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= Artscape =

Artscape is a nonprofit arts organization focused on creative placemaking. It operates mixed-use facilities including Artscape Wychwood Barns, Daniels Spectrum, Artscape Youngplace, and Artscape Gibraltar Point. Artscape's properties each have multiple units with a variety of purposes including rent-geared-to-income live/work studios, shared workspaces, nonprofit offices, and event spaces. Artscape is known for innovation in adaptive reuse, turning unused buildings such as an old streetcar maintenance facility and a defunct elementary school into spaces for artists and arts organizations. Artscape is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and also operates in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Artscape's CEO is Tim Jones. The Artscape headquarters are located in the Liberty Village neighborhood of Toronto.

History
900 Queen, Artscape West Queen West opened in 1995 as the first legal live-work artist building in Toronto. The Parkdale Arts and Cultural Centre, which now houses live-work spaces for artists and office space for nonprofits was transformed from an old police station in 1998.