During its Tuesday meeting, the Arlington City Council voted 5-3 on a resolution authorising the execution of a master agreement and lease agreement between the city and SiNaCa Studios, a Fort Worth nonprofit glass arts organization. The agreements would allow the studio to relocate to Arlington.
Under the proposed lease, the studio will operate as a nonprofit glass arts school, artist studio and community arts facility with educational programming and exhibitions, according to a staff report. The studio will provide community engagement activities and public programming as additional consideration for use of the property.
SiNaCa Studios was founded in 2007 by five UTA graduates. It opened its first public studio at a former gas station on Magnolia Avenue in Fort Worth in 2011, said Breinn Richter, executive director of the studio…