Formerly the Brown Office Building, ArtSpace is a

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space for not-for-profit organizations and educational institutions in

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. The space includes the

Brown Theatre The W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre, originally called the Brown Theatre, is a restored theatre dating back to 1925 that seats approximately 1,400 patrons in Louisville, Kentucky. It is ones of three venues owned by Kentucky Performing Arts. History T ...

, a

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business incubator, arts administrative offices, classrooms, meeting spaces, a rehearsal hall, and costume shop.

History

ArtSpace is directed by a partner corporation of the

Fund for the Arts The Fund for the Arts is a united arts fund in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Mayor Charles R. Farnsley, served as mayor of the City of Louisville from 1948 to 1953, and first conceived of the Fund for the Arts in 1949. He based its structu ...

, FFTA Properties Inc., and managed by the

Kentucky Center The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, located in Louisville and currently branded as "The Kentucky Center", is a major performing arts center in Kentucky. It is one of three venues owned bKentucky Performing Arts Tenants include Broadway A ...

for the Performing Arts, under a contract with the Fund. The ArtSpace lobby and floors one through eight were donated to the

in 2006 by members of Brown Office Building LLC. Brown Office Building LLC retained ownership of the ninth and tenth floors for development into residential condominiums known as the Lofts at ArtSpace. The building is used to house several local arts groups and to create an incubator setting for emerging artists and groups in the city. By housing several arts groups in a single location, many administrative functions are shared thereby saving the groups several hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.Arts groups to move into donated downtown building
/ref> A nonprofit business catalyst, C², is also a collaborative effort between the

, the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...

College of Business, Center for

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Jefferson Community and Technical College Jefferson Community and Technical College (JCTC) is a public community college in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and the largest college in that system. JCTC was formed on July 1, 2005 by ...

, among others sponsored by Brown-Forman Corporation. C² serves as a resource for all arts member groups associated with the

and is likewise housed in ArtSpace. ArtSpace is located at 321 W. Broadway in

and adjoins the W.L. Lyons

References

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