Artist House 45 was a live/work project based in a two bedroom back-to-back terrace in Beeston, South Leeds, which ran from 2015–2020. The project was set up by East Street Arts to provide long term residencies for artists and respond to a need for better, and more stable, living conditions for artists. By providing space and support for artists to live and work, the project explored the benefits of artist-led practices located within the everyday (outside of conventional exhibition, studio and artworld structures).
The house was owned by Leeds City Council, but was vacant and in need of renovations for a number of years. East Street Arts agreed to take on the house for five years at a peppercorn rent (with the intention to fund and programme artistic activity) in exchange for undertaking the work required to return it to social housing.
In February 2024 the house (45 Garnet Terrace) was listed on Leeds City Council’s Capital Receipts Programme. This is a list of ‘surplus properties’ which the Council seeks to dispose of, to support their ‘budget position and wider programme of delivery’. In March 2024 the house was sold at auction for £72,000.
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