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'Artfarm' opens the door to independent artists in Lexington

Josh James
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WUKY

A new artist-run space meant for creators and performers alike is now open in Lexington. WUKYs Josh James visited "Artfarm" during its grand opening Thursday evening.

It's a soggy start outside, but that's not stopping a steady stream of foot traffic from filling up the space sandwiched between stores along Winchester Road.

At the moment, it might be a little easy to miss, but Max Puchalski with the co-op says, like the art it hopes to inspire, it's a work-in-progress.

"It was a former pawn shop. We're in the process of painting the awning right now," he says.

While there's lots of blank space on the walls at the moment, that's set to change.

Puchalsky says the aim is to create an independent organization of, by, and for working class artists interested in a "more free, caring, and ecological world."

By day, its six studios will host artists, and organizational offices will find a home there as well. By night, he envisions theater, poetry readings, and film screenings.

Puchalsky says artists attracted to a space like this tend to have mutual interests.

"Coming together under one roof and a kind of organic cross-pollination that can happen... only beautiful things can result from that," he says.

Anyone interested can visit artfarm.coop.