Rents for living space, studio space and performance space are rising dramatically even as housing prices are tumbling.
Toronto’s artistic community is struggling in a post-COVID-19 world as rents for living space, studio space and performance space are rising dramatically even as housing prices are tumbling.
In Fletcher’s ward, the Artist Network lost its Queen Street East space, though the councillor was able to find a new site in a city-owned property. The itinerant Crow’s Theatre company found a permanent home — thanks to a generous corporate sponsor — at 345 Carlaw Ave. in recent years despite the concerns of city staff who thought the project was “too risky,” she said.
While there are a few successes, like the non-profit collective Open Studio on Richmond Street West, Fletcher said she has witnessed too many independent artist collectives “run out of town” by high rents.
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