Page 8 - 2019 Year In Review
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Key Achievements
• The ArtHouse is a national pilot in the Field of Creative Placemaking through support from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Kansas Creative Arts Industry Commission.
• The ArtHouse led a community wide initiative to designate an Innovation District in the Historic Downtown Overland Park area.
• The ArtHouse operates a facility which houses 19 studios and over 26 creative professionals. We also provide community space for workshops, events, and art exhibitions.
• The ArtHouse operates five programs and each creates opportunities for education, access to art, and space for creativity.
• In 2016, the ArtHouse purchased an underutilized, 10,000 sq ft industrial building in the heart of Historic Downtown Overland Park creating a permanent oasis of affordable, accessible space for grass-roots community culture.
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