Upcoming Resident Artists

April Werle

Narrative Painter | Missoula, MT

April Werle (b. 1995, USA) is a narrative painter based in Missoula, Montana, exploring identity and folklore. Her recent solo exhibitions include Secret Life of a Multicultural Couple, Bell Projects, Denver, CO; Halo-Halo: The Mixed Children, ZACC, Missoula, MT; and Mga Hunghong Sa Diwata (Whispers of Spirits), Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. Werle is the recipient of the Emerging Artist Residency at Centrum Foundation (2024). She was honored with the Creative West BIPOC Artist Fund Award (2024), the Montana Arts Council Strategic Investment Grant (2023), and the Montana Arts Council ARPA Grant (2022). Werle’s work has been published in Create! Magazine, New Visionary Magazine, and Mahalaya.

Residency: 9/2/25 - 11/14/25 | Exhibition Opening: 11/14/25

Drew Austin

Interdisciplinary Artist & Curator | Denver, CO

Drew Austin (b.1996) is an interdisciplinary artist and curator living and working in Denver, CO. He grew up in Great Falls, Montana, and attended the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, in Denver, which he graduated from in 2017 with his BFA as Valedictorian. Austin is the Program Manager for The Wayfaring Band, an organization that creates inclusive experiences that amplify the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, cultivate connections, and transform perspectives to alter the way people view disability. He previously worked as the Curator of Visual Arts at The Dairy Arts Center, Exhibitions Curator for ReCreative Denver, as well as put together independent curatorial projects in spaces such as Redline Denver, The Temple Artist Studios, The Digital Armory, and Alto Gallery. Portrayed primarily through drawing, sculpture, and light-based installation, Austin’s work functions as a conduit for understanding and comprehension of everyday things—mundane situations, domestic space, slow growth, and light—both large and small in a human-dominated world.

Residency: 3/3/26 - 5/15/26 | Exhibition Opening: 5/15/26

Erica Rawson

Interdisciplinary Artist | Denver, CO

Erica Rawson is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, printmaking, performance, collage, digital media, and installation. She emphasizes materiality and reflects on the intangible connections that bind us to one another, using memories and objects as vessels for storytelling and transformation. Her work often embraces decay while allowing materials to organically evolve and create new meanings.

Originally from Pensacola, Florida, Erica relocated to Denver in 2012. With over a decade of experience in metal fabrication, she has contributed to local installations and public art projects nationwide. Erica is deeply devoted to collaborative projects and community engagement. In addition to teaching welding at the Community College of Denver, she served as the Artist Fellow at the Museum of Outdoor Arts in 2023 and currently again in 2025. She has a BFA in Sculpture from Metropolitan State University of Denver and is pursuing her MFA in Studio Art at the University of California, Davis.

Residency: 6/2/26 - 7/31/26 | Exhibition Opening: 7/31/26