Creative Action breaks ground on shared $15M arts hub in Austin's Mueller neighborhood

When it is completed, the Community Arts Collaborative in the Mueller neighborhood will house Creative Action, Art Spark Texas, Austin Bat Cave, Austin Soundwaves and Studio A. br/ (Artist's rendering / Creative Action)Creative Action and its partners broke ground Tuesday on the Community Arts Collaborative, a shared arts facility being built in the Mueller neighborhood.The 25,000-square-foot space will become the nonprofit’s headquarters and also house Art Spark Texas, Austin Bat Cave, Austin Soundwaves and Studio A Piano.“We've been looking forward to moving in together for so long now,” Joe McIalwain, Creative Action’s executive director, said before the start of the ceremony. “We're going to be roommates.”Creative Action acquired the land next to Marshall Middle School decades ago through a public-private partnership with the city to create a space that worked with the school district and benefited kids on the East Side.Creative Action and its partners held a groundbreaking cerem