New York City Pledges $10 Million to Nonprofit to Build Bronx Studio Space for Artists

Spaceworks, a nonprofit devoted to providing artists with affordable, accessible studio space throughout New York City, has just been promised $10 million from the city to continue its efforts in the Bronx. In its largest-scale project yet, the Brooklyn-based organization is due to renovate 50,000 square feet of future studio space and community art facilities at two Bronx locations.

Paul Parkhill, executive director of Spaceworks, said the Bronx was chosen both due to its lack of affordable workspaces for artists and to help combat the bad rap artists have gotten in the borough of late.