We spent Monday morning with Line Roreng the director of a very cool creative space called Tou Scene, which is an arts space that is in an emerging neighborhood in Stavanger. It is located in an old beer factory and they're in the process of developing a thriving arts collaboration with participants in all the performance arts. Like many central city neighborhoods in the US, the older communities near the shore in Stavanger are ready for a new infusion of creative energy. There are many high-cost apartments being planned which are leveraging the creative energy inherent in Tou Scene to draw future residents. The neighborhood committee is working closely with Line to create a coalition of support that will work to ensure that the creatives that are reinvigorating the place will still be able to afford to live there. I directed her to ArtSpace in Minneapolis a city in which, coincidentally, her sister will be studying this fall... gotta love how the Universe connects the dots!
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