i am an unrequited astronomer, pretend patient, gentle adventurer, pedal enthusiast, recovering calligrapher, occasional thespian and unfinished poet living in portland, oregon. contacting me via email is usually a good idea.
1:26 PM: space: the final frontier
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so i took a look at the studio space available at the hall gallery last night; not bad for that price if what you wanted to do was work. as artist's way workshop space, though, i'm not so sure. thinking out loud:
pros:
fairly cheap (most expensive space=$150/month); sinks; bathroom; freight elevator; 24 hour access & alarm; good energy (being surrounded by art & artists felt good to me); month-to-month (no lease, low risk); letterpress artist right next door (ee!).
cons:
the ceilings don't go all the way up (privacy & noise concerns); bad bad lighting; no phone in building; no temperature control (on the cool side).
one session of artist's way is 13 weeks, which is about four months of rent ($600@ $150, or $500 at $125). it would take at least three participants per session to break even just on rent. if i did it, what would i be investing other than the rent? what would i store there vs. storing here? how much more money would i be investing in making the place comfortable & usable?
back to our regularly scheduled blog: no game night tonight; mph & al got a little nervous after witnessing the accumulated hacking & sniffing of leopoldo, sven & i last night.