While the Create Award residency and the Porter Scholarship at Art Gym have their own structure and requirements, they are all built on the same goal: Providing time, space, and community for artists to use while working towards a project or a goal. In addition to completing their proposed project or reaching their goal, it is our hope that each artist that moves through either programs gains a greater understanding of their art practice and builds new connections in the process.
Residencies & Scholarships
Time, Space, Community
Create Award
Please note: The 2025 Create Award will be the last year for the residency.
The Create Award is a 6-month residency for recent graduates from creative disciplines (fine arts, digital art, performing arts, etc.). Let Art Gym support your transition from creative student to creative professional by applying for the Create Award residency. Participants receive a 6-month membership to Art Gym with access to the equipment and tools needed to establish themselves after graduation. As a member, residents quickly become part of a community of artists who help navigate the business side of becoming successful in the art world. And by engaging in peer-to-peer mentoring and professional critiques, Create Award residents grow and thrive in a supportive environment of like-minded individuals. The residency program culminates in a celebratory exhibition and/or performance on display in Art Gym’s professional gallery space or performance studio.
Hear What Past Create Award Residents Have to Say
Porter Scholarship
The Porter Scholarship Residency is now closed and we are no longer accepting applications. We want to give a huge Thank You to the many supporters and the past recipients of this residency! Through generous donations to the fund, Art Gym was able to facilitate 25 artists completing the 6-month residency.
Eric Porter and his wife Ingrid were two of the first members at Art Gym, joining the community in 2015. It was a privilege for other Art Gym members and staff to experience Eric’s immense talent, constant smile, and passion for art, while his contemplative drawings always left viewers in a state of quiet reflection.
To honor Eric’s passing from complications of a bone marrow transplant for leukemia, Art Gym has set up The Porter Scholarship. Funded by friends, family, and supporters of all stripes interested in supporting local artists, the scholarship is now in its fourth year, and continues to provide artists the opportunity to explore their talent with the same joy and passion that Eric imbued into his work.
Hear What Past Porter Scholarship Residents Have to Say
Art Gym Guest Artist
Through the Art Gym Guest Artist program, Art Gym partners with outside artists to complete a collaborative project. The Guest Artist program is by invite only, occurring through organic connections with artists in the community, based on a shared idea or goal. Each guest artist works with Art Gym staff to develop and complete the intended project utilizing the space and equipment at Art Gym they otherwise would not have access to.
