Episode 29: Post-Preservation Growing Pains at Humphreys Street Studios

#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Cristina Todesco, Franklin Marval & Josh Rosewood from Humphreys Street Studios about post-preservation growing pains once becoming majority artist owned/operated, including group dynamics, whether to keep the tenants association, property management, neighbor disputes, tenant evictions & more. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. Edited by Nicholas Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.

Episode 28: 50 Year Anniversary of Somerville’s Vernon Street Studios’ Open Studios

#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Vernon Street Studios artist Heather Balchunas & documentary filmmaker Anne Continelli about the upcoming 50th Anniversary of Vernon Street Open Studios, its origin story, the value of community spaces, and synchrony.

#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with the MassCreative team about their Advocacy & Organizing Fellowship, recent arts & culture Legislative Package, upcoming plans for Advocacy Week, their Advocacy Institute & ways to speak up for the arts & creative sector across Massachusetts.

Episode 26: The Record Co.'s New Executive Director, Boston Waves & Extension to Monthly Music Rehearsal

#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with The Record Co.’s new executive director, Bobby Boyd, who talks about what The Record Co. (TRC) has accomplished & goals for the future. Boyd also announces their upcoming BOSON WAVES free, live music concert on 9/20 and a two-year extension to their monthly music rehearsal in Dorchester.

Episode 25: Artist Displacement Can Cause Trauma

#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with different creatives about how multiple displacements have impacted their work, creative practice, livelihoods, and their mental health. This “roundtable” interview features JJ Gonson (ONCE Somerville), Wayne Strattman (119 Braintree Street, Allston), Nicholas Zampiello (New Alliance East), and Ethan Dussault (New Alliance Audio).

*Note: since the recording of this interview, the development at 119 Braintree Street has paused & artist/tenants have been invited back. However, the city approval for this development remains active.

#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Jim Healey (Alreckque/Blood Lightening) and Matt Harrington (Cortez) about the underrated value of music rehearsal studios, the displacement from the former Sound Museum, and the interim move to 55 Morrissey Blvd in Dorchester. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. Edited by Nicholas Zampiallo/New Alliance East, Somerville.

In this episode, guest interviewer Greg Jenkins, Executive Director of Somerville Arts Council, talks with some of the original founders of Brickbottom Artist Building. At the time of their founding, BAB was one of the largest artist live/workspace communities in the United States. This is Part one of this telling. Recorded at New Alliance Audio; edited by Nicholas Zampiello/New Alliance East, Somerville.

Episode 22: Midway Studios: a Flagship of Fort Point

#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Raber Umphenour, a filmmaker at Midway Studios, an artist live-work community of 89 rental units. He was one of many involved with helping preserve the building in the beloved artist community of Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. in Roxbury. Edited by Nicholas Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.