Introducing Second Shift Studio Space of Saint Paul, a nonprofit residency program and art space serving Local Artists in the Metropolitan Twin Cities area

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.

At the core of Second Shifts philosophy is the belief that what artists need more than anything else is the time, space, and energy to develop their practice, outside of the constraints of financial influence. Despite how fundamental these needs are, they often go unmet through traditional residency and fellowship models. This difficulty is compounded by the noticeable disappearance of affordable studio space in the city. To address this, Second Shift will offer free, year-long studio residencies to four artists/makers/thinkers. Second Shift operates 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.