Links
Artists Urban Village, people joining in shaping their future and caring for their community, is not a new idea.
In fact it's rapidly becoming world wide: growing communities of like-minded people building new ways to live affordably in a residences of their own design.
This, of course, takes great commitment and much work.
These links may give you more information on what's being done, what's possible, and inspiration for your own future.
SpaceFinder Alberta
SpaceFinder links organizations that have space to rent with those who need space similar to many online apps in the sharing economy. The goal is to help organizations working in the arts, community, volunteer, small business, and non-profit sectors efficiently and effectively find suitable users for their space.
Arts Habitat Association Of Edmonton
www.artshab.com
cultural-creative space models (and living in them)
http://www.creativecity.ca/se-newsletters/special-edition-5/4-5-e.html
http://www.creativeideasforyou.com/commune_land.html
http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/resources/rescollaboration/leesimmonscollaboration.php
Co-op living
http://www.spatialagency.net/database/viennese.cooperative.garden.city.movement
http://www.artandeducation.net/papers/view/3
http://www.cascoprojects.org/gdr/category/centre-for-cooperative-living/
http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2010/07/29/how-a-community-based-co-op-economy-might-work/
http://www.planetfriendly.net/community.html
http://www.energybulletin.net/node/53652
Like-minded adventurers
http://beaverhallcoop.blogspot.com/
http://tilsner.net/news/29.shtml
http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=77570
http://arcadiatoronto.com/
http://www.artisttrust.org/node/2516
http://www.nwacartists.com/index.htm
http://www.36limestreet.co.uk/pages/main_pages/about_us_2b.shtml
http://gapersblock.com/ac/2008/03/03/a-living-space-with-art/
http://imaginarycommune.wordpress.com/
http://www.greenestreetartists.org/
http://www.1448.org/about/ahi.php
http://sealightarts.com/
http://www.myspace.com/northern_warehouse
http://www.frogtownlofts.com/
http://www.themammoth.org/about.html
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910929&slug=1308312
http://www.sunward.org/sunhouse/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/apr/12/artists-collectives-squats
http://www.seemagazine.com/article/city-life/city/co-op-down-river/
http://community.livejournal.com/o_s_c_a
http://www.hippy.com/havens.htm
http://www.ottawa.ca/city_services/planningzoning/2020/arts/2_6_3_en.shtml
In fact it's rapidly becoming world wide: growing communities of like-minded people building new ways to live affordably in a residences of their own design.
This, of course, takes great commitment and much work.
These links may give you more information on what's being done, what's possible, and inspiration for your own future.
SpaceFinder Alberta
SpaceFinder links organizations that have space to rent with those who need space similar to many online apps in the sharing economy. The goal is to help organizations working in the arts, community, volunteer, small business, and non-profit sectors efficiently and effectively find suitable users for their space.
Arts Habitat Association Of Edmonton
www.artshab.com
cultural-creative space models (and living in them)
http://www.creativecity.ca/se-newsletters/special-edition-5/4-5-e.html
http://www.creativeideasforyou.com/commune_land.html
http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/resources/rescollaboration/leesimmonscollaboration.php
Co-op living
http://www.spatialagency.net/database/viennese.cooperative.garden.city.movement
http://www.artandeducation.net/papers/view/3
http://www.cascoprojects.org/gdr/category/centre-for-cooperative-living/
http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2010/07/29/how-a-community-based-co-op-economy-might-work/
http://www.planetfriendly.net/community.html
http://www.energybulletin.net/node/53652
Like-minded adventurers
http://beaverhallcoop.blogspot.com/
http://tilsner.net/news/29.shtml
http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=77570
http://arcadiatoronto.com/
http://www.artisttrust.org/node/2516
http://www.nwacartists.com/index.htm
http://www.36limestreet.co.uk/pages/main_pages/about_us_2b.shtml
http://gapersblock.com/ac/2008/03/03/a-living-space-with-art/
http://imaginarycommune.wordpress.com/
http://www.greenestreetartists.org/
http://www.1448.org/about/ahi.php
http://sealightarts.com/
http://www.myspace.com/northern_warehouse
http://www.frogtownlofts.com/
http://www.themammoth.org/about.html
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910929&slug=1308312
http://www.sunward.org/sunhouse/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/apr/12/artists-collectives-squats
http://www.seemagazine.com/article/city-life/city/co-op-down-river/
http://community.livejournal.com/o_s_c_a
http://www.hippy.com/havens.htm
http://www.ottawa.ca/city_services/planningzoning/2020/arts/2_6_3_en.shtml