Cubberley Artist Studio Program

The Cubberley Artist Studio Program (CASP) supports the vitality of the arts in Palo Alto by providing City-sponsored, affordable studio space for artists, building creative community and fostering public engagement with the arts and artists. The Cubberley Artist Studio Program consists of 22 studios for long-term and short-term artist residencies. The program is administered by the Division of Arts and Sciences, City of Palo Alto.

Vision & Program Goals

• Create an artist community that fosters diverse and numerous opportunities for growth and collaboration in the creation of new work.
• Ensure the representation of a wide range of experience in terms of artistic disciplines, artistic development, as well as diverse cultural and aesthetic approaches.
• Create a dynamic and accessible cultural destination for the community, with economic value for the resident artists.
• Foster active engagement with and visibility with the Palo Alto and surrounding communities.
• Continue to increase the prestigious and competitive reputation of the program.
• Ensure that the program is accessible, open, inclusive, equitable, and responsive to the community need for studio space.

Community Service: Each artist is expected to offer at least two individual/collaborative free City Programs per calendar year, such as workshops, artist talks, mentoring, and portfolio critiques.

CASP Events: All artists are expected to participate in two all-CASP events per calendar year, currently Open Studios in the spring and fall.

General Participation: Artist are expected to participate in and contribute to internal community building efforts.  

Artwork Donation: Artists will donate one of their artworks during their first residency term, to the City’s Public Art Collection. 

Regular use of studio space: Artist agrees to maximize the frequency of use of the studio. 

Be a good neighbor: Artist shall be a good neighbor with fellow artists, the community, and City.

Annual Review: Participation in an annual review process will be conducted by City staff. 

To ensure the CASP program is maintaining its mission of supporting the vitality of the arts in Palo Alto, artists in the program are asked to maintain responsibilities and requirements as outlined in the following documents:

• Cubberley Artist Studio Program Guidelines(PDF, 169KB)

• CASP-Donation-of-Artwork-Policy.pdf(PDF, 215KB)

• CASP Studio Inspection Checklist(PDF, 188KB)

Open Studios

May 10, 2025

Our May Open Studios had over 150 visitors, and the Cubberley Campus was beaming with activity; book sales, spring market, food truck, dance performances and much more. Thank you to our visitors for supporting local art and artists!

November 9, 2024

Another successful Open Studios event is in the books with over 300 visitors, great conversations, hundreds of free prints distributed, food trucks, dance performances, live music, and art sales. Thank you to all our visitors for coming out to support the arts!

Cubberley Artists Exhibition

March 1 - April 29, 2024

The Cubberley Artist Studio Program artists had a group show on view from March 1 - April 29, 2024, at the Rinconada Library, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto. The limited edition prints featured in this exhibition were created by the 22 long-term Artists-in-Residence with the City of Palo Alto, Cubberley Artist Studio Program (CASP). The artists work across countless media but for this exhibition exclusively, they all collaborated with Cubberley artist and printmaker Patrick Fenton to create a risograph print capturing the essence of their work.

Open Studios

April 13, 2024

The Cubberley Artists opened their studios to the public on Saturday, April 13, 2024, and had over 120 visitors coming through from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.