

© Peter Moore Estate, courtesy Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation.
National Trust for Historic Preservation Announces Major Expansion of Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios Program
The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced today the addition of 19 new affiliate sites to its prestigious Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios (HAHS) membership network, representing the largest expansion of the program since its founding in 2000. This landmark expansion also comes during HAHS’ 25th anniversary year and marks a historic milestone in the program’s evolution.
The acceptance of these Affiliate members into the HAHS program marks a significant benchmark in HAHS’ ongoing commitment to diversifying the consortium to present a more complete picture of American artistic achievement. The new class notably includes numerous sites representing the legacy of women artists, HAHS’ first sites presenting both Asian American and Indigenous artist experiences including a Japanese American and South Korean American artist couple’s former loft in lower Manhattan, and the workspaces of several generations of Native artists in both the Northwest and Plains regions. Two sites created by self- taught Black artists in western New York and in Mississippi are opening to the public. These diverse locations span multiple states and represent various artistic movements and time periods in our nation’s art history. From intimate studio spaces to expansive compounds, artist-designed buildings and landscapes to sprawling vernacular art environments, each site provides visitors with an authentic experience of the places where inspirational art was conceived and created.