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On a forlorn stretch of the Seine near the Gare de Lyon station sits a small, dreary, government-owned red brick building that houses one of the most vibrant artistic communities here.
Since early October, L’Atelier des Artistes en Exil has used the 3,200-square-foot space to support about 200 exiled artists from around the world.
In a sense, L’Atelier, which depends on Paris City Hall for free work space, is itself in exile. It was forced by the city to leave its comfortable studio near Montmartre in June, then camped out in the annex of a cultural center in southeast Paris. Now, it will have to vacate its current location in December. It has no idea where it will go next.
“We don’t find the artists; they find us,” said Judith Depaule, an actress and theater producer who runs L’Atelier. “And they need a home, a real home, a permanent home, four or five times bigger than this one, so they can have space to paint, to rehearse, to sculpt, to film, to create their art.”
http://artdaily.com/news/117917/A-Paris-colony-for-exiled-artists-needs-a-new-home#.XbZHIJpKjIU
I wonder why L'Atelier just doesn't buy a space.
Since early October, L’Atelier des Artistes en Exil has used the 3,200-square-foot space to support about 200 exiled artists from around the world.
In a sense, L’Atelier, which depends on Paris City Hall for free work space, is itself in exile. It was forced by the city to leave its comfortable studio near Montmartre in June, then camped out in the annex of a cultural center in southeast Paris. Now, it will have to vacate its current location in December. It has no idea where it will go next.
“We don’t find the artists; they find us,” said Judith Depaule, an actress and theater producer who runs L’Atelier. “And they need a home, a real home, a permanent home, four or five times bigger than this one, so they can have space to paint, to rehearse, to sculpt, to film, to create their art.”
http://artdaily.com/news/117917/A-Paris-colony-for-exiled-artists-needs-a-new-home#.XbZHIJpKjIU
I wonder why L'Atelier just doesn't buy a space.
