Towson Arts Collective to Move

Towson Arts Collective is on the move.

The Towson nonprofit, currently located in a basement below , will move around the corner to the ground floor of the Lafayette Building at 40 W. Chesapeake Ave., president Brian Truax said Friday.

The move will happen in time for the 5-year-old collective's new exhibit, set to begin April 12.

"It's happening soon," Truax said. "We need to paint."

The was sold in 2010 in a foreclosure auction as part of Towson Commons.

Recently, the arts collective used space at Towson Commons to host a winter craft sale and briefly borrowed gallery space on the corner of York Road and Pennsylvania Avenue that art department wasn't immediately using. That introduced Truax to the building's management, and he said it was a factor in considering the move.

Truaxthat a move was in the works. The new setting, Truax said, will be more than a change of scenery.

"We'll have handicap accessibility, whch opens us up for operating grants, which will allow us to have some sort of paid administrator," he said. "We're going to have a lot of visibility. It's a storefront with windows. The lighting is reallly nice in there. There's fixtures in there. There's nice flooring. It's really a beautiful space."

Besides gallery shows, the Towson Arts Collective also hosts classes and outdoor events, like the twice-annual Arts in the Park at .

Truax is asking for donations to help with the move. Check out the collective's website for more information.