Second Shift Studio Space of Saint Paul is a nonprofit residency program, art space, and artist-led effort to provide better resources to working artists and build communities of arts appreciators.

Specifically, Second Shift works to serve women, gender-nonconforming individuals, and others who are marginalized as a result of their gender identity through our year-long studio residency program.

Second Shift is the vision of East Side residents Chris Larson and Kriss Zulkosky, who founded the space after noticing many artists in the Twin Cities being priced out of affordable studio space. They purchased an old linoleum shop on Payne Avenue in October of 2017, and have been working since, to transform it into a functional studio space storefront.

Second Shift is a space for making, for gathering, for listening, and for experimenting. We operate under the belief that helping one artist can help an entire community. When artists are provided the resources they need to fully engage their practice, they produce more relevant and challenging work, art that has the capacity to promote conversation, generosity, and engagement with the world around it.

It is more important than ever to quell the storms in our world by creating ways for people to see and interact with the world using a wider scope. Creatives help to make the lens wider. Through movement, sound, and visual interaction, people utilize their senses and can see the world differently and more holistically. When given the opportunity to experience something new, our minds expand. Second Shift Studio Space of Saint Paul was created to foster expansion of ideas by supporting creatives. We truly believe that people are better when they can create or experience the creative process through others.

Join us in support of our communities and help to end hate bigotry and bias.