Artisan’s to Allston
Help Us Build 25 More Years of Community Creativity, Learning, and Entrepreneurship
Can we build one of Boston’s most vibrant and inclusive refuges for makers and creatives? Yes, we can! Join us over the next several months us as we embark upon an exciting journey from Somerville to Boston.
With up-front support from Berkeley Investments, Artisan’s Asylum is $1.2M away from securing our future in a new location for the next 25 years. When our plans are complete, Artisan’s Asylum will manage a significant expansion of light industrial real estate in Allston-Brighton, at the heart of one of the most exciting emerging creative communities in Boston.
As Artisan’s Asylum prepares to celebrate 10 years of making, we are poised for renewal and growth.
Artisan’s has developed an exciting 4-year expansion plan to create a maker campus in a Harvard-owned property in the heart of Allston-Brighton. Our first milestone is to raise $150,000 toward a $1.2M funding need for our fit-up and move. Thanks to generous members, we have already received $30,000 in matching pledges, doubling the impact of your gift through Thanksgiving.
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Key features of our plans are to have:
- • 52,500 SF of maker space and community gathering centered around the joy of inclusive creativity.
- • Up to 170 studios for creative expression, learning and innovative entrepreneurship of all kinds – from painting to sculpture, woodworking to robotics.
- • Fully featured workshops for many disciplines including fiber arts, wood, metal, digital fabrication, screen printing and jewelry.
- • Classroom spaces for introductory and advanced courses in the processes and techniques of contemporary and traditional fabrication.
- • Multipurpose community space for presentation and conversation, parties, performance, rehearsal, and large-scale assembly.
- • Outdoor spaces to accommodate the movement of people and products, as well as gathering spaces and work sites.
- • Vibrant indoor and outdoor commissioned art produced by members and the artists in our community.