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Article: Studio program saved, again.(Artworld)(Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Manhattan, New York, New York)(Space Program)(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, whose Space Program has provided free Manhattan studios to 14 artists per year since 1990, has managed to survive another financial crunch [see "Front Page," May '04]. The program was threatened three years ago when the rent on its Tribeca space doubled, but a large, last-minute anonymous donation saved the day [see "Artworld," Sept. '01]. This time, shortly before the lease was about to expire on Aug. 31, a group of donors pooled enough money to renew the lease for another three years. The benefactors include the Judith Rothschild Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Richard Florsheim Art Fund, the Robert Gould ...