ADSF Emerging Artists Residency Program
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 our Fall and Winter Residencies are now CLOSED. Check back soon!
Meet the Artists
Celia bell
Celia Bell is a dedicated visual storyteller passionate about crafting experiences. She thrives pushing her creative boundaries and exploring the infinite ways design plays a role in our daily lives.
Bell is a Senior Designer at the History Colorado Center in Denver where she blends her background in theatre and visual art to tell stories that connect audiences to the past.
Her personal art explores themes of fear, transformation, and self often through creatures that embody our anxieties. By reimagining these beings with empathy, nuance, and playfulness, viewers are invited to confront discomfort and find compassion towards the grotesque.
Jordan garelick
Jordan Garelick is a painter based in Denver Colorado. They grew up
in Denver and studied fine art in Chicago at the Art Institute of Chicago before returning back to Denver in 2022. They work primarily with oil paint, charcoal, graphite, and chalk pastel.
Miranda Pizano
Miranda Pizano is a New York born artist, with a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
She references her childhood memories by using childhood images of my family in order to reimagine her childhood and emphasize the importance of reflecting one’s past experiences during their upbringing.
In her work, rather than creating a likeness, she uses the materiality of paint and collage to communicate an inability to recognize these photographic images of an idealistic childhood in contrast to the conflicts that one experiences while growing up.
Program Alumni
