I became a member of Akin Projects on April 1st this year after viewing two locations - one in my old neighbourhood of Yonge and St Clair and one at Bathurst and Richmond. I decided to go for a shared studio membership at the latter. It is an old building with lovely creaky floors and huge beams and and a lot of talented people. They told me at the time that they may have a new site closer to my neighbourhood, though.
Akin works as a non-profit with commercial real estate owners and developers to rent affordable art studio space for buildings that are going through a transition period. This may mean that the building is being sold or there are plans for re-development and so companies will not rent on such short leases.
When I saw the spaces on offer at the new location of Queen and Sackville I thought maybe I could push the budget and have my own space. That was I wouldn't have to worry about keeping my stuff there or having to clean the desk every time for another person. I love my studio at home but it can be really distracting as we both work from home and my workspace has shrunk. I can also spread out for watercolour making.
And quite frankly I love "going to work" and having a me space. I haven't been able to spend much time as my mom has had a stroke but we may be on an upward trajectory for that. Hopefully also for my art...
Music:
PowerDirector 365
As always, be sure to check out my website. There are a load of things for fellow artists like colour charts that I swatch on this channel available for download as a pdf. There are art book reviews. There are instructions on how to make your own sketchbook (with video here on KZitem). I also have a list of art stores in different cities including Mexico City and my hometown of Toronto. And you can purchase handmade watercolour through my website as well. You can see what I take when I'm urban sketching as well.
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