There’s always been little disagreement over the premise that a cluster of artists working together is more exciting to a city than a lone one.
That was long the idea behind the dozens in the ArtCraft Building, the seven-story warehouse nudged in between Superior Avenue and I-90. At least until late 2022, when the building’s landlord, TurnDev, decided to end month-to-month leases at the building, a September 2022 letter stated, “in order to facilitate restoration.” Artists be damned.
The exodus, which ended decades of the ArtCraft’s image as a beacon, led to worry: Where else might have decent sunlight? Can I even afford other studios? “Nowhere compares rent-wise,” painter Wally Kaplan told Scene at the time. “Nowhere.”…