welcome to our first newsletter

We are excited to welcome you to the ArtCondo Community. To those of you who have been working with us regularly, thank you so much for your engagement and dedication. And to those of you who just joined—Welcome! We are bringing you the latest news and updates regarding ArtCondo's progress including: the ArtCondo Foundation and its mission; collective purchasing of NYC real estate through ArtCondo; and updates about participating artists in the local community. If you want to buy, sell, or rent residential or commercial space, ArtCondo can help you.

real estate news

We are currently looking for artists ready to purchase commercial space in large industrial buildings in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx in 2015. To discuss funding options and best building locations, please contact Michele by email at mgambetta@artcondo.com with subject line of "INTERESTED IN COMMERCIAL SPACE TO PURCHASE".

If you are interested in learning more about collectively purchasing residential real estate, please contact Michele at mgambetta@artcondo.com with subject line of "BROOKLYN TOWNHOME CO-PURCHASE".

recent updates

• Since January 2014, we have been meeting with ArtCondo's members and have made significant progress by forming eight working committees.
• We appointed a Treasurer and have leaders for each of the eight committees.
• We redesigned the ArtCondo logo, which has a new and exciting look.
• A search for large industrial buildings to purchase in Brooklyn and beyond has commenced, providing a number of possibilities and options.
• ArtCondo Foundation—ArtCondo's non-profit arm, which will be managing community spaces in every building, and is partially funded by ArtCondo—was also initiated.
• Our Community website has been designed and will be released very soon.
• We have developed a structure for artists' Sweat Equity contributions.
• We will begin fundraising for ArtCondo Foundation and Foundation spaces.

next steps

Our next steps include actively mobilizing the existing groups and inviting mortgage brokers/bankers to speak to the group so everyone interested in purchasing immediately can begin to prepare and learn the steps to pre-qualification. We are hoping to kick off the real estate transaction by the beginning of 2015. Please stay tuned and don't forget to follow us on Social Media!

If you would like to become part of The ArtCondo Foundation, your attendance at meetings is vital. Please email Michele at mgambetta@artcondo.com to be included in monthly meeting mailings.

If you would like to be included in the next newsletter and/or would like to become a contributing writer, please e-mail Kala at kala@artcondo.com.

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artists in our community

Cheryl Gross's illustrations in the animation film In The Circus Of You got into the Zebra Poetry Film festival 2014 in Berlin and was shown Oct 14 - 20. The book will be coming out in the spring of 2015.

DOE Projekts. Deborah Adams Doering and Glenn N. Doering recently completed a three-week residency at the Catwalk Institute in Catskill, NY. They created an interactive piece, called "Wetware/Wetware," which was first performed at "Reflecting Olana" in Catskill. More information about DOE Projekts' socially-engaged work can be found at DOEprojekts.com or DOEprojekts.org.

On October 17, Adrienne Moumin participated in, among other distinguished speakers, a panel discussion at Central Booking, 21 Ludlow St. The event was held in connection with the Building exhibition. Adrienne is also participating in two exhibits: Line of Sight at Gallery MC (549 West 52nd Street, 8th Floor, New York), hosted by artbeat (artbeat.net/event/27040) and Quarterly Report, Bodega de la Haba (234 Fifth Avenue, New York).

Skyler Brickley has an exciting new clothing line that can be seen at gainsboro.co.

Noémie Jennifer had some recent work exhibited in a show that can be seen on buysomedamnart.com.

Songs for Presidents (1673 Gates Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens), an art space run by Shanna Maurizi, had its inaugural show, featuring the work of Christine Heindl and Alexandra Phillips.

ArtCondo LLC is a Brooklyn-based community-focused real estate initiative created to help creative professionals purchase and develop buildings throughout the NYC area, in partnership with neighborhood residents. We are working to help artists, arts non-profits and art-related businesses purchase commercial spaces to work in and residential town homes to live in. Our upcoming non-profit, the ArtCondo Foundation, will provide artists, arts organizations and other cultural stakeholders with more affordable and cost-subsidized working spaces for teaching, music, theatre, dance, photography, green roofs, and other creative enterprises across NYC's five boroughs. Additional information is available on our upcoming website www.ArtCondo.com. You may unsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive our emails. UNSUBSCRIBE here.

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