Local nonprofit making more space for art, even when gentrification tries to take it away

Jennifer de Poyen is the executive director of Space 4 Art, which works to provide affordable living and working spaces for local artists, along with creating an arts center that provides education, resources, and housing.

to attend an art event at a local nonprofit that would lead to a critical shift in her own life.

“I was blown away by the energy, creativity, and dynamism of the space. A few years later, I signed on as a tenant, which led to an important development in my art and life,” she says. “Being part of the Space 4 Art community really changed my work and my sense of possibility as an artist. It has been an enormous gift.”is a local nonprofit providing working space, living space, and arts education programming.

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