ADSF Emerging Artists Residency Program
Pictured artwork (left to right) by Tashina Three-Sticks, Talaya Banks, and Tyree Jones
About the Program
In the fall of 2021, Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe launched the pilot for our Emerging Artists Residency Program. In partnership with NEWSED Community Development Corporation, this program is designed to support emerging local talent and foster the continued economic development of Denver's most historic creative district.
Through the program, each artist receives:
- 3 months of free studio space in the Art District on Santa Fe Studio & Headquarters
- A $500 materials stipend
- A 4-week Business Basics course through NEWSED
- A chance to display their work in a group show in the Art District
- Mentorship and networking with professional artists in the community, and much more
Since then, our residency program has hosted 40+ up-and-coming local artists. Learn more about our current residents and alumni below!
Applications for Fall and Winter 2026 are now CLOSED.
Sponsor a Resident Artist
The ADSF is adopting a new, small donor program where you get to sponsor a resident artist for just $24! In return, the donor receives a photo of the artist in their studio—a gift to show exactly how your donation is supporting their residency experience.
Meet the Artists
Italu Ramos Hernandez
Italu Ramos Hernandez is a multidisciplinary artist based in Denver, Colorado. Her practice emerges from the emotional and psychological space of migration, investigating how the body, material, and memory function as vessels for fragmented and often unspoken narratives.
Drawing from her lived experience as an immigrant, she merges personal history and collective narrative to explore the multiplicity and shifting nature of identity. Her work examines the broader immigrant experience in the United States, questioning how histories are constructed and how institutional and cultural narratives can both reveal and obscure lived realities.
Through material experimentation and embodied forms, she invites continual questioning of what is remembered, what is forgotten, and what remains unseen.
andrea garcia neri
Andrea Garcia (b. 2000), working under the alias "Loose Screws", is an interdisciplinary visual and performance artist whose practice centers painting, puppetry, and immersive installation.
Inspired by the absurdity of life in everyday moments, Garcia presents playful yet provoking street performances utilizing recycled textiles and materials, papier-mâché, and large-scale puppets.
After earning her Certificate of Alternative Art through OpenMFA Houston in 2025, she has moved to Colorado to join her migrating family, and currently residing in Denver.
Morgan sirota
Morgan Sirota is a sculptural artist working in paper mache. Her sculptures build a world rooted in the physicality of emotion and sensation. She gives body and mass to ephemeral perceptions and memories through creating abstract sculptures that live in their own world.
While her work is concerned with the heavy act of world-building, a focus on whimsical form allows her to approach these issues with play and joy. Her work is an escape, a fantasy, a reflection, but above all, this other world is an act of self-determination.
Morgan received a B.A. in Art and Molecular Biology from the University of Denver, and completed a Post-Baccalaureate Option in sculpture and post-studio practices at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Program Alumni
