About The Ou Gallery

The Ou (like, oooh, nice) was officially founded in 2017 when Barclay and Donovan Rose fell in love with the building and began cleaning and restoring it from top to bottom: turning it into the gorgeous space you see today. With help from their wonderful friends and family, they created The Ou to satisfy their dreams to inhabit and share beautiful and gentle creative spaces, to be surrounded by contemporary art, and to bring artists from around the world to a place where they can feel at home, relaxed and inspired. 

What began as a small contemporary art gallery became The Ou-Terlier artist residency, hosting creatives from all over the world.

We are uninvited guests on the lands where live and create, and we humbly acknowledge that these lands are part of the traditional Coast Salish territory of the Quw’utsun and the Hul’qumin’num Treaty Group and the unceded (stolen) territory of the Snuneymuxw nation. 

The residency started in 2022 and supports art projects and artists who are willing to inspire themselves in the city of Guadalajara, in Mexico. (We give special attentions to projects that will to create social impact.)

We are located in Colonia Americana, a vibrant community, which was named as the coolest neighborhood in the world by a famous international magazine, in 2023.

We are inviting international and national artists from different disciplines and working on different media to live, work and join our community.

The length of the residency can be from 1 to 6 months but we prioritize artists staying at least 2 months for a better understanding of the local environment.

We encourage and support artists to have a final event, towards the end of their stay to show the results of their work to the local scene and we usually organize a presentation for them at the beginning of their stay in different art centers in the city.

We offer support to artists in terms of logistics, communications and organization. Moreover, we constantly give suggestions and tips about events and art galleries to visit in the city.

If you want to paint a mural, we have a wall available indoor in our arts residency.

We are completely independent and we DO NOT have access to funds for artist to cover their expenses. However, we can provide an official invitation letter, if they want to apply to grants themselves.

Please note, artists are responsible for all their technical materials. We can help them in the search if necessary.

STUDIO INFORMATION

The residency offers three living/working spaces.

SPACE A: One bedroom (5×3 meters) + studio (4×4 meters) for one artist. Rate: 550 EUR per month. This space can host artists who need separate spaces (sleeping and working).

For this studio, we also accept to host DUO artists just in studio A, but it is important to stress that the studio has just one double bed and we will apply an extra fee of 150 EUR per month.

SPACE B: One big bedroom/studio (5 x 6 meters). Rate: 550 EUR per month. This space is suitable for artists working in a media that don’t require separate working and sleeping spaces. Best for writers or photographers.

SPACE C: One big bedroom/studio (5 x 6 meters). Rate: 550 EUR per month. This space is suitable for artists working in a media that don’t require separate working and sleeping spaces.

SPACE D: One big bedroom/studio (4 x 4 meters). Rate: 550 EUR per month. This space is suitable for artists working in a media that don’t require separate working and sleeping spaces.

All spaces have basic furniture: a bed, closet, desk, mirror, a chair and a shelf.

You’re welcome to use your studio walls for an installation, but you will be asked to clean and repaint them at the end of your stay.

ACCOMMODATION

The residence has two bathrooms (one full – one guests), and several common areas: a kitchen, a dining room, a big central patio, a back patio and a laundry room.

In the central patio, there is a big table with chairs to work that can be removed to host performances, workshops, presentations or art events when required. Ideal for artists who loved to work in a common area.

The artist will have full access to the common areas such as kitchen, central patio, laundry room etc.

The kitchen is fully equipped.

About Asociación Jupiterfab

The artist Jupiterfab together with some friends created this NGO in November 2014 to create and to support art projects and artists who are making a social impact.

We actively work with marginalized communities around the world, covering several topics, such as migration, homeless needs, gentrification, virtual life vs. real life….To learn more about our projects, you can visit our project section jupiterfab.com/project/

You are entitled to apply all year long. However, we launch 3 open calls during the year as well.

To apply, please click here https://forms.gle/WUoGq8LkexL8oqEV9

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Besides its own world class series of music and dance events The Local runs a residency program for arts professionals and artists in Woodstock NY.

The Local is located in the heart of the Village of Saugerties at 16 John St behind the Saugerties Reformed Church on Main Street. The ADA accessible space is available to rent for parties, concerts, film and photography shoots, pop-ups and more.

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Manifesto:

Our bodies are cultured. 

Our embodiment practice (and unexamined habitual patterning!) channels into our artmaking.

Art shapes culture.

And the culture we co-create circles back around to shape our bodies.

We can interrupt the default course of this cycle at any point:
with critical thinking and strategic detox from the overculture’s impact on our bodies;
with embodiment practice that repatterns how we self-express;
with art that affirms life, honors all bodies, opens regenerative possibilities.

This is our work:
to support a spiral of cultural, embodied, creatively expressed love.

Vision:

Performances created as an expression of deep integrity nourished by embodiment practice while living close to the earth.

WildHeart is body positive, anti racist, queer magic.

Much administrative, manual and emotional labor supports these priorities. In the nitty-gritty of walking the walk, we provide food and housing, land access, studio space, event planning, logistical coordination, and marketing outreach.

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Our mission is to foster an inclusive, transformative space that supports artists at every stage of their careers, empowering them to push creative and professional boundaries while engaging with New York's vibrant cultural landscape. We do this through diverse programming—including exhibitions, performances, public events, workshops, panels, and incubator initiatives—that connects artists with each other, with audiences, and with the city's broader creative community.

The Current is a nonprofit center for contemporary art in Stowe, Vermont, connecting people with contemporary artists and ideas through exhibitions, education, artist residencies, and public programs. Serving a rural community while engaging artists from Vermont and beyond, The Current presents free exhibitions and public programs alongside arts education for children, youth, and adults. Through exhibitions, commissions, residencies, workshops, artist talks, and community and school partnerships, The Current creates opportunities for artists and audiences to engage in creativity, critical inquiry, and meaningful dialogue.