Since its founding in 1973, Centrum has operated as a residency program that welcomes artists, curators, arts workers, musicians, and writers from the Port Townsend area and beyond to engage with the site and the unique resources of the local community. The Emerging Artist Residency provides critical support to six Pacific Northwest artists early in their careers through stipends and meetings with visiting artists and curators, culminating with public open studios. Through inter-generational immersive workshops, Centrum brings together aspiring and master artists to ignite creativity, find and provide mentorship, and build community.
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Jevon Brown’s installation, Beyond the Fade, as part of Centrum’s In The Making residency, 2025. Image by Centrum staff.
April Werle, Emerging Artist Resident at Centrum Foundation, working in her studio, 2024. Photo by David Conklin.
Installation shot of Omid Shekari’s exhibition, Seeking a Way Out, as part of Centrum’s In The Making residency, 2024. Image by Centrum staff
Fin’es Scott creates new work during the month-long Emerging Artist Residency program at Centrum Foundation, 2024. Photo by David Conklin.
Emerging Artist Resident Darrell McKinney working in his studio in 2024 at Centrum. Photo by Centrum staff.
Installation shot at Battery Kinzie in Fort Worden State Park of Omid Shekari’s exhibition, Seeking a Way Out, as part of Centrum’s In The Making residency, 2024. Image by Centrum staff.
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“It is an honor to be part of The Warhol Foundation’s mission to support the visual arts coupled with its commitment to specifically support the voices of women, POC, Native Americans, and LGBTQ. It is simply thrilling to be part of an organization where we get to see these values writ large and implement real change in real life ways in the visual arts community that still so needs to move forward in terms of social justice, equality, and diversity. We put our money where our mouth is. How many institutions actually do that?”
Deborah Kass, Artist