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Posts Tagged ‘warehouse’

DIY art space closes, as cannabis industry edges in on Oakland warehouses

By Jocelyn Tabancay | September 30, 2019
NIMBY artist Clody Cates outside of her studio days before packing everything up to move to Colfax, Ca. Photo by Jocelyn Tabancay

NIMBY, one of East Oakland’s scruffy DIY artist warehouse spaces, is closing on September 30 after not being able to compete with rent premiums cannabis businesses can afford.

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Artists struggling with cannabis-industry landlords share work, solidarity at FESTAC

By Sarah Trent | September 10, 2018

Oakland artists gathered at the Festival for Arts and Culture over Labor Day weekend to show the city that despite many economic forces working against them—including corporate cannabis—they are still here.

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Workshop provides resources for tenants facing displacement after Ghost Ship fire

By Abner Hauge | March 18, 2017
David Keenan of the DIY Community Safety Fund speaks at the Safe Spaces event in Oakland. Photo by Abner Hauge.

A Safe Spaces workshop, organized by the Intersection for the Arts and the San Francisco Bay Area Urban Planning and Research Association, was held in Oakland to discuss Ghost Ship’s aftermath.

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