The Galveston Artist Residency (GAR)supports the development and awareness of art through long-term artist residencies and public programming. Its ten-month residency program is a fully funded and allows artists to dive deeply into their practice, offering opportunities for growth and artistic breakthrough that is nearly impossible to achieve within the normal boundaries of modern life. It is also committed to engaging with its community through an ambitious gallery programming that includes art exhibitions, lectures, music and performance events. GAR argues for beauty and creativity as important and fundamental to our community and society at large.
Galveston Artist Residency
Exterior of the GAR Gallery and Studio Building. Photo by Logan Beck, 2012.
GAR Studio featuring 2024-2025 Artist in Residence, Anna Mayer.
Performance of Métro Boulot Dodo, Galveston, by Anthony Almendárez in the GAR Gallery, 2025.
Performers: Anthony Almendárez (trumpet), Sonia Flores (bass), Gonzalo Flores (viola) Andrew
Martinez (guitar, clarinet), Gabriel Martinez (percussion),
Gallery Talk with artist, Miguel Sbastida, and curator, Regine Basha. Voice of Coral by Miguel
Sbastida, gallery installation, steel rods, speakers, recordings from The Flower Garden Banks Coral
Reef by NOAA, 2024.
View of the GAR Back Courtyard’s Native Flower Garden, Spring, 2021.
“We strive to support institutions that share our artist-centered values. The small grassroots arts organizations as well as the museums that comprise our grantees provide invaluable opportunities for artists to express their unique perspectives on the pressing urgencies of the day. We hope that our grants help to amplify artists’ voices within their communities, in national discussions and debates, and across platforms in the international contemporary art world.”
Joel Wachs, President