Gallery Renovation @ MDHQ

As you probably know, MDHQ (the former Bad Idea) was originally a co-op, and thus, many of the rooms were divided to create additional private rooms. The large front room at MDHQ was initially broken into two odd, l-shaped rooms. The l-shaped rooms were cramped, cluttered with sleep lofts, and dark (since the windows in the rooms were chuked apart with the l-shaped partition.) We removed the partition, sanded and refinished the original 1900’s wide plank floor, and redecorated the room with salvaged materials. The gallery is envisioned as a flexible space that we can change and adapt to fit our needs, it’s first use will likely be a live-work gallery for visiting artists (more about our vision of a residency program to come.) We left the graffiti on the gallery’s front entrance door as a tribute to the former Bad Idea house.