STUDIOS

live art
resident artists & studio space

SPA rents studios to working artists and art collectors at reasonable rates in order to provide space for creative work, art exhibition and learning opportunities about contemporary art; provide opportunities for artists and others to collaborate; and to integrate the general public with working artists and others in order to expand participation in the visual arts. Please contact SPA if you are interested in renting studio space in the building.

WINTER 2025
OPEN STUDIOS at SPA
Sat., Feb. 8, 1-3PM
Join us for informal artist talks, demos and conversations
Make a day of it - be sure to visit our Galleries page for our current shows in the SPA art center and at partner sites nearby.

Annual Studio Residency Program
NEXT: 2025-26 Opportunity
SPA first tested the 11-month Studio Residency Program in the fall of 2015. A small private studio on the second floor of the visual arts center was provided at no charge to an emerging artist in the Barre/Montpelier area to build a new body of work for exhibition. The Studio Residency Program continues to receive significant interest and artists are selected on a competitive basis.

The next deadline for applications for the Annual Studio Residency Program is June 2, 2025.
For information on the application process, click HERE

STUDIO DIRECTORY

Second Floor Studio Artists:

Marisa Green
SPA Studio Residency Recipient 2024-25
www.marisagreenart.com
Video: Marisa Green 2024-25 SPA Studio Resident

Karen Henderson
Fiber Art & Mixed Media
www.karenhendersonfiber.com

Joe John
Drawings & Interactive Art

Georgia Landau
Sculptural Ceramics
Click here to read SPA's Spotlight Artist Interview
Click here to watch VT PBS 'Made Here' Video

Leslie Roth
Fiber Sculpture
www.leslierothknits.com
Click here to read SPA's Spotlight Artist Interview

Mark S. Waskow
Pres., NNEMoCA &
Independent Curator

Space #1:
Abstracted Figures, Anthropomorphic Characters and Others: An examination of the human form expressed in a wide variety of media.
Space #2:
Confronting Geometry: Works in many media that transcend the normal 2-D and/or 3-D boundaries, as well as works that express a deep connection to abstract or abstracted geometric forms.
www.nnealp.org