FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
23 June 1997

NEW YORK ARTISTS BAND TOGETHER TO CREATE OWN HOUSING; WEB SITE DEBUTS
TODAY

Contact:
David Judelson (718) 398-9749
Brooklyn Arts Council (718) 625-0080
or Mark Coniglio, troika@panix.com

Site:
http://www.artswire.org/baca/nycah

The New York Coalition for Artist's Housing (NYCAH), a coalition of
artists who are working together to purchase and renovate loft buildings
in the New York City area for safe, secure, legal and affordable
artist-owned live/work spaces, announces the debut of a their web site
at http://www.artswire.org/baca/nycah

The NYCAH project, which is sponsored by the Brooklyn Arts Council
(BACA), is based on a model successfully developed in Boston where 12
artist housing projects have been created since 1980. The NYCAH has
brought together more than 150 artists who have expressed their interest
in working towards this same goal. They have met several times with
sculptor/organizer David Judelson, and a number of developers,
artchitects, lawyers, community leaders and city officials who are
backing the project. A number of sites are being considered, primarily
in Brooklyn, from Red Hook to Greenpoint.

The purpose of the web site encourage membership in the coalition, as
well as to disseminate up-to-date information including: a description
of the group group and its purpose; photographs, descriptions and maps
of the buildings under consideration; a frequently asked questions page;
and information about the time and location of the next organizational
meeting.

Artists who live (or hope to live) in the New York City area, and who
would like to create the opportunity to own a space in which they can
live and work in a community of like minded neighbors, are strongly
encouraged visit the NYCAH site.

Please feel free to forward this press release to other interested
parties.