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18th Street Arts Center was founded in 1988 and is the longest running artist residency center in Southern California. It is located in Santa Monica, CA. The mission of 18th Street Arts Center is to, 'provoke public dialogue through contemporary art making' and its core values are centered on its belief that art making is an essential component of a just, vibrant and healthy society. Today, 18th Street Arts Center’s residency program helps to build and to strengthen the creative community by working with local, national and international artists and curators. There are three types of residencies, including long-term “anchor tenants,” who have helped to define the character and scope of the organization; mid-term residencies open to local artists that occupy either live/work or work studios for 1 year or more; and a visiting artist program that hosts international and national artists and curators from between 1 to 3 months.

History

18th Street Arts Center started in the late 1980's as a collection of artist live-work spaces and the base for High Performance magazine. Visual artists Susanna Dakin and writer Linda Frye Burnham recognized the need for more affordable live-work spaces for artists therefore Dakin purchased the former production studio of Judy Chicago's Dinner Party on an acre of land with five buildings in Santa Monica. .