Please note that application acceptance for the Pop-Up Studio program is based on studio vacancy/availability. There are no longer any Pop Ups for 2024.
OVERVIEW
The Pop-Up Studio Program is a short-term studio rental for a creative business. This program is an opportunity for creative arts businesses to have a retail, or working studio space for a short-term period of 3-4 months max. The ideal candidate will be a creative business looking for a space to work, display inventory, meet with clients, or complete a new project. The category of candidate could be, but not limited to, the following examples: photographer, video, filmmaking, textiles, hand-made clothing, jewelry, ceramics, and other crafts. The Pop-Up Short Term Studio program is subject to studio availability.
Why Pop-Up your creative business at Arts Warehouse?
- The Pop-Up artist would have 24/7 access to a private studio space for the duration of the Pop-Up.
- A physical location to meet new potential clients and buyers.
- A Creative environment with the visual arts in mind.
- The short-term commitment is ideal for those smaller creative businesses wanting to try having a physical location before making a longer term commitment.
How is the Pop-Up Program different from the Resident Artist Program?
- The duration of the studio lease is shorter, only 4 months max.
- Studio hourly requirements for resident studio artists do not apply to Pop-Up studios.
- Pop-Up studios are not listed on the Arts Warehouse website as artist profiles.
- Pop-Up studio tenants are not guaranteed a feature in the AW social media accounts (though there is a good chance they will be!).
- Pop-Up Studio tenants are not included in a Resident Artist gallery exhibition that may fall during this time.
REVIEW PROCESS
Applications are submitted via JotForm. Completed applications are reviewed by the CRA Program Director.
The application asks for images, statement, and product or art examples, as well as the asks the following questions:
Application questions:
- What is the name of your creative business or brand?
- What medium are you working in?
- Why is a studio space with the Pop Up Project ideal for your business growth?
- What will you use the studio space for (editing, creating, selling, etc.) Are there any projects/products you will be working on during your time here?
- Any specific goals for the Pop Up Residency term?
- How can we find you online, or social media?
- Brief Bio (if you have):
FEES AND AVAILABILITY
- Pop-Up Rentals will be filled based on studio availability, including the duration of the Pop-Up.
- Regular and full rental fees apply for the specified studio, and will be paid during the Pop-Up Studio Term on the first of the month by check. Studio rent is by square foot.
- Submission of an application does not guarantee acceptance to the Pop Up program.
Current Pop-Up Studio Artists
Jocelyn Chemel – Studio 1
Jocelyn was born in South Africa during the apartheid era and uses collage, digital photography, tape, paint, and mark making to accentuate the layered nature of her practice. Earlier work reflected her interest in landscape as she used barbed wire in abstracted environments as a symbol of how people were kept out in a divided country. Her current pieces focus on the shifting landscapes of glaciers, what lies beneath, and to draw attention to the instability and fragility of our world.
Jocelyn has been a jewelry designer for 20 years and an art teacher, having taught decorative painting to adults and art to children.
She has taken many courses in design, digital photography, and mixed media at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston as well as courses at Mass College of Art.
FIND JOCELYN |
Jocelynchemel.com Instagram jocelynchemel@gmail.com
Nickki Lewis Parker – Studio 6
Nickki is a new artist, who despite a lifelong dream of being an Engineer, during her last year and a half in college was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis gave her the gift of sensitive sight and the realization of how much disability and intimacy are mutually exclusive in the media presented to us. Whilst, the historic male gaze presented women in a shallow, one dimensional constraint of limits. Her lens and greater hope is showcasing the multitudes of disabilities and the courageous fight to find their sexuality and space despite the constant infantilization of disabled folks. See the world through the eyes of a woman gazing into the juxtaposition of masculinity and femininity, where men and women are equal entertainment and free from all expectations.
Nickki attends classes at Boca Raton Museum of Art School and became an Affiliate Artist at Arts Warehouse. Throughout her journey, she has met head-on the differences in world and visual perspectives anew to her. It has been an uncomfortable walk towards a new unfounded nor dreamt vision of her life, equally through the turmoil of finding praise and pride again after a decade of battling her own body for autonomy.
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Erica Carr – Studio 9
Palm Beach based artist, Erica Carr, a Native Floridian has been honing her skills since childhood. Erica is a mixed media visual artist who initially found inspiration in a studio art class at Wellesley College. After graduating from Wellesley, she continued her practice and took classes at Rhode Island School of Design. Her work varies from simple ink wash drawings to acrylic and oil layered abstracts. Her styles vary and include painting and drawing.
Erica loves color, texture, layers, and experimentation. This shows in her work as she provides viewers with an atmospheric experience of delight with her multi layered work. She is known to paint over canvases many times. Erica says “the idea behind my work is personal exploration. My abstracts possess many layers and much movement. I like to express various possibilities in a single painting. To me, art is freedom, layers and unattachment”.
In addition to her studio practice, Erica attends art residencies, collaborates with fellow artists, and supports many local charities with her art and time. Creativity, collaboration and giving back drive Erica.
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Renée Rey – Studio 10A
creates mystical worlds through paintings, mixed media art, and installations, blending surrealism, abstraction, and historical Japanese painting motifs. Her work is deeply influenced by personal experiences, memory, and research, exploring historical and cultural ties to land, sea, and air. She emphasizes themes of solidarity, shared responsibility, and environmental stewardship in the face of climate change. Her art, composed of fragmented imagery from her explorations, challenges perception and reveals the transformative power of imagined realms, prompting reflection on fragility, resilience, connection, division, and spiritual quests.
Honored with the 2024 Dina Baker Fund Grant from the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Rey’s work has graced galleries across the globe. Recent solo shows include Bailey Contemporary Arts Gallery, Pompano Beach, FL, Tauni De Lessep Gallery at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL, and the Hammond Hall Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL. Her group exhibitions span the Baker Museum, Naples, FL, Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY, Studio 33, Spain, Art Brut Biennale, Netherlands, and Project Space Brut, South Korea.
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