Washington, DC is an international city with a robust history of energetic, talented visual artists. This expansion puts pressure on the arts community - over the past decade artist studio buildings and art venues have steadily closed, many artists choose to leave Washington DC due to the perceived lack of opportunity, the high cost of living and the shortage of affordable work space. In order for
Washington to be a dynamic, cultural capital we need for the creative community to keep pace with the city; we need to support and encourage our artists to stay AND we need to entice more artists to bring their intelligence, drive, and resources to the city. MISSION
STABLE’s mission is to strengthen Washington, DC’s contemporary visual arts community by providing affordable and sustainable studio space, an engaged, diverse artist community and access to local, national, and international audiences through partnerships, programming and exhibitions.VISION
We envision STABLE becoming an active space for artists in DC and beyond. STABLE aims to change the arts landscape in DC by supporting a creative economy where visual artists not only remain in the city, but thrive. VALUES
Stable is committed to: Visual Arts, Excellence, Community, Dialogue, Partnerships and Stability
STABLE is partnering with well-established arts organizations to bring diverse programming into the STABLE studio complex, generating a dynamic art ecology. The artists working within STABLE have the opportunity to expand their professional practice while connecting to the unique cultural assets, creative communities and institutions unique to Washington, DC. The studios will be dedicated to visual artists of different ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnicities, career trajectories, genders, sexuality and artistic practices. Studio space rented directly to DC based visual artists will be below market rate. The FlexSpace is the most visible part of the STABLE complex and will allow for partnerships opportunities, collaboration, events and exhibitions. STABLE will engage the broader community through open studios and educational programming. We will work with local and national organizations to bring in a diverse group of artists that will rotate annually, which will provide unique flow and energy to STABLE. STABLE was founded by artists Caitlin Teal Price, Tim Doud and Linn Meyers
