PS1 is an artist-led, community-driven contemporary art center in dwtn Iowa City—home to the Iowa City Press Co-op and Center for Afrofuturist Studies.
Public Space One (PS1) is a nonprofit arts organization operating as an expansive, collaborative, communal social sculpture. It runs on the sweat equity of artists, actors, activists, musicians, performers, writers, and other people. Through a variety of programs, presentations, and exhibitions in downtown Iowa City, it is an experimental platform for multiple forms of creative expression, social happenings, and other community-engaged activities.
PS1 is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 entity. It is located on the lower level of 120 N. Dubuque St in the Wesley Center.
This process-oriented, community art space hosts both private and communal art studios, a community print shop (@Iowa City Press Co-op), a kitchen, and is home to a plethora of programming including low-to-no-cost workshops, DIY music shows, Free Art School, and other performances/events.
Our mission is to serve the Iowa City community by providing a venue for innovative, experimental art, culture, music, and thought. It is our hope that by exposing our community to work that can often slip through the cracks of a commercial world, we will facilitate engagement and understanding of each other, of our experiences and expression, and have fun while doing so.
Public Space One
Iowa City, IA
501(c)3 nonprofit
Co-directors: John Engelbrecht & Kalmia Strong
http://www.publicspaceone.com/about/
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