What we’re all about.

Industrial Street Studios is a community-driven artist cooperative in the Columbia River Gorge. We are dedicated to being a welcoming and supportive space for all creatives, makers, and entrepreneurs.

WE EXIST TO strengthen our WIDER creative community  ➼ ➼ ➼

As an artist cooperative, we not only provide space for artists to create their work. We simultaneously invite new perspectives and voices to foster dialogue, mutual support, and cultural exchange.

Our cooperative structure offers economic sustainability for members, expands our network through public events and workshops, and helps to retain local talent that might otherwise relocate to better-resourced cities. In our era of increasing isolation and division, we believe our cooperative model fosters the kind of community resilience and imagination that every town needs. 

The vision of Industrial Street Studios extends far beyond art. It’s about belonging, expression, and building a more connected, inclusive, and inspired region. What strengthens the arts strengthens our entire community.

  • A collective voice

  • Skills development

  • Creativity & expression

  • Exhibitions & shows

  • Studio space

  • Artist collaborations

  • Co-teaching/inviting in other artists

  • Shared resources

  • Empowering entrepreneurship

  • Collective marketing/sales

  • Membership revenue

  • Gallery revenue

  • Event revenue

  • Classroom rentals

  • Supportive skill sharing

  • Inclusive & accessible

  • Bringing together members, artists, the public, art-curious, tourists, etc.

  • Shared values: art in rural communities is VITAL

  • Collaborations with teachers, schools, NPOs, gov’t, etc.