Crosscut.com: Angielena Vitale Chamberlain, a printmaker and oil painter, has relocated twice in the past decade due to steep real estate prices and development. She was forced out of Capitol Hill 11 years ago when rents went sky high.“It wasn’t an overly glamorous space. There weren’t heated floors or anything, but they bumped the rent to almost double to force us out,” says Chamberlain.Her second location, a building in Georgetown, was sold outright. She founded the Georgetown Cultural Arts Center four years ago, which houses eight artist studios.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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Crosscut.com: Angielena Vitale Chamberlain, a printmaker and oil painter, has relocated twice in the past decade due to steep real estate prices and development. She was forced out of Capitol Hill 11 years ago when rents went sky high.“It wasn’t an overly glamorous space. There weren’t heated floors or anything, but they bumped the rent to almost double to force us out,” says Chamberlain.Her second location, a building in Georgetown, was sold outright. She founded the Georgetown Cultural Arts Center four years ago, which houses eight artist studios.
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