Kinhouse Art, 1601 Oakland Street, Fort Wayne, IN (2026)

09/02/2026

We welcome Erin .portraitista to the residency this week! 📸

Erin is a photographer, educator, museum person, and mama; though when she was three she wanted to be a Pointer Sister. Her favorite camera is her Pentax K1000 which she often takes with her even if she uses her phone camera more because it’s just easier when traveling with a family and usually a dog. Based in the Washington D.C. area, Erin feels most at home in the Western U.S..

Res plan:
Erin’s work combines photography, cyanotypes, and old family photos to explore memory, family, place, and the stories we inherit and make for ourselves. She plans to use this residency to finally dig into a project she has been thinking about for the past three years: a visual conversation with her great-uncle, an artist, social worker, and enthusiastic letter writer. She hopes to make connections between their lives and see what comes of two relatives, separated by time and place, collaborating through old letters, photographs, and probably a little gold leaf.

09/01/2026

We are busy installing our new show this week - opening for First Friday September 4th from 5-8pm!

Come see this lovely painting by Bloomington based artist among so many others!

The Body is Passed Down
8” x 6'“, mixed media on paper-backed silk
by Andreea Alunei

I explore how humans construct symbolic systems, images, beliefs, rituals, and stories, to navigate the psychological realities of mortality, uncertainty, and belonging. These systems function as buffers against the awareness that death is inevitable and, to some extent, unpredictable, while remaining ultimately incapable of fully resolving that underlying existential tension. Working in narrative figuration, I create paintings and drawings on paper and silk that draw from folk vernacular traditions, art history, and contemporary visual culture. My works often feature a cast of hybrid human and animal figures through which I explore themes of caregiving, family, protection, mortality, and meaning making. Through this process, I layer destabilized religious iconography and myth with childlike visual language, vibrant color, and delicate surfaces, exploring these systems as sincere, but constructed defenses that aim to mediate death anxiety.

This work available on our website - kinhouseart.com/shop

08/24/2026

Rebecca Arp and Mikey Mosher .mosher are here to share in a week of residency goodness! Happy to have these wonderful artists joining us in Fort Wayne. 🤸🤸🏾

Rebecca Arp is an interdisciplinary artist concerned with spirituality, memory, intimacy, and relational dynamics. She is interested in compositions and motifs that invert the traditionally hard and soft, explore the nuances of interpersonal relationships and relationship with the self, and draw from the minutiae of her experiences and environment with sincerity. At Kinhouse Residency, she plans to work mainly in colored pencil drawing, multimedia collage, and sculpture as she reflects on her recent trip to rural Nebraska. Postcards, toy guns, butterflies and their host plants, a windmill named "Eclipse", and a horse named "Trigger" are just some of the images Arp will explore during her residency. A question she'll be asking herself follows: "Can the grass actually be greener on the other side?"

Mikey Mosher is an interdisciplinary artist from Massachusetts, currently based in Chicago, where he received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Much of Mikey’s work is influenced by his undergraduate Religious Studies background which explored small religious movements as well as the religious history of New England. Growing out of a robust hand-cut collage practice, much of Mikey’s work revolves around the act of collecting, arranging, and manipulating materials, objects and images to create engaging and tactile combinations.

Res plan:
During my time at Kinhouse, I plan to work on some preliminary sketches for future pieces. This is where a lot of my work starts, but I don't often have the opportunity to set aside time for just that part of my practice.

08/21/2026

⚠️ L A S T - C A L L !
Submit by Sunday August 23rd, 2026 11:59pm ET

Patchwork 🪡 🧵 ✂️ 🖍️
An exhibition inspired by quilts, quilt motifs, and the art of piecing things together

Q U I L TS
A quilt is built from parts — scraps, blocks, fragments — brought together into something whole. It is pattern and repetition, improvisation and structure, softness and structure at once. For this exhibition, we are seeking work that responds to the spirit of the quilt: as object, as technique, and as visual language.

We invite artists to respond to one or more of these threads:

🔹 the quilt as literal artwork (a finished, wearable, or hangable quilt)
🔹 the quilt as technique (piecing, patchwork, appliqué, improvisational construction, or hand/machine stitching used in any medium)
🔹 the quilt as visual language (grids, blocks, repeated motifs, and pattern-based composition, even outside of fiber art).

As long as it reflects one of the 3 categories above, there are no specifications for what type of material your artwork must be made of. Submissions that engage with pattern, texture, color relationships, scrap and reuse, and the handmade are especially encouraged.

Call Ends: August 23rd, 2026 11:59pm ET ⚠️
Artist’s Notified: August 31st, 2026
Work Must Arrive at KHG: September 25th, 2026
Exhibition dates: Oct 2nd - Oct 30th, 2026
Reception: Friday, October 2nd, 2026 at Kinhouse Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN - this exhibition will be part of the broadway arts festival! Thousands of visitors are expected at this event on October 2nd + 3rd, 2026!

All submissions will be considered for the In-person Exhibition and Patchwork Catalog! Selected artists for our in-person exhibition will each receive a $20 shipping stipend to help offset costs.

Link in bio to apply!

08/18/2026

It is our pleasure to welcome three artist friends to share in a week of art making, resting, connection, and collaboration at the residency this week! Welcome Aimee, Amy and Shannon!

Read all about their awesome residency plans:

Shannon - “I am incredibly excited for the opportunity to participate in the Kinhouse Residency Program. During my week there, I plan to explore new techniques, experiment with more abstract elements in my work, and begin developing a new body of art. Most importantly, I hope to reignite the spark and energy that comes from being playful, curious, and fully immersed in the creative process....oh, and laugh a lot!”��

Aimee - “During the Kinhouse Residency, Aimee plans to experiment with new techniques through online coursework, with materials and ideas that have been percolating, and in collaborations with her fellow residents. She is looking forward to this dedicated space and time to create, organize, and be inspired. To be able to do so alongside Amy and Shannon is a true gift!”��

Amy - “Amy's art journey began later in life and has mostly consisted of independent study. She's looking forward to her time at Kinhouse as an opportunity to create within a community of fellow Mother Artists, exploring new mediums and subjects without the strain of expectation or the daily duties of parenting. This residency will be a celebration of a year-long informal cohort with her fellow Mother Artists.“

08/18/2026

Final post to showcase Indiana based artist Audrey Barcio’s Audrey Barcio paintings one more time. We just loved having her work in our space!

Audrey’s show “Unbroken Lines” was the last in our current space. We are moving the gallery to a new spot in Fort Wayne, and will be sharing more soon!

08/10/2026

Closing in about 2 weeks!

Call for Art: Patchwork 🪡 🧵 ✂️ 🖍️
An exhibition inspired by quilts, quilt motifs, and the art of piecing things together

Q U I L TS
A quilt is built from parts — scraps, blocks, fragments — brought together into something whole. It is pattern and repetition, improvisation and structure, softness and structure at once. For this exhibition, we are seeking work that responds to the spirit of the quilt: as object, as technique, and as visual language.

We invite artists to respond to one or more of these threads:

🔹 the quilt as literal artwork (a finished, wearable, or hangable quilt)
🔹 the quilt as technique (piecing, patchwork, appliqué, improvisational construction, or hand/machine stitching used in any medium)
🔹 the quilt as visual language (grids, blocks, repeated motifs, and pattern-based composition, even outside of fiber art).

As long as it reflects one of the 3 categories above, there are no specifications for what type of material your artwork must be made of. Submissions that engage with pattern, texture, color relationships, scrap and reuse, and the handmade are especially encouraged.

Call Ends: August 23rd, 2026 11:59pm ET
Artist’s Notified: August 31st, 2026
Work Must Arrive at KHG: September 25th, 2026
Exhibition dates: Oct 2nd - Oct 30th, 2026
Reception: Friday, October 2nd, 2026 at Kinhouse Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN - this exhibition will be part of the Art This Way Fort Wayne broadway arts festival! Thousands of visitors are expected at this event on October 2nd + 3rd, 2026!

All submissions will be considered for the In-person Exhibition and Patchwork Catalog! Selected artists for our in-person exhibition will each receive a $20 shipping stipend to help offset costs.

Link in bio to apply!

First slide: “In Wanting This, I Pit Myself Against Myself” Hand quilted and dyed indigo, cyanotype, housecoat, wedding veil, denim, hospital gown, 36x50 by Brittney Denham Brittney

07/21/2026

It is our pleasure to welcome two new artists in residence to Fort Wayne this week! We are so happy you are here Allison Beyer Allison Beyer and Evie Horton Evie Horton !
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Allison Beyer is a multidisciplinary artist living in South Bend, IN with her partner Carlos and their young children. Allison paints, draws, writes and makes music. She enjoys the camaraderie and creative support of Jesuit Media Lab, where she contributes regularly as an illustrator and author. Allison creates spirituality resources and content for groups and organizations that emphasize the works of mercy and embodiment. She is the primary caregiver of her children.
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Allison’s art explores spirituality, attention to color and feelings, and serves as a means to express and process grief and wonder. Allison plans to spend her time covered in paint, ink, oil color pastels and charcoal, and making as much art as she can possibly fit into a day. She intends to translate some art therapy process pieces into intentional compositions, as well as to explore some other ideas that have been stacking up in various notebooks. She cannot wait for this uninterrupted time to make art!
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Evie Horton is a mixed media and transdisciplinary artist currently living in Asheville, North Carolina. From woodworking, to welding, to making their own fiber from kudzu, Horton believes that the process is just as important as the final piece and utilizes visual art as a form of communication. Drawing inspiration from their q***r identity, q***r theories and praxes, ecologies, rot, transformation, grief and reliquaries, Horton views making as a collaboration between time and materialities.
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Without interruptions and in a new environment, Evie Horton prepares to utilize this time to dive deeper into a new concept. On this exciting threshold, they hope to continue a kudzu fiber textile and beeswax piece dedicated to the complexities of time, grief, and the personal ecologies of emotions.

07/18/2026

Check out to mesmerizing painting from our current show "Unbroken Lines" by Audrey Barcio 👀

Power Exchange, 2026
Acrylic, mica and 18k gold on canvas
38 × 30 in.

We are always open by appointment and we will also be open for this show July 23rd from 1-4pm and August 13th from 12-3pm!

"Audrey Barcio draws on the heritage of geometric abstraction, combining feminist symbology with sacred geometry to impart a visual language grounded in strength, balance, unity and collective resolve.

Unbroken Lines is a statement of where this vocabulary of equality comes from, and a proposal for where it's headed.

Rather than treating history as distant, the work insists on continuity: kindred lines redrawn and carried forward. Each composition becomes a record of that resonance."

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