205 Ocean Ave Studios

205 Ocean Ave Studios is a Queer, BIPOC led space providing a safe and equitable work and community space for visual artists and multidisciplinary creatives from underserved and marginalized communities.

In an effort to reduce our footprint, we are a low/non toxic studio space.

Studio #5 will be available November 1st. Please fill out an application if interested.

Our indoor and outdoor community spaces are available to rent for events, meetings and workshops. While our community spaces are open for all to rent, priority is given to QT BIPOC & immigrant community members.

Dye Studio & Kitchen

Studio Application

Indoor & Outdoor
Community & Workshop Spaces

STUDIO DIRECTORY

  • Ashley Page

    Studio #2

    Ashley Page is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Portland, ME. She holds a BFA in Sculpture and a minor in Public Engagement from the Maine College of Art & Design. Her studio practice and curatorial projects serve as vehicles for storytelling, representation, and intergenerational exchange. As a teaching artist, she has taught various workshops in textiles, papermaking, and printmaking, encouraging students to push techniques, ideas and materials to new heights. Page currently serves as the Studio and Programs Manager at Indigo Arts Alliance where she works within the intersection of art and social justice.

    website: ashleypagestudio.com 
    IG: ashleypage.studio

  • Triflorum Designs / Julia Lipner

    Studio #3

    Triflorum Designs is a small, woman-owned artistic and ecological design company based in Portland, Maine. We specialize in contemporary and naturalistic container plantings, urban garden design, and wild-inspired seasonal florals. We use ecological and aesthetic design principles to highlight the beauty and rhythms of the natural world, focusing on pollinator-supporting and mostly native plants that will thrive where they’re placed, building gardens and installations that nurture both people and planet.

    email: julia@triflorumdesigns.com
    website: www.triflorumdesigns.com
    IG: @triflorumdesigns

  • Rosalba Breazeale

    Studio #4

    Rosalba Breazeale (they/them, b. 1989) is an artist, educator and the studio director at 205 Ocean Ave studios based on the traditional lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, so-called Portland, ME. They hold an MFA from the University of New Mexico and BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their multidisciplinary art practice encompasses analog, digital and alternative process photography, soft fiber sculpture and installation with an emphasis on regenerative practice. Breazeale’s identity as a Queer, Jewish, transnational adoptee from Peru forms the foundation from which they create work addressing connection to land, diasporic experience, European colonization and related environmental issues.

    website: www.rosalbabreazeale.com
    IG: rbreaz

  • Little Something Co.

    Studio #6

    Little Something Co. is a Portland, Maine, based creative goods brand by friends Sam Pouliot, Bella Ucci, and Sarah Sawtelle, who each hold a BFA from Maine College of Art & Design. Working across illustration, graphic design, and product design, they create colorful stationery, stickers, and souvenirs inspired by Maine’s coastal landscapes, local culture, and everyday life. Through their distinct illustrative style and thoughtfully designed goods, Little Something Co. celebrates the character of New England while bringing original artwork into everyday spaces. Little Something Co. connects with the community through their online shop, at local markets, and in stockists across Maine and beyond.

    website: www.littlesomethingco.com
    email: hello@littlesomethingco.com
    IG: hellolittlesomething