Anxiety from studio insecurity anyone?
I apologise if this post isn’t allowed, thought I’d give it a try…I guess I’m looking for a bit of solidarity or understanding from others who’ve been in a similar situation.
Im being kicked out of my studio building next year as it has new owners and they’re turning it into office space. It’s already starting to happen, but they’re allowing us to stay while they transition, I’m essentially renting a space inside a building site right now.
Where I live there is less and less provision for art studio spaces, and my work is 3D / installation based so I can’t work small scale. Alternative places are just non existent at the moment.
I’ve been getting a HUGE amount of anxiety around losing my space lately. I feel like it’s affecting my self esteem and identity- like if I don’t have my space to practice in, like I’ve had since graduating art school over a decade ago, then I’m not an artist any more. I know this sounds a bit crazy. Can anyone relate? Did anyone lose their studio for a while and still make it work? How did you fix your mindset?