Humphrey Street Studios Visit: Part 1

Years ago when I lived in Boston, while attending Mass Art, my boyfriend Peter embarked on a daunting project to turn an old dry cleaning factory into artist studio spaces. This being a dream of his, he leapt at the chance, knowing full well that it would be an immense task to fulfill.

Here is Peter, back in 2001, disassembling the old boiler to make room for more studio space.

This was quite the undertaking.
Here he is, filling in the floor where the same boiler used to stand.

We later moved to a loft in Upham's Corner in Dorchester so that we could be closer to the factory, which by that time also housed Peter's sculpture studio. After years of working late nights and innumerable weekends, Humphrey Street Studios was completed and ready for tenants. Today it still stands tall and remains to be occupied by many of our dearest artist friends. This is Humphrey Street Studios today.

This is the view looking into the courtyard from the back lot.

This is Janet Lomartire's studio, the same space that used to house the old boiler.

J.J., as we call her, is a sign painter and guilder who works with her husband Gneal Widett (one of the owners of Humphrey Street); he designs and carves the signs. Unfortunately we missed both of them during our visit back. I would have loved to show you the real after shot of the interior. Janet did an amazing job decorating the space. It's one of my favorite studios.