Are you an artist, designer, or creative entrepreneur looking for a community where you can share and make your work? We’re now accepting applications for studio and storefront spaces in our new building opening in May of 2026.

This newly renovated facility owned and operated by the nonprofit Big Car Collaborative includes six storefront spaces with independent entrances for creative businesses and 18 studios or works spaces for artists, designers, and cultural nonprofits.

Submit applications for studios or storefronts here. We’re reviewing these on a rolling basis until Friday, Feb. 13. Early submissions are encouraged, as applicants may be accepted before the deadline and space availability is limited.

Additionally, we’re hosting an open house visiting the spaces and asking questions on Saturday, Jan. 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. We’ll start at the Tube building at 1125 Cruft St.

For the CAMi creative storefronts, we’re developing a program to support the store owners and operators in cooperative ways as needed. This may include offering staff resources or shared effort-approaches during open hours.

Our goal is for the storefronts to be open to the public for special events and during as many of our regular open hours as possible. Likewise, we will have certain open-studio months — like seasonal or four per year — where artists will all open their spaces up for visitors. Artists will also have the option of opening up during all First Fridays and other special events.

All storefront and studio rentals include utilities, with high-speed internet available for an additional monthly fee. Rents prices for studios and storefronts vary but are set to be affordable. We’ll share more detail when we reach out to applicants to follow up.

The studios and storefronts are located within the CAMi main building on the CAMi campus, which also includes the Tube Factory building and gallery, Terri Sisson art park and public greenspace, the Chicken Chapel of Love, the Guichelaar house gallery, 18 artist homes, the creative community radio station 99.1 FM WQRT, and more. The campus also sits within the two historic southside Indianapolis neighborhoods of Garfield Park and Bean Creek.

For future updates and opportunities, please subscribe to the Big Car + CAMi newsletter. Please contact info@bigcar.org if you have additional questions.

Key Dates

Ongoing: Application process with review and communication
Feb. 13: Last date for applying for studio or storefronts
Feb. 25: Completion of studio and storefront placement
April 13: Tenant move in complete
May 1-3: CAMi public opening events