About Us
ArtHouse6
is an historic mansion revitalized into live-work space for artists, writers, and makers. Original craftsmanship pairs with white box gallery, studios, lodging, and tasting rooms. Here creative thinkers excel!
Artist Residency Site & Writer's Retreat
Live in the ArtHouse, work in our studios, and explore the rich industrial arts region. Options are available for writers, painters, musicians, performers, curators, and creative thinkers.
Night at the Gallery
Live in the art galleries, sleep in an art studio, while exploring the rich industrial arts region. Live arts and cultural treasures are all in walking distance along the Art Trail. This is great for the art collector, connoisseur, creative spirit, or lover of music/theater/architecture.
Spend 1 or 2 days and nights immersed in this vibrant art scene.
When booking your stay, you will have options to choose from to tailor your experience.
Boutique Event Space
Boutique Event Space
Enjoy live music, Wednesdays on Walnut gatherings, exhibit receptions, and art talks.
Or plan your own special event in the ArtHouse6 galleries and tasting rooms.
Artist Residency Projects
Visiting artists, writers, songwriters, and performers spend 2 weeks immersed in this historic arts setting. The Laurel Highlands region provides picturesque landscapes, and intriguing architecture, from church steeples to industrial mills.
During a self-guided residency artists choose where to draw inspiration from, depending on their residency goals.
International to local Networks
ArtHouse6 connects artists. curators, and collectors
- Local Art Trail: Designated signage marks Art Off-the-Rails Trail of Downtown Johnstown walkable arts venues, and activities to activate the trail.
- International network and mentorship programs have been completed successfully, connecting six countries for exhibitions and critiques.
Galleries
Inspiring Studios
ArtHouse6 galleries provide an artistic immersive environment, where guests experience curated work by established artists, from regional to international.
The exhibits and permanent collection are selected to inspire, inform, and enrich visiting collectors and residency artists.
Inspiring Studios
Inspiring Studios
Several live-work spaces are designed as retreats for creative thinkers. Each space has its own personality, yet converts to fit practical needs of each guest, for:
- artist, writer, songwriter, performer residencies
- curator/collector visits
- art loving traveler retreats
- Meeting space, event space
- support for partnering Arts organizations' instructor/administrators
Tasting Rooms
Collectors and connoisseurs are guests at Salon Fusion evenings in the TuscanViews Tasting Room, to gather with featured chefs, performers, and guest speakers...while in-house painters capture the captivating genre scenes!
Guests become the subject of salon style sketches. While enjoying live music, exquisite chef features, poetry samplings, new artisan designs, and great discussion, we all may be sketched by an in-house artist!
Artisan Vintage Market
Artique Gallery Market is located in ArtHouse6, with its own entrance at 128 Walnut Street. AG Market is purveyor of Fair Trade, Artisan and Vintage goods. One of their clients' most loved features is artisan soy candles, hand poured in their studio right in the ArtHouse.
Jim and Laura Argenbright are the proprietors, and Jim is the chandler, pouring echo-friendly pure soy wax, with non-toxic cotton wicks, for a long, clean burn. These small batch candles are offered in a wide selection of fabulous scents.
As downtown Johnstown's premiere vintage art dealer, Artique Gallery Market showcases heritage archival prints, a vintage Johnstown photo series, and originals from an array of artists.
AG Market guests can look forward to candle studio tours, shopping events, and engaging hands-on activities.
Founding vision realized
Artist Marcene Glover is owner and founder of ArtHouse6. She exhibits in NYC and abroad, painting from her Johnstown studio MG Studio On7, on Clinton Street. She formed Windscape Artventures LLC, opening the ArtHouse to host collaborating artists and audience for creative experiences in an artful environment. Nestled in the Laurel Mountains, it is a convenient train stop between the iconic art meccas of Pittsburgh and New York City.
In its first few years, the ArtHouse has fulfilled the vision with Glover, elevating over 60 artists, serving 10 organizations, bringing international recognition to regional artists, and NYC recognition to Johnstown as an arts destination!
ArtHouse Residencies have lead to advanced professional development, collaboration, and mentorship. Some of Glover's like-minded colleagues...master artists and international curators, join in activating the networks, with exhibitions, studio concentrations, creative retreats, excursions, and connoisseur indulgences. Together these AIR activities focus on elevating fine arts professionalism, fostering creativity, and igniting a passion for cross-cultural collaborations.
Spoken word, theatrical readings, musical performances, and artisan highlights animate the ArtHouse. From there, residency artists can go on excursions exploring the region's rich subjects for inspiration! Artists thrive within a guided or self-directed format.
Residencies and retreats are available for visual artists, performing artists, curators, writers, songwriters, and metal artisans. Partnering opportunities are available with State Theater, Center for Metal Arts, Gallery on Gazebo, and many regional Arts organizations.
Jim and Laura Argenbright, proprietors of the in house Artique Gallery Market, manage events. This is exciting for the community and artists, as Jim and Laura curate exquisite private events, live performances, and tastings.
Join us...Together we are cultivating an inspired journey!