The best cities for artist other than New York??

[Bluerose28]

Question? I love New York but all artists from every walk of life come out here to chill out and be known. Great. But now as I get older I'm looking for a new atmosphere - a new city where there are artists and hipsters to be around. What's a good a city or state to be in and to broading my horizions.

[Peter M Gray]

Yeah Bridgeport is an interesting thought. It's like the Bronx, or Detroit, they're the final frontiers. Cheap to live and find space, but a creative neighborhood vibe is something you have to wait on. Not for the faint of heart. The great Dave Miko was from Bridgeport originally.

Bluerose28 said:

I'm going to add my hometown Bridgeport, CT because it's trying to be a place for artists, I'm begining to find cheap studios and it's 45 minutes away from New York. I find New York over rated anyway but it's a beautiful and productive city.

[Peter M Gray]

I think New York has some big drawbacks. While I lived there I ended up renovating beautiful lofts for a Design and Build Firm rather than living in one. I lived in a series of expensive shitholes many minutes or hours from Manhattan. I found It hard to find a sense of neighborhood in New York anymore, there's too much moving and commuting going on. I've had a better artist's life in San Francisco, New Haven, And Port Chester, NY (though it's now overbuilt and expensive). I now live near Hudson NY which is one of the best small cities for the arts I've come across. Lots of Galleries, Studios, Some Performance spaces. and a really active Arts Council. In the US you're often better off in a smaller affordable city so you actually have some time to make art.

[wal joris]

Consider Brussels or Antwerp in Belgium. In about 2 hours train you are either in Amsterdam, Paris or London. Idem Köln (Cologne) in Germany. There are cheap night buses (Eurolines) and fast trains to anywhere in Europe. If you are American, you will be a bit more exotic than local artists, which is always good. In Antwerp everybody understands English (not in Brussels). It's much cheaper than in Paris or London.

[Ene Bissenbakker Frederiksen]

By all means - Berlin and Barcelona! Their work starts from the streets, but more importantly: The city councils do not try to oppress their creativity. It's art for everyone and art for the art's sake.

[Christopher Douglas Arnold]

Berlin, Germany is where you can find an amazing new art scene. It is full of fresh visionaries and a big part of today's conceptual thinking/discussion....it is also still fairly affordable to live and work there.

[Adriana]

Buenos Aires - Argentina

[Darrin Ross]

all of those places are gnarly but nobody metioned my wonderful hometown of L.A. were artsy too lol the government jus doesnt like are guerilla art but we dont care. Its a whole new scene bein born out here the art is changing and the music you guys should ckeck it out. search dkaeizm on youtube for the music uncannysuspects.blogspot.com for some artwork.

[Ronin]

downloading my 2 cents. Chicago sucks. San Fran, Seattle, LA, Amsterdam, Barcelona would all be a great option.