Art$Pay expanded its role with the creation of Art Incubate, a tangible artist support program, that includes studios and galleries at 52 and 56 Regina Street North in Uptown Waterloo. The two properties were donated by HIP Developments for use by ArtsPay from Spring 2019 until Spring 2021

The Art Incubate pilot project is designed to offer local visual artists exceptional studio space with a focus on generating community engagement. The ground floor at 56 Regina Street North operates as a visual arts incubator for five emerging artists in a shared studio over a 12-month time period, with 8-10 practicing artists renting private and shared studios at cost throughout both buildings. The studios houses artists from a mix of career levels to share networks, resources, new ideas, energy and mediums. Interest in collaboration and community are requirements for any studio tenancy.

Responding specifically to the lack of affordable studio space for young emerging artists, ArtsPay awards five emerging artists with sponsored studio spaces for one year on the ground floor of 56 Regina St N. Additional sponsors of this incubator program include the Region of Waterloo, City of Waterloo, City of Kitchener, Perimeter Development Corporation, and Miller Thomson LLP who will each support a young artist throughout their term, with Melloul-Blamey Construction Inc. helping prepare the studios for occupancy. The program covers rent, a small stipend for art supplies, and payment towards an outreach activity.

For an archive of past events, see here.
For more information about what ArtsPay accomplished with Art Incubate, see our latest Annual Report.

Incubator Artists

2020-21

Behnaz Fatemi
Lauren Prousky
Johanna Thompson
Jo Sparkes
Christie Shen

2019-20

Ioana Dragomir
Melika Hashemi
Andrew McKay
Stephen Restagno
Jessie Rowe

Studio Artists

Mackenzie Boyd
Anne Filiatrault
Brubey Wanzhi Hu
Marc Lambert
Vicki Lawerence
Raegen Little
Cate McGahey
Andrew McGeoch
Ross Pritchard
Ardea Thurston - Shaine
Trevor Waurechen