Arts Commission of Greater Toledo

Programs & Services

Live Work Create Toledo & Art Walk

Live Work Create Toledo is a City of Toledo initiative to attract the creative talents and energy of artists to revitalize our Downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods. The program will facilitate the development of incentives to leverage the creative talent of individual artists and our cultural assets to spur economic growth, build community prosperity, and transform our central city neighborhoods.

Working with real estate agents, businesses, artists, arts organizations, and homeowners in communities, the City seeks to attract artists and concentrate our existing artist population to become permanent residents and business owners in our central city. The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo is working with the City to develop a package of tax credits, professional development opportunities, and grants and with banks to establish favorable lending terms for artists. Together with an emphasis on the cultural assets that Toledo already supports, Toledo will be competitive with other cities and programs across the country in attracting and retaining artists who are critical to the development of a creative economy in our region.

For more information about the Live Work Create Toledo or to get involved, please contact us at 419-254-2787 or email info@acgt.org. Visit our website at www.liveworkcreatetoledo.org.

The Arts Zone/Warehouse District Third Thursday Art Walk is a great opportunity to browse and purchase affordable local art, while getting to know the artists and galleries of the Arts Zone, the Warehouse District, and the surrounding area. The Art Walk, presented by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo (ACGT) and artists, galleries, and arts enthusiasts of the Arts Zone and Warehouse District.

The Arts Zone/Warehouse District Third Thursday Art Walk is a project organized as collaboration with neighborhood artists and arts enthusiasts by the ACGT's Live Work Create Toledo (LWCT) program. LWCT aims to identify, promote, and strengthen the arts, artist community, and cultural assets of Toledo. In August 2007, an "Arts Zone" was identified as a geographic point of focus because of the many existing galleries and art studios in the neighborhood.

The Arts Zone/Warehouse District Third Thursday Art Walks will be back next summer. Tentatively planned to take place every third Thursday May – September 2010.

For more information, please contact Michelle Carlson at the ACGT at 419-254-2787 or via email at mcarlson@acgt.org.

Click here to view September's map of participating galleries.