Cultural Incubator

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To create at Gray Area, we offer our Incubator program that helps artists and teams with mentorship and professional support to accelerate and deploy projects for public presentation. The Cultural Incubator program is currently on pause as we assess our community’s needs and make improvements to the Incubator experience. Please subscribe to our mailing list to be notified when applications reopen in early 2025.

Community

Our cohort of creators represents an interdisciplinary mix of artists, designers, technologists, futurists, and creative entrepreneurs chosen via an annual open call for their experience, vision, and ambition. People at Gray Area are working on everything from new businesses, to ambitious art installations, to provocative experiments in science and urban design.

Creative Development

Our creative development program is designed to help you discover your voice, refine your skills, and build a community-centered creative practice. With support from a cohort of other creators and dedicated mentors, the Incubator program helps artists develop projects for public presentation through monthly peer critique, one on one mentorship sessions, and public presentations and exhibitions to showcase your work.

Our virtual Incubator program provides a supportive environment where asynchronous experiences are paired with real time connection for personalized feedback, mentorship, and support.

Our Space

Since 2015, Gray Area has operated out of the Grand Theater in the Mission District. The incubator space includes: dedicated desks, shared community event space, a kitchenette, bookable conference rooms, a media production lab, and a fabrication lab.

PROGRAM FEATURES

$150 per month Resident fee for a shared co-working space
$1000 per month for a private Studio
Monthly Peer Critique sessions
One on One Mentorship Meetings
Teaching Opportunities and Workshop Participation
24 hour hour workspace access
Free Access to Audio-Visual Equipment Library
Access to on-site woodshop
Open Studio and Artist Salon opportunities for public feedback
Community Showcase Exhibition Opportunity
Free access to Gray Area events
Free Audit access to all Education events
20% off Live Education events
Public Exhibition collaboration during Gray Area events
Marketing Support for exhibitions

AREAS OF INTEREST

Visual Media Arts
Creative Code
Virtual & Augmented Reality
Artificial Intelligence
Civic Engagement & Digital Activism
Social Entrepreneurship
Data Science
Sound & Audio
Software/ Hardware

ELIGIBILITY

Individual Residents & teams
Proposed piece at intersection of art, design and technology
Must articulate a bold vision of their body of work
Eager to be involved in community
Highly self motivated Residents
Record of artistic accomplishments