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ArtHome: Mission
ArtHome’s mission is to help artists build assets
and equity through financial literacy, homeownership, self-sufficiency and the responsible use of credit.

By partnering with key community organizations
and stakeholders, ArtHome is committed to strengthening the cultural vitality indigenous
to our neighborhoods and growing the resources, not just of artists, but also of our peer community development organizations, our neighborhoods
and our neighbors.

ArtHome looks to activate existing asset building programs and to create new resources to assist artists to create personal solvency through: homeownership, foreclosure prevention, business start-up, personal savings, access to credit and financial literacy.

ArtHome: Mission
Spring/Summer 2009

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Implementation Grant received from Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) to support an education initiative with The New York Mortgage Coalition.


Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
CreativeMoney artist's home-buying curriculum currently available through The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's BFA: Basic Finance for Artists program

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
ArtHome, in conjunction with Project Enterprise, begins the design and fundraising to support a micro-loan program for low-income artists in New York City.

CreativeMoney savings and home-buying curriculum available for artists enrolled in the Berkshire Assets For Artists program (home-ownership and small business start-up IDA program)

Recent Articles
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
NYFA Current: Looking Debt in the Eye by ArtHome Founder Esther Robinson


Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Filmaker Magazine: What if the Gods Take Away Your Credit? by ArtHome Founder Esther Robinson


Fall, 2008
ArtHome receives a planning grant from Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC). The grant covers low-income artist home-buying, foreclosure prevention and loan qualification initiatives.

ArtHome's CreativeMoney artist's home-buying curriculum currently available through The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's BFA: Basic Finance for Artists program.

ArtHome delivers CreativeMoney home-buying curriculum for artists enrolled in the Berkshire ASSETS FOR ARTISTS PROGRAM (homeownership IDA program).