Our most recent arts colony, ACE/121, located in Glendale, CA, broke ground in 2015. It was designed for families of working artists and built in conjunction with a $5.5-million YMCA of Glendale makeover. The LEED Silver-certified colony celebrated its official opening in 2017. The mixed-use community was developed by Meta Housing Corp. and Designed by Studio One Eleven. It features homes for artists, artist studios, a kiln, classroom space, a computer lab, music rooms, and a ground-floor public art gallery, now managed by Glendale Arts Association.
In 2022, the ace/121 Gallery hosted an event with the Glendale YMCA and the city Department of Library, Arts and Culture to celebrate the “unveiling” of Glendale’s first-ever city-commissioned mural. It was painted by professional artist Ayumi Chisolm (SANOizm), a resident of ACE/121, after a years-long process of bringing the city its first mural, a project initiated by former ACE/121 Program Director Ben Evans.
