Creating case studies of successful pathways to building ownership was an important part of the Stable Spaces research. They model strategies and tactics that we can learn from and repeat. They also tell an important piece of history for the arts in Aotearoa.
Significantly, these concrete examples show us that artists, independent arts organisations and community members have immense capacity to run their own spaces. In the words of Jo Randerson from the Vogelmorn Community Group: “we are way more capable than we give ourselves credit for.”