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 The courtyard between buildings at the 18th Street Arts Center | |
| Address | 1639 18th Street |
|---|---|
| Location | Santa Monica, California |
| Coordinates | 34°01′27″N 118°28′39″W / 34.024157°N 118.477424°W / 34.024157; -118.477424 |
| Opened | 1988 |
| Website | |
| https://18thstreet.org/ | |
18th Street Arts Center is a nonprofit arts center in Santa Monica, California. 18th Street Arts Center amplifies the impact of artists on society. Conceived as a radical think tank in the shape of an artist community. It provides artists with creative time and space and produces artist-led projects that drive social change. It was founded in 1988 and is the longest running artist residency center in Southern California. 18th Street Arts Center’s residency program hosts 60 or more American and international artists and curators a year.
History
18th Street Arts Center was co-founded by writer Linda Frye Burnham, who founded High Performance Magazine, and artist Susanna Bixby Dakin.who helped Burnham publish of High Performance Magazine through Astro Artz publishing. Working out of a loft in downtown Los Angeles, during the 80s Burnham and Dakin decided to start art artist community near the ocean where the air was clean compared to downtown Los Angeles. Burnham found and Dakin purchased the warehouses where Judy Chicago produced her iconic feminist artwork, The Dinner Party in Santa Monica. In 1998 Dakin transferred ownership of the buildings to the nonprofit 18th Street Arts Center.
References
- "18th Street Arts Center | Visiting Artist Residency Program". Alliance of Artists Communities. 2020. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28.
- "18th Street Arts Center". Res Artis. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- "Susanna Bixby Dakin 18th Street Campus". 18th Street Arts Center. Retrieved 2020-03-30.