Culture Crisis Conversations: Episode 14: Somerville's "Unsung Hero" Fabrication District 101
#ARTSTAYSHERE unpacks the issues that impact affordable arts workspace in Somerville, including its Fabrication District, MAPC's Art Risk Assessment, Arts & Creative Enterprise uses/set-asides (ACE), current proposed zoning amendments, potential impact, the importance of activating the arts sector to participate in the community process to have their voices heard. Ami Bennitt interviews Ethan Dussault, co-owner of New Alliance Audio (twice displaced), located at Milk Row Studios in Somerville's Union Square.
Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co; edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East.
Culture Crisis Conversations is produced in partnership with The Record Co, New Alliance Audio & New Alliance East.
Culture Crisis Conversations, a new podcast series by the #ARTSTAYSHERE Coalition, features in-person conversations with artists, musicians, creative leaders, government, developers & other stakeholders involved with the current crisis in our culture: artist displacement. We look at the problem, the impact, and potential solutions to keep creatives in our region & secure the cultural space needed for their work.