Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc.

Hi, we're the 3-dozen-plus artist & musician tenants of Central Street Studios in Somerville, MA. Our building is transitioning ownership, and we need your support to help raise the necessary funds for the next steward of the building to keep the artist studios intact and affordable!

We aim to raise $100,000 to close the funding gap for The Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston (ABC) to purchase the building with significant financial support from Mayor Katjana Ballantyne & the City of Somerville.

We are grateful to our founders, Karen & Paul Morse, Nancy Dutton & David Benson, for nurturing our creative community for over 40 years & for choosing to find a buyer committed to their mission of keeping affordable artists workspaces in Somerville.

Please join us at our Preservation Party/Community Arts Advocacy Event April 21, 7-9pm at Warehouse XI in Somerville's Union Square. Meet the artists, bid on auction prizes, participate in on-site advocacy. Attend free with RSVP: here.

You may donate here, via this GoFundMe platform, or by mailing a check to ABC. You may also donate stocks & bonds & even via Donor Advised Funds (details below).

All donations are tax-deductible.

Donations $1000+ may be made online through this artists’ GoFundMe online fundraiser, or via pledge form through the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.

Donate by Check (instead of online)

-Please make checks payable to the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston & include your name, address, phone number & mail to: Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston,

15 Channel Center Street, Suite 103, Boston, MA 02210

Donate Stocks and Bonds

-gifts of publicly-traded securities are welcome, may save you income and capital gains tax & could be right for you if:

-you own publicly-traded securities that you’ve ve held for at least one year

-some of these securities have increased in value since you bought them

-some of these securities may provide you with little or no income

-you would like to make a gift to support this project

How it works

-you transfer shares of one or more publicly-traded securities, such as stock, bonds, and mutual funds to the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston

Donate with Donor-Advised Funds

Donor-Advised Funds (DAF) are an increasingly popular way to make a charitable gift. DAFs can provide you with immediate tax benefits while making your charitable giving easier. Just contact your Donor-Advised Fund administrator to recommend a grant to this project. You can recommend that your favorite public charities, such as Preserve Central Street Studios through Arts & Business Council (ABC), receive grants from your Donor-Advised Fund. Most Donor-Advised Funds have a minimum grant recommendation, or you can recommend distributing the entire balance of your Donor-Advised Fund for a cause important to you. ABC is grateful for grants from Donor-Advised Funds. Make your DAF gift here.

Central Street Studios Artists & Musicians

Artem Aleksanyan

Andrea Ballou

Lucas Boegehold

Jack Brookes

Tommy Burke

Jason Bunny Correia

Patrick Curtin

Colleen de Matta

Cara Giaimo

Jack Gruman

David Hogan

Hava Horowitz

Louise Keogh Weed

Caroline Kipp

Nancy Kramer

Janella Mele

Logan Puleikis

Donna Rains

Tom Henry Reagan

Amanda Saunders

Eve Schauer

Martha Schnee

Kayla Scullin

Jack Seigenthaler

sidebody Band

Zachary Stern

Rico St. Paul

Zainab Sumu

Sri Thumati

Lena Warnke

This preservation campaign is in partnership with #ARTSTAYSHERE, a volunteer-run nonprofit anti-artist displacement advocacy organization.