2024-06-29T07:56:08-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150430595/theaster-gates-partners-with-philadelphia-arts-initiative-on-revitalization-project Alexander Walter 2024-06-04T14:29:00-04:00 >2024-06-05T20:21:41-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/60/600011e6bdbaabaaa2640c47a0dbe66e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Philadelphia&rsquo;s Forman Arts Initiative (FAI) announced that it has bought and is developing almost a whole block in the city&rsquo;s West Kensington neighbourhood as a museum and community centre&mdash;with help from the artist Theaster Gates and local architects Digsau and Ian Smith Design Group. The campus will open in stages over the next two years, starting later this summer with a public outdoor space.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Gates is also currently, among many other things, involved in a community revitalization effort for the new <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150357575/theaster-gates-rebuild-foundation-adds-to-leadership-team-in-chicago" target="_blank">St. Laurence Arts Incubator</a> in Chicago and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150346885/national-museums-liverpool-releases-new-asif-khan-and-theaster-gates-led-waterfront-development-proposals" target="_blank">National Museums Liverpool's waterfront development</a> in partnership with Asif Khan.</p> <p>Listen back to our <em>Archinect Sessions</em> podcast conversation with him <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150122069/a-conversation-with-theaster-gates-archinect-sessions-episode-136" target="_blank">here</a>.<br></p> <p><br></p>