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Gosti, who has spent several months as an artist-in-residence at Inscape, aims to bring some of the former INS building’s ghosts to life in a new dance — to be performed in that building June 16-18 — called “where is home : third shore.”

Although the vacant building was transformed into artists’ studios in 2010 — re-christened as Inscape — its history hasn’t been forgotten.

The group, called Friends of Inscape, began its effort in 2021 after hearing that the building’s owners were looking to sell and had marketed it as a redevelopment opportunity.

At Inscape Arts in the Chinatown International District, a group of artist tenants wants to purchase the historic building housing 100-plus studios — even if it takes years.

For more advice on how to raise money, garner support and equitably approach the purchase, Friends of Inscape has a working group of advisers it’s consulting, including local politicians, arts leaders and the Cultural Space Agency, a public development authority chartered by the city of Seattle in 2020 to develop cultural spaces.