Free: All time
Nestled in a historical community, Treasure Hill Artist Village hopse to provide an open space to Taiwanese artists, writers, critics and other individuals interested in art and culture, as well as non-profit organizations, national agencies and other international institutions – a space without national borders that transcends the restrictions and frameworks of regional cultures and political conditions, that creates free, open exchange from a higher vantage point. Originally an illegal settlement, it was then developed by the Taipei City Government into an example of environmentally sustainable urban community. With the policy of preservation and revitalization, the old settlement unfolded a new vision of an artivist compound which would respect the existing fabric of the community while fulfilling the regeneration concept of “symbiosis” to incorporate production and ecology in communal living and ushering in the program of an international youth hostel and creative ideas of art to further cultural exchanges with broader international communities.
Address: No. 2, Alley 14, Ln. 230 Dingzhou Rd. Sec. 3, Taipei
Opening hours:Tue-Sun 11am – 10pm; Closed Mondays
Direction: MRT Green Line to Gongguan Station Exit 1; Bus 1/207/208/236/251/252/253/254/278/280/284/290/311/505/52/530/606/642/643/644 to Gongguan Station
Phone: +886-2-2364-5313
E-mail:artistvillage@artistvillage.org
Website: www.artistvillage.org
Photo credit: Nisa Yeh (Flickr CC), othree (Flickr CC), IMAGEPixel (Flickr CC), chia ying Yang (Flickr CC)
