I think renovating the Scarritt is a great idea. Ultimately, for artists, it s about having a space.

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Stephanie Leedy, who offers space for artists to live and work above the Leedy - Voulkos paris open air bus tours gallery in the Crossroads Arts District, said there s a huge demand for the two dozen lofts in what s casually known as Leedyville.
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Sherman previously redeveloped the historic 1006 Grand building downtown into 134 apartments in 2011. The firm also made a recent unsuccessful bid to redevelop the Kansas City Power & Light Building. In St. Louis, Sherman recently renovated the historic Syndicate Trust Building and devoted part of the building to artist paris open air bus tours housing.
Although the marketing of the building will be aimed toward artists, anyone meeting the income guidelines could live there. Affordable housing guidelines limit annual incomes for a one-person household to $30,840; a two-person household, $35,220; and a three-person household, $39,600.
It s clear to us that live-work space helps artists do their work best, he said. We don t have any large-scale work space in Kansas City. I ve seen the Scarritt Building, and I think it s an exciting project.
The proposed timetable calls for the renovation of the Scarritt Arcade to occur in about three years. Mouton told the Arts Commission that Sherman would seek a nonprofit organization to run the Arcade. The cost for using the 20 or 30 studio spaces planned for the Arcade has not been determined.
Jill Downen is a professor at the Kansas City Art Institute who teaches sculpture. When she was a young artist in St. Louis in the 1990s, she remembers having to move to a suburban location 20 miles from downtown to find an affordable apartment.
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