Skep Space is an artist-centered space that provides support and community to creatives at all levels in their careers.
Our primary concerns are:
- Create a supportive and inclusive environment in which individuals can find and express their creative voice
- Provide affordable and accessible studio space for Artists
- Provide community building opportunities
- Build varied programming to support both Skep Artists and bring artistic learning to the wider community, through events like workshops, open drawing, critiques, etc.
- Provide professional development resources for Artists, including mentorship programs
- Provide opportunities for Artists to show and sell their work
- Advance exposure and support for historically underrepresented Artists
- Teach, collaborate and learn from others throughout the creative process
Our Founders
Lisa Alberts is a multidisciplinary artist interested in the maternal experience. Through alternative photography, textiles, and soft sculpture, she explores the intersection of motherhood and the physicality of caregiving, investigating how the maternal experience feels in the body. Lisa received her BFA in Fine Art from Kendall College of Art and Design, followed by graduate work in Photo Theory at Durham University in Durham, UK. She has participated in artist residencies with Stay Home Gallery in Paris, TN, and Empty Room (online). Lisa is a current exhibiting artist with the Farmington Hills Public Art Program. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Lisa, her partner, and their two children live, work, and play in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
An artist all her life, Mary Lou Stropoli has been an Art Educator since 2000, teaching all levels of education, from elementary, high school, college and adult education. She currently teaches full-time at Brother Rice High school in Bloomfield Hills. Mary Lou is primarily a painter, known locally for the mural on the Sunflour Bakehaus. She participates annually in Art on the Grand for the last 5 years and serves on the Farmington DDA Public art Committee. An advocate for fostering creativity in all, she is a founding partner in Skep Space, a non-profit artist incubator in Downtown Farmington. Mary Lou earned her BFA from The University of Michigan, K-12 Teaching Certificate from Bloomfield College (NJ) and is currently earning her MA in Arts Education from Easter Illinois University.