From the Ground Up
A 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
Workshops & Intensives
What makes FTGU singular is not simply who it serves, but how. From the Ground UP workshops offer curriculum that centers the artist in a responsive, non-linear, and holistic fashion. The work that emerges is “real and raw yet polished and top-tier” (All About Solo, NYC), placing “distinctive voices center stage” (Willamette Week).
Capitali$m, Still a bummer…Still
In a world where money matters and the arts sustain us and rarely turn a profit - we dare to ask you for the money to do it ANYWAY!
Join us September 20th, for our annual fundraiser - the evening will include our UN’Capitali$t Cabaret, wine from Pairing’s Wine Shop, Taco’s from Por Que No and much much much MORE!