601 Tully - (315) 442-1297

The Art Museum in the Neighborhood
http://601tully.syr.edu/

A site for exchange & co-production between artists, community members, and scholars.

601 Tully is a project space for artists in residence – both local, national, and ultimately international to create new work – using the building and the neighborhood as their “site”. 601 Tully attempts to give the neighborhood - the ninth poorest in the nation - equal access to arts and education that the University and city have. 601 Tully was founded and built by Marion Wilson with a rotating collaborative team of 54 students and neighbors and Anda French of French 2Design. It's a site for meaningful exchange between artists, community members, and scholars in the co-production of new culture.

601 Tully includes a contemporary art space, a public events space, a bookstore, and a teaching garden. The reclamation of 601 Tully Street began with Wilson purchasing the then abandoned two-story home and local drug hub.

Throughout five semesters beginning in 2009, Wilson's rotating collaborative design/build class re-zoned, designed, renovated and now sustains the physical and programmatic aspects of 601 Tully. The collaborative team has consisted of artists, architects, environmentalists, Fowler High School students, Green Train Workforce, neighbors, and the occasional passerby.

601 Tully is made possible by the generous support of the Syracuse University School of Education, The Kauffman Foundation, The Near West Side Initiative, Imagining America, Home HeadQuarters Inc., Say Yes to Education, and National Grid.

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