309 Punk Project
309 N. 6th Avenue became a punkhouse in the late 1990’s. Arguably the oldest continuously inhabited Punk House in the south, 309 and its residents played a role in the American Punk subculture for decades. Over the years, internationally renowned photographers, painters, writers, activists, and musicians have lived in 309. Long-standing local businesses and non-profit organizations rose out of the creative fires of 309.
In 2016, the non-profit, 309 Punk Project was a collective founded to raise awareness about its history through curatorial practice and programming efforts and to raise funds towards the purchase and renovation of the house.
The house was officially procured in 2019 and was to open its doors as a venue, community arts center, a Punk Archive and an Artist in Residence Program in August 2020, yet due to COVID-19 we are postponing that celebration opening until it is safe to do so.
