Subsidized Studio Rental

We are now accepting applications for long-term subsidized studio rentals on a rolling basis!

About Verge Studios

Verge Center for the Arts proudly maintains 34 working artist studios. Each studio is fully enclosed with a door for ample privacy to give you the freedom to create your work as you please. All walls are gallery white upon move-in and can be decorated or painted in any way you’d like to make the space your own. Studio sizes vary. Rent is partially subsidized and based on square-footage.

What is included with all Verge studios:

  • 24hr access to your studio
  • Access to a full service printmaking facility, kiln, and risograph printer
  • Free WiFi
  • Community of up to 55 artists working onsite at Verge
  • Yearly invitation to submit your work to our Art Auction
  • Free admission to all Verge member programs
  • Free admission to our weekly clay, figure drawing and print labs
  • Family level membership which includes NARM (North American Reciprocal Museum) and ROAM (Reciprocal Organization of Associated Museums) Benefits

What is required of Verge artists:

  • Participation in Sac Open Studios each year
  • Use of studio for art related activities for at least 10 hours per month
  • Additional participation in the Verge art community at least once a year.
    Examples include, but are not limited to:
    • Teach a class or present a lecture to the public
    • Volunteer to work an event
    • Be an active member of a committee

To apply, simply fill out this application and pay the application fee to be considered when a space becomes available.

Subsidized Studio Application Form

Studio Availability & Selection Process

Currently all studios are full, but as space becomes available, all applications will be reviewed by an independent panel to select an artist for the space.

As a contemporary art space, Verge places a preference on applicants who show a focus on new disciplines and an emphasis on emerging or career artists with a track record of production and exhibitions. Through our studio program we aim to diversify Sacramento’s community of artists.

Disclaimers:

If you have been previously accepted to our waitlist, you remain eligible for a studio when one becomes available.

If you have been contacted and denied an available studio twice, you will be removed from the waitlist and required to apply again before being considered for a studio.