Art Studios
Rapidly rising rental rates in the region have forced multiple arts organizations, artists, and other creative professionals to close their doors or look for affordable space elsewhere.
The Art Studios at Old Chicora will have affordable workspaces for a number of local artists. Housing both visual and performance artists, the Studios will contain diverse art mediums with space for artists to collaborate and release their brilliance to drive innovation and impact within the Tri-county region.
The Art Studios and The Center for Performing Arts at Old Chicora will allow for creative placemaking. Creative placemaking integrates artists, arts, and culture into community planning and development to influence positive community impacts. Creative placemaking is good for economic growth and promotes a constructive and interesting social environment. With a shortage of artist work studios in the Tri-county region, the Art Studios at Old Chicora will be home to the local creative economy. By partnering with the North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, it will remain permanently affordable.
collaborative space
Currently, most classrooms block natural light from Old Chicora’s high ceilings which will allow light to fill the space. Each classroom will be divided into three to four artist work studios.
Schematic design of the local artists studios wing.
