Live + Make
A creative placemaking approach to providing deeply affordable housing anchored in the arts.
- THE PROGRAM -
Imagine Art’s Live+Make Campus - Scheduled to open August 2024!
We broke ground on 2/23/23 and we are over 60% completed! Live + Make is a mixed use, affordable housing project, anchored in the arts, targeting artists and individuals with and without disabilities. Live + Make uniquely embraces a creative placemaking approach that leverages the arts to serve the community’s interests while spearheading broader social justice goals to creatively intersect housing, long-term care, job readiness and food security.
Live+Make Update:Next Steps: Valhalla leasing agent is establishing a local office to process application. We will release their contact information by late April ‘24. They will be setting up 1:1 meeting with applicants to complete the applications in person! See the Housing Checklist to see how you can be prepared for that meeting! Read our FAQ to answer questions you might have about Live+Make. View our floorpans to see the mix of studio-efficiencies, 1 bed, 2 bed and 3 bedroom units.
PURPOSE
Imagine Art is establishing a campus of deeply affordable, multi-family rental housing for low-income artists with and without disabilities. Anchored by 8500 SqFt of a public art space, the campus at 1127 Tillery is the “place” where our mission will be demonstrated. The MISSION of the organization is that we leverage art and place; empowering artists with disabilities who become creative catalysts for changing systems of day habilitation; long-term care, peer support, and affordable housing. This legacy project will become a community asset for the Govalle neighborhood. To learn more about Tillery, and the all of the love put into making this dream a reality, read our “Tillery Vision” excerpt.
STORY
The Live + Make project is a labor of love and one rooted in principles of equity, opportunity, and inclusion. With affordable housing and ecological preservation, this project embodies Austin’s cultural and historical values as a community grounded in the arts. Live+Make is planted in the Govalle Neighborhood, City of Austin District 3.
FUNDED BY…
$50,000 in seed monies were provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Our Town grant that was sponsored by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division. The Austin Housing Finance Corporation provided a property located at 1127 Tillery Street, in the heart of East Austin. On Dec 1, AHFC awarded $6.5 million dollars and the Tx Department of Housing and Community Affairs provided 4% tax credits for the project.
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PROGRAM CONNECT
If you have any questions regarding our Live + Make program please feel free to complete the form below and one of our team members will contact you shortly. Fill out our INTEREST LIST SURVEY HERE.