Space One Eleven
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-Kidd
Space One Eleven ( SOE ), a visual arts organization located in Birmingham , has been changing lives for almost three decades . Their mission is to provide professional opportunities for artists , create a forum for public understanding of contemporary art , and offer arts education to area youth and adults .
SOE believes that artists knit together the fabric of a community by elevating public discourse . Through strong cross-cultural , community-based arts programs , a forum for exchange is developed between artists and the public .
In the late 1980s the organization moved to the north side of Birmingham , neighboring with some of the poorest zip codes in the U . S . “ So many artists and arts organizations have moved into ‘ less desirable ’ neighborhoods . Just like New York ’ s SoHo , there were many attempts here in Birmingham in the mid-1980s and early 1990s to create artist ’ s lofts , but they were overbuilt and many artists couldn ’ t afford them ,”
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