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Affordable Space. Visionary Spirit. Community Connector. CAST secures and stewards permanent, affordable spaces for artists and cultural workers. 🌐 cast-sf.org

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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There are few people who know the Tenderloin like Del Seymour does 🏙️ In the latest #BreakingGround conversation with @kalwradio.bsky.social, the Code Tenderloin founder reflects on the people, relationships, and everyday acts of care that make the Tenderloin a community.
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“Fall in Love with the Tenderloin”: A Conversation with Del Seymour - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
Del Seymour shares what makes the Tenderloin feel like home, how the neighborhood has evolved, and what he hopes new neighbors will understand about the community.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
As part of our #BreakingGround storytelling series, we’re partnering with @kalwradio.bsky.social to hear directly from the community leaders and storytellers shaping the Mid-Market and Tenderloin communities.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
SCRAP’s journey to a permanent home has been years in the making ✨ Our latest blog post takes you behind the scenes of how the beloved creative reuse center secured its new home in the Bayview, and the role CAST played as a trusted advisor along the way 🤝
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The Ultimate Upcycle: How SCRAP Found Its Forever Home - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
Learn how SCRAP partnered with CAST to navigate the complex path to permanent space, and what other organizations can learn from their journey.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Join us on Sunday, September 27 from 12–5 PM for the Warfield Commons Housewarming & Grand Opening, a free public celebration marking the opening of this new multi-story hub for arts, culture, media, and civic connection at 988 Market Street! Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/warfield-c...
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
oin us on Sunday, September 27 from 12–5 PM for the Warfield Commons Housewarming & Grand Opening, a free public celebration marking the opening of this new multi-story hub for arts, culture, media, and civic connection at 988 Market St! Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/warfield-c...
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Join us on August 12 at Warfield Commons for ULI San Francisco’s Building Creative Infrastructure for Arts & Cultural Spaces panel discussion. With our partners at @kalwradio.bsky.social, we'll explore how this historic Mid-Market building is being transformed.
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ULI San Francisco: Building Creative Infrastructure for Arts & Cultural Spaces | ULI San Francisco
Join ULI SF for an exclusive panel discussion and guided tour of Warfield Commons, exploring how the Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) and KALW Public…
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Thanks to the Denver Business Journal for highlighting our newest Colorado project at 444 17th Street 🌇🎉 We're looking forward to sharing updates as this project takes shape. Read the full story: www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/... #DowntownDenver #CASTColorado #DenverBusinessJournal
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Former downtown bank branch to get new life as microcinema and gallery - Denver Business Journal
A nonprofit navigated a months-long funding process to make the project a reality.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
As Denver continues to invest in its creative future, one thing is clear: artists need more than opportunity, they need permanent, affordable places to create ✨ Thank you to @westword.com for including us in this important conversation about what's next for Denver's arts ecosystem. Read the story ⬇️
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City-funded arts projects have Denver on the rise, but some plans are crashing down
DDA-backed Denver Immersive Repertory Theater has exited the stage before it even got a chance to open.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
CAST has reached a major milestone in Colorado with the Denver Downtown Development Authority's approval of $1.35 million in funding to support the acquisition and transformation of a vacant downtown storefront into a permanent, affordable home for Denver's creative community 🎉
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City of Denver Approves $1.35 Million for CAST’s First Multi-Use Affordable Arts Space in Downtown Denver Near 16th Street Corridor - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
CAST reached a major milestone in its Colorado expansion with the Denver Downtown Development Authority's (DDDA) approval of $1.35 million in funding to support the acquisition and transformation of a...
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A remarkable collection of African art now has a home in Denver 🏔️ Earlier this month, we joined partners and supporters at the Clayton Early Learning to celebrate the opening of the Denver Center for African Art gallery featuring pieces from the collection of Dr. Paul L. Hamilton.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Earlier this month, the CAST team stepped away from our desks and came together for our annual retreat ⭐️ Across two days of conversation and collaboration, we explored themes of affordability, infrastructure, stewardship, and what it means to build cultural spaces.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
SOMA’s arts scene has never been hiding. It’s been thriving in storefronts, studios, community spaces, and artist-led venues across the neighborhood ⭐️ Thank you to @missionlocal.org for spotlighting the artists, organizers, and cultural spaces keeping creativity rooted in SOMA. #SOMASF
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In West SoMa, an arts scene hides in plain sight
In storefronts, SROs and former warehouses, unhoused residents, professional artists and community makers have found space to create art
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
An exhibition by Oglala Lakota artist and poet Arthur Short Bull is now on view at the East Street School in Trinidad, CO. 📍 East Street School, Trinidad, CO 📅 Open through September 30 🎟️ The exhibition is free to view by appointment. Click here for more info ⬇️ #CASTColorado
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Looking for an artist live-work space in southern Colorado? Our East Street School building in Trinidad has three units available for artists seeking an affordable place to live, work, and create 🎨 🔗 Click this link to learn more and schedule a tour ⬇️ #ArtistHousing #TrinidadCO #CASTColorado
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East Street School | 210 East Street - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
For more details about the spaces for lease, contact us below.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Tomorrow, we’re headed to Trinidad, CO for the 2026 Colorado Creative Industries Summit 🏔️ Artists, cultural workers, community leaders, and creative thinkers from across Colorado will come together to share ideas, build connections, and explore what it takes to support thriving creative communities.
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Colorado Creative Industries Summit | Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Do you know an artist whose work explores immigration, arrival, or belonging? @artspansf.bsky.social is accepting applications for "Arrivals: Stories of Welcome and Belonging" — a free public exhibition at San Francisco's historic Ferry Building. 📅 Deadline: May 11, 2026 ✏️ Apply here⬇️
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ArtSpan - ArtSpan Call for Art: Arrivals at the Ferry Building 2026
Arrivals, an Art-In-Neighborhoods Exhibition presented by ArtSpan at the San Francisco Ferry Building. Made possible with support from Hudson Pacific Properties.   This call for art solicits 2D and lo...
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Congratulations to the 2026 Rainin Arts Fellows! 🎉 It’s inspiring to see artists across disciplines recognized for the ways they’re shaping and sustaining the Bay Area’s creative ecosystem. And a big thank you to the @krfoundation.org for their continued commitment to supporting artists!
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
San Francisco Art Fair is approaching, and we’re happy to share that our Director of Operations, Matthew McTire, will be speaking on the panel: 🎤 Professionalizing your Network: Artist Residencies in the Bay 📅 Sunday, April 19, 2026 | 🕓 4:00–5:00 PM 📍 San Francisco Art Fair Theater More info ⬇️
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Professionalizing your Network: Artist Residencies in the Bay - San Francisco Art Fair | April 16–19, 2026
This panel brings together representatives from Bay Area residency programs to discuss how residencies support artists at every stage of their careers — from the application process to professional de...
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We are proud to present Next Episode, a new exhibition by artist Desi Brown at Studio 108 Arts ⭐️ 📅 Opening Reception: April 11, 6–9 PM 🖼️ Gallery Hours: 11 AM-4 PM Tuesday through Sunday 📍 Studio 108 Arts, 901 Englewood Pkwy, Englewood, CO #CASTColorado #EnglewoodArts #ColoradoArtists
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thanks to the @sfchronicle.com for highlighting the complex realities facing cultural real estate in downtown San Francisco 🏙️ The future of the Yerba Buena cultural corridor depends on sustained civic commitment and investment in the arts.
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S.F. has a stunning shuttered museum for sale. Turning it into something new won’t be simple
This downtown San Francisco property carries a restrictive covenant that limits its use, meaning the museum couldn’t be turned into housing.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
CAST is partnering with Cultural Space Agency in Seattle to support the agency’s next chapter of creating affordable, community-rooted cultural space 🌇 Tap the link to read the full press release 📰  #CulturalSpaceAgency #CASTSF #Seattle #SeattleArts
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Cultural Space Agency Launches A New Chapter Through Partnership With San Francisco-based nonprofit Community Arts Stabilization Trust - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
Collaboration with CAST offers national expertise to support CSA’s cultural real estate efforts for Seattle’s creative communities.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Shoutout to @westword.com for the feature on our Colorado work, and on the incredible leadership of our Managing Director of National Programs, Louise Martorano 🙌 Read the full story ⬇️ #CASTColorado #ArtistSpace #CreativeInfrastructure #SupportArtists
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Artists Need Affordable Spaces to Survive In Colorado. This Trust Is Here to Help.
The Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) wants to help artists and cultural workers thrive in an expensive state.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
CAST Colorado on the ground at RiNo ArtPark! 🎨 About a month ago, our #CASTColorado team spent time meeting our newest cohort of artists at RiNo ArtPark. Thank you to the artists and Alto Gallery for welcoming our team!
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Sightline is officially open for programming proposals and rental inquiries! We’re reserving space for subsidized, community-centered events led by artists, nonprofits, and mission-aligned orgs while also welcoming corporate and private event rentals. Have an idea? Head to sightlinesf.com 🌊
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A headline can make it look simple: buy the building, save the space, move on. But anyone who has done this work knows, it’s never just the deal. If you’re curious about what it really takes to hold cultural space for the long term, we invite you to read more. Click here to read the full post 👇
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Beyond the Transaction: The Long Game of Cultural Space - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
As excited as we were to be featured by the New York Times, we felt compelled to expand the narrative and respond to the many questions and comments that followed.
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Kenneth Rainin Foundation @krfoundation.org · 13/02/2026
Our grantees @castsf.bsky.social & Artist Space Trust were featured in the New York Times! We’re proud to support their work to secure affordable space to ensure artists can live & create in the Bay Area. And we’re excited that these models are inspiring cities across the country & around the world.
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Can Artists Help Shape American Cities Again?
Artists have played a vital role in defining the American city only to be forced out when rents rise. A novel approach in San Francisco seeks to break the cycle.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The full CAST team all in one place ✨ Our Colorado teammates are paying a visit to the Bay this week, and it has us reflecting on how much our team has grown! We’re grateful to gather and share about all of the amazing work to come. #CASTSF #CASTColorado #AffordableArtsSpaces #RealEstate
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Thank you to @nytimes.com and @zacharyhsmall.bsky.social for spotlighting how skyrocketing real estate prices have pushed creatives out of the very neighborhoods they helped define, and how innovative models like ours are working to change that. #NewYorkTimes #CASTSF #CreativeLandTrusts #BayAreaArt
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Can Artists Help Shape American Cities Again?
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Our friends at @artspansf.bsky.social just opened a Call for Art for their upcoming exhibition, Cross Section: Members Showcase, hosted at Mission Bowling Club in San Francisco. 👉 Apply here: artspan.submittable.com/submit
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ArtSpan Submission Manager
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Our Denver team is growing! 🏔️ Please join us in welcoming Sarah Wallace Scott to CAST as our new Creative Real Estate Manager for CAST Colorado 🎉 Swipe to get to know more about her ➡️ #CASTColorado #TeamCAST #AffordableArtsSpaces #RealEstate
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Congratulations to the School of Arts and Culture for getting approval from the San Jose City Council for $3 million to support La Placita 🎉 Join them next Thursday, January 29 at La Placita for a press conference and groundbreaking! Click here for more info:
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Ground Breaking Ceremony at La Placita — MHP
You’re invited to the La Placita groundbreaking press conference!
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
CAST Colorado has received $1.9 million from The Colorado Health Foundation to support the acquisition and long-term stewardship of the East Street School in Trinidad, CO! Click the link to read the full press release and learn more 👇 #CASTColorado #TheColoradoHealthFoundation
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The Colorado Health Foundation Awards CAST $1.9 Million to Acquire Its First Affordable Housing Project in Trinidad, CO - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
The grant supports CAST Colorado in its purchase of the East Street School, a live-work artist studio space in Trinidad, CO.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Our Managing Director of Real Estate Carolyn Choy will be speaking at International Downtown Association’s 2026 IDA + CDA Place Matters! Carolyn will join the breakout session “Securing Downtown’s Creative Future,” which focuses on how Creative Land Trusts. #CreativeLandTrusts #Downtowns
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2026 IDA + CDA Place Matters - International Downtown Association
Registration is now open for IDA + CDA Place Matters in Long Beach, CA.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
CAST’s Director of National Programs Louise Martorano has been featured in @westword.com's “Denver Creatives to Watch in 2026” 🎉 We’re incredibly grateful to have Louise and her deep experience, vision, and commitment to artist-centered development on our team. #CASTColorado #DenverWestword
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Seven Denver Creatives to Watch in 2026
These creative movers and shakers are in the spotlight for 2026.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
In the third and final chapter of Breaking Ground: Colorado, we explore live-work spaces that are creating real stability for artists across the state. Click the 🔗 to read more about what happens when artists are given the stability to imagine what comes next: cast-sf.org/when-home-an...
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When Home and Studio Become One - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
How live-work and proximity-based models for artists are creating the conditions for creative stability, community connection, and long-term opportunity.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
📣 Opportunity for community-rooted arts orgs! Community Vision’s CREATE (Community Real Estate – Arts to Equity) program supports financial resilience and real estate readiness for arts & culture groups in the Bay Area + Fresno. 🗓 Apply by Jan 15 👉 communityvisionca.org/advising/create/
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CREATE – Community Vision
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Denver artists are out here drafting their own agreements, shaping their own futures, and proving that artists are some of the best urban planners we’ve got! Read our latest blog post to meet the artists rewriting the rules of space: cast-sf.org/how-denver-a... #CASTColorado #DenverArts
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How Denver Artists Are Rewriting the Terms of Space - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
How Denver artists are reshaping ownership, negotiating their own agreements, and building sustainable, artist-led spaces across the city.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Big things are happening at 457 Minna, and we’ve got the progress pics to prove it 👀 Construction is moving right along, and it's giving us a clearer glimpse of the future home for Filipino American Development Foundation, Filipino Mental Health Initiative, and Galing Bata.
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Kenneth Rainin Foundation @krfoundation.org · 25/11/2025
Downtowns look different in the post-pandemic era, and Denver is responding creatively, turning vacant office space into long-term opportunities for the arts. Drawing on lessons from the Bay Area, @castsf.bsky.social is helping artists & developers shape an equitable future through shared interests.
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Denver’s Downtown at a Crossroads - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
A look at the transformation of downtown Denver, where post-pandemic vacancies are creating a rare opening for creative reuse.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
SF arts lovers, take note ✏️ @brokeassstuart.bsky.social launched The I ❤️ San Francisco Arts Project, a new effort dedicated to uplifting the artists, culture-makers, and small venues. Read more about it and how you can support here: brokeassstuart.com/p/the-i-san-...
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The I ❤️ San Francisco Arts Project
San Francisco's I ❤️ Arts Project champions local creativity through irreverent journalism, amplifying artists, makers, and the city's vibrant cultural soul.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Louise Martorano is headed to Houston for @diverseworks.bsky.social's Diverse Discourse series! 🌟 Her talk explores real strategies for artists navigating space, stability & sustainability. 🗓️ Dec 9, 6:30 PM | 📍 DiverseWorks Gallery Houston artists can apply for a studio visit with Louise by Dec 1.
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DIVERSE DISCOURSE: LOUISE MARTORANO - DiverseWorks
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
In a big win for San Francisco’s creative community, the Board of Supervisors has approved the city’s first dedicated Artist Housing Certification Program, including a new 90+-unit artist housing project on Mid-Market. Read more in this piece from SFist ⬇️ #SFArts #AffordableHousing #MidMarket
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SF Supervisors Approve Program for New Affordable Artist Housing on Mid-Market, Courtesy of Anonymous Donor
The SF Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a new affordable-housing program based in a new building on mid-Market Street that would be dedicated to housing artists and creative types who are...
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Our newest Breaking Ground: Colorado chapter dives into Denver’s post-pandemic downtown, where empty floors, new funding, and big ideas collide. Click here to read the full chapter and see what we’re learning on the ground in Denver: cast-sf.org/denvers-down... #CASTSF #BreakingGround #Denver
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Denver’s Downtown at a Crossroads - CAST - Community Arts Stabilization Trust
A look at the transformation of downtown Denver, where post-pandemic vacancies are creating a rare opening for creative reuse.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Hospitality House has purchased the historic Luggage Store Gallery building at 1007 Market Street 🎉 This secures a lasting home for the nonprofit’s Community Arts Program, a studio and gallery that’s been a creative refuge for low-income and unhoused artists for 15 years.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Get a behind the scenes look at Warfield Commons, our hub for artists, journalists, & changemakers. Join us for tours during 2 Blocks of Art on Oct 11 (1:30, 2:30, 3:30pm). Meet at 988 Market St. www.2blocksofart.org #CASTSF #WarfieldCommons #2BlocksofArt
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HOME | 2 blocks of art
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Thanks to @sfstandard.com for highlighting #WarfieldCommons as part of the conversation about Mid-Market’s future ✨ The neighborhood is shifting and through it all, we remain committed to keeping arts and culture rooted here. #MidMarket #CASTSF #CommunityFirst
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Stop trying to make ‘Lower Hayes’ happen! Mid-Market can be great
A group of office brokers kicked off a lively debate last week by trying to rebrand the down-on-its-luck neighborhood into something it’s not.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
👀 Warfield Commons just got an online refresh! Now it's easier than ever to find events, leasing availabilities, and stay connected to our growing community of artists, journalists, and media makers. Visit warfieldcommons.com now, and join our movement for independent journalism, arts and culture.
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
👀 Notice anything different? We have some new bling on our doors ✨ Our new Warfield Commons logo and branding are officially up on the building, and let’s be honest… she’s looking good! Catch us shining on Market Street—this is just the beginning. #WarfieldCommons #NewLookWhoDis #MarketStreetSF
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Community Arts Stabilization Trust @castsf.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
SF New Deal’s ENRG Grant is offering up to $50,000 to support small businesses, venues, and cultural spaces bringing new energy to the city’s entertainment and nightlife scene 🪩🎉 Learn more + apply: sfnewdeal.org/enrg #DowntownSF #SFNewDeal #ENRGGrant
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Downtown ENRG | Revitalizing Arts, Culture & Nightlife in Downtown SF | SF New Deal
Discover how Downtown ENRG helps San Francisco small businesses and artists create cultural experiences that draw people back to the heart of the city.
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Kenneth Rainin Foundation @krfoundation.org · 04/09/2025
Check out Monocle’s recent The Urbanist podcast episode, which highlights how cities around the globe are securing permanent affordable space for arts and culture: monocle.com/radio/shows/... Our Executive Director, Shelley Trott, talks about our work with @castsf.bsky.social.
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