Crysti Couture

A few weeks ago, I went to a community meeting held by representatives of Artspace USA, a national non-profit organization that strives to create sustainable, affordable living spaces for artists and their families.

El Paso has been going through an interesting boom in culture and arts, most likely set in motion through various initiatives sponsored and encouraged by city organizations. Either way, these artists have found their niche and have devoted a large part of their lives to their craft.

Unfortunately, art doesn’t always pay the bills. Despite that, art, music and creativity are mandatory elements in the growth of a city and it’s culture, so as a community, we need to find a way to help encourage these artists to keep creating.

Here is a set of tweets that I broadcast during the meeting. They started out by explaining what the proposed spaces might look like:

https://twitter.com/CrystiCouture/status/291717407616155648

https://twitter.com/CrystiCouture/status/291720899894317056

https://twitter.com/CrystiCouture/status/291717898433617921

Then, after having gotten everyone interested in the spaces, the presenter then went into details regarding eligibility. An ‘artist’ is defined by being a creative of some sort; photography, painting, drawing, music etc.

https://twitter.com/CrystiCouture/status/291718387481059328

https://twitter.com/CrystiCouture/status/291719156515102721

https://twitter.com/CrystiCouture/status/291722571433533440

https://twitter.com/CrystiCouture/status/291723708463214592

Most exciting of all, at least to me, is how nicely this will fit into the 2015 Downtown Redevelopment plan, which is already well under way.

https://twitter.com/CrystiCouture/status/291728043981025280

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