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Low income housing credits for Artists

August 29, 2008 - 10:23am — AMP

http://courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-artist.artaug18,0,1560635....

A Loft-y Law

August 18, 2008

Cities are again safe for struggling artists: Safe from the IRS.

The housing bill recently signed by President Bush makes it clear that
low-income housing tax credits can be used for artist housing. The IRS
had challenged the practice. Had the agency prevailed, a useful tool
for urban revitalization would have been jeopardized.

In an effort to add creative life and verve to downtowns, as well as
to preserve historic buildings and augment arts districts, dozens of
cities in nearly 20 states including Connecticut have built subsidized
housing for artists and writers using low-income tax credits.

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Out fear I can’t

August 29, 2008 - 6:03am — Laanni

God, would I love to be a full time artist. Wait, how would I know I would love that if I never tried. Tell me how it goes…You wake up in the morning and rush to your studio to finis one canvas and start the new one. Yeap, that’s it! You have a few started and they all are at the different stage of completion, and you pick up your brushes and your knives and your pallet and off you go creating?

Art?

August 28, 2008 - 4:12pm — Andy Ender

Art?

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Lamenting the loss of Losses to lament

August 28, 2008 - 6:38am — Ian Henderson

Losing rhythm is the deepest tragedy available on the market today, because you can never, ever, get it back. Once the beat is missed, everything else is all imitation. And when the music stops, you better grab a chair.

10% inspiration, 90% perspiration. Someday I hope to be successful (or even fake successful) so that I can start giving seminars on how to "make it", because I'll relish the opportunity to speak this phrase, which has been echoing inside me for almost a year now: "Having good work helps, but it's really a lot less important compared to how you present it and who you present it to. And luck. It's less important than luck. Or how physically attractive you are, or what your name sounds like when people say it out loud, or what your parents did for a living."

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August 25, 2008 - 10:33pm — ancientfuture

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Why Art?

August 24, 2008 - 12:40pm — J.A. Spahr-Summers

Just yesterday...

I stumbled upon a work of art that left me breathless. My heart raced, my palms started sweating. I wished for time to stop forever in that moment of perfect bliss. I wished to never have to look away.

Today...

I am still exhausted by it.

Jeff

“after_joeblogs” – ENDA O’DONOGHUE

August 24, 2008 - 12:36pm — enda

“On the One” (2006) Oil on Canvas 120 x 150 cm

September 4th – September 25th 2008 Limerick Printmakers Studio & Gallery

Enda O’Donoghue was born in Limerick, Ireland and has been living in Berlin since 2002. Originally O’Donoghue studied computer programming before he turned to a career in visual art. After completing his degree in fine art painting at the Limerick School of Art and Design, he went on to do a Masters in Interactive Media at the University of Limerick. He then stayed on at UL to work with the Interactive Design Centre and teach on the Interactive Media course.