From the Ground Up
Generative Feminist Arts Incubator
Where Untold Stories Come Alive
From the Ground Up is the region’s only women/femme-centered art incubation organization, pairing a deinstitutionalized, process-oriented creative model with integrated wraparound support and serving artists ages 18 to 79+ regardless of professional background, economic status, or formal training. Rather than curate credentials, FTGU cultivates the voices that our community most needs to hear.
‘A Welcoming space to belong and become’
Now in its tenth year of artist residency programming, FTGU elevates sidelined voices, sparks essential community dialogue, and champions the creation of stories that are too often overlooked. By bringing these stories to the forefront, and by centering the artists behind them, the organization creates spaces that empower, challenge norms, invite the unusual, and forge new pathways that uplift individuals and communities.
“Distinctive voices center stage.”
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Photography & Video provided by Megan Nanna & Katherine Murphy Lewis & SleeperStudios & Jaren Kerr
OUR 10th ANnual New works festival
From the secrets of secret societies to the complexity of the cosmos and the toothy nativity of a ‘Big Baby’ our tenth annual festival covers the essentials of what it is to be human (well mostly…).