a place to grow
Connecting the Community through Creative Space
We are a multi-use creative space in the heart of Fort Wayne, Indiana’s 46805 North Anthony Corridor neighborhood. Originally built as a bank, we have reimagined our space into an open concept venue with both indoor and outdoor spaces for art exhibits, community events, live music, private events and more. We exist to build community and foster relationships through the creative arts. We believe in artists. And their creative projects. We are here to help high school, college and post-college creatives find a home in the “05” and be a community space for our neighborhood. Let’s dream together about what might grow in The Garden.
“This place feels so inviting. It’s cozy and warm.”
visit us
Want to learn more? Stop out and say hello at one of our upcoming public events or schedule a private tour.
The Garden Grand Opening was on August 20, 2020
Cultivating Creativity
“Fort Wayne has incredible local artists and we need to celebrate that.”
“It’s amazing to have a place to just “be” and to enjoy community.”
STREET TEAM
Helps us spread the word about our events in your neighborhood! This could include something as simple as inviting your neighbors or as public as asking your favorite local pub or coffee shop if they’d hang up a poster to help promote our events.
volunteer
We grow in a lot of different ways at The Garden, so we have a variety of needs including collecting needed items for local shelters, securing donated art supplies, urban garden upkeep, local litter cleanup, workshop instructors for youth camps and more. Although renting out our facility brings in funds, fundraising is still a constant focus and volunteers are always needed and welcome to help us bring meaningful community service projects and public events to life. Get involved!
About The Garden
using creative arts to build community
We use the creative arts to build community through original curated art events, classes and experiences, as well as community impact events (to bring awareness to issues in our community).
Opportunities to Engage
show & sell your visual ART
The Garden accepts proposals for solo or group art exhibitions in the gallery. We have around a dozen exhibitions on display per year. We also feature guest curators.
For artists who prefer the outdoors, we also outdoor murals available to apply to paint.
SHOWCASE YOUR WORK at our FREE public events
May through September, we host monthly Night Markets on the 3rd Wednesdays.
And every November, we host a 2-day weekend Holiday Market.
Local creatives, artists, designers, makers, farmers, and more can apply for a vendor booth at our markets—> vendor hopefuls, click here.
Local original musicians can apply to perform —> live musician hopefuls, click here. YES, this is a paid gig.
INSPIRE THE NEXT GEN
We grow in a lot of different ways at The Garden, so we have a variety of needs including workshop instructors for art workshops and pop-up events.