Artist Studios at The CJM was created in response to COVID-19 and its overwhelming impact on the local arts community. The pandemic has intensified the Bay Area’s ongoing wealth disparity and untenable living costs, and over the last year, arts practitioners from across the industry—including artists, contractors, administrators, schools, exhibition and performance spaces, and museums—have faced immense and unprecedented challenges. Foregrounding health and safety while adapting to a new culture of social distancing and virtual programming, The CJM created a unique opportunity to provide tangible support for local artists by offering the use of two physical spaces at The Museum that would otherwise have remained vacant during the pandemic recovery. Recognizing that many local artists are currently without safe, secure studio space or the present means to acquire such, The CJM drew on our commitment to share what resources we have and to strive for equity and justice, or tzedek. Artist Studios at The CJM is part of our ongoing effort to cultivate community and adapt to its changing needs, as we continue to offer programs that educate, challenge, and inspire.