Space2Share

Our Space2Share program operates  from both our downtown urban gallery/flex space in Portland, OR and from our rural campus at Camp Colton in Colton, OR. It is an initiative that embodies our commitment to resource sharing by making our spaces accessible to mission-aligned organizations, communities, and individuals with minimal oversight and support. By offering our facilities during unreserved times on our calendar, we aim to create opportunities for supportive and restorative experiences.

We aim to provide supportive and restorative experiences that build capacity, foster connection, collaboration, and healing.

S2S is not merit- or need-based; rather, it is one of many ways we make our resources more widely available. We continue to develop additional programs to better serve a range of needs and commitments.

Park Blocks Apartment Share

One of the ways we support artists, creatives, and community orgs is by offering subsidized sliding scale rental of our studio apartment in downtown Portland. Rentals are offered to our program partners and alumni. When partnering with a peer arts institution, the S2S program supplies presenting organizations with additional infrastructure for guest artists to develop work for an upcoming local exhibition, teaching tenure, or public project. 

Park Blocks Gallery Share

Nonprofits and mission-aligned organizations can use our space at a highly subsidized rate for team retreats, educational workshops, or other impactful programs. This option allows organizations to carry out their work in a serene and inspiring setting without financial barriers.

Camp Colton Share

We offer use of our Camp Colton retreat space to nonprofits or mission-aligned organizations for their own programming. The visiting organization manages all aspects of the experience, including funding, activities, and logistics.

Previous Programs

  • Firefighter Respite

    With deep gratitude to the firefighters who keep us & our lands safe, we have created a program for firefighters to come and stay at Camp Colton for a week long respite. Firefighters are able to rest, connect with nature, and stay in cozy lodgings.

    Accommodations are be fully subsidized.

  • Artist Residency + Respite

    This respite at Camp Colton is designed to be self-directed and open-ended—no structured programming, just time for you to rest and create at your own pace, with no expectations of certain outcomes. Use nature as a channel to reconnect with your creative work and see what unfolds.

  • Growing Gardens Staff Retreat

    Growing Gardens was granted a subsidized staff retreat at Camp Colton.

    Growing Gardens agreed to bring 20 volunteers for 5 hours of guided trail maintenance and/or rewilding in Spring 2025.