Parts & Labor supports a flourishing practice for artists who are caregivers.
Located in SouthTown San Antonio, Parts & Labor is a non-profit organization which offers mid-career artist residents focused time, space, and resources in their pursuit of creative work. Tailored to meet the unique needs of caregivers, the residency provides the necessary support and infrastructure to “free up” artists to work.
“The mission of this project resonates deeply with me. I don’t think making art and caregiving are incompatible but the total lack of structural support, in the art world and the world at large, makes it a huge challenge. We need more programs like these that keep artist parents making work.”
— ADA POTTER, Brooklyn NYC
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Learn more about the artists and families who will be in residence starting early 2025.
HAPPENINGS: Family plen air painting workshop
Please join artist and parts and labor resident, Ben Cowan, for a jovial landscape painting session in the Mission San Jose park. This event is open to all ages and experience levels in painting!
Diary of an artist: Becky Brown
“This might be the most supported I’ve felt at any residency, because I didn’t need to leave my family behind.”