION TWIN CITIES COHORT

Listen to leadership from Elements Boxing Gym and the St. Paul Ballet share how their unorthodox collaboration and cooperative space solution was advanced through participation in Artspace Immersion: Twin Cities.


Artspace Immersion is made possible by The Kresge Foundation.