After sitting empty for five years, the former St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights will host a different kind of congregation: one of artists at work.

When ARTFUL Cleveland unlocked the church’s doors in May, it wasn’t just moving in – it was securing its spot in the community. The nonprofit, known for providing affordable and accessible studios, had been without a permanent home since being displaced from the Coventry PEACE Building in Cleveland Heights on January 31, 2025, after its landlord, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library, asked tenants to vacate due to financial concerns and disagreements about the building’s future, multiple local news outlets reported.

Cleveland Heights artist Donna Marchetti, an ARTFUL resident since October 2023, was angry when

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