After months of overhauling the Howard C. Forman Human Services Campus, the long-awaited artist colony debuts with a new moniker and a shot at renting space.

After the Pembroke Pines Parks and Recreation plunked roughly $1 million from a general obligation bond into the project last year, Studio 18 in the Pines is slated to open this November.

The department’s now accepting applications to nab a slice of the studio workspace through Sept. 25.

Snatching up a personal studio allows budding local artists to interact with fellow painters, sculptors and other mixed media mavens, participate in visual arts classes, lectures, workshops and exhibit their artworks in special in-house gallery spaces.

For more information about applications, call Jill Slaughter at 954-986-9027, or visit www.ppines.com.