Burke Residency Program

Each quarter, we showcase collections from one clothing designer and one artist in our storefront space in downtown Long Beach through our Burke Residency Program. The collections are displayed and available for sale during that 3 month time period. We display info about the brand and artist in the shop with their collection, as well as featuring an interview with them on our blog. We love using our residency program to showcase emerging brands and artists, and designs focused around our ethos of sustainability and contemporary design. Majority of our annual slots are prioritized for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, women, and designers, brands and/or artists from other underserved communities.

 Please email maggie@burkemercantile.com if you are a sustainable brand or contemporary artist and are interested in participating and showcasing. Let us know a bit about yourself, your work, and where we can view your work, and we will get back to you. Thank you!

Burke Residency Program in store display

 *Freeform clothing brand residency collection display

Main shop with art displayed

*Adrian Kay Wong residency art collection on display in shop

 

Find our Artist and Designer residency interviews on the Burke Blog HERE. 

Past clothing brand participants include:
FAAN
Gravel & Gold
323
Yessenya
Slow Process
Nin Studio
Freeform Cltr
Vincetta Studio
WRN FRSH
The General Public
The Batik Library
Seek Collective
LOTI
BOYKO
The Series NY
LILY FORBES

Past artist participants include:
Olivia Sawai
K'era Morgan
Adrian Kay Wong
Luis Zavala Tapia
Molly Margaret Sydnor

Debby Weiss
Fernanda Martinez
Yue Zhou Studio
Tomisin Oluwole
Kimberly Mejia
Mandy Schuster
Neha Panicker
Ash P Norman
Monica Laudiano
Natasha Patel
Crystal Lee Early
Sqwigl Studio
Ailene de Vries
Mezzaluna Studio
Benjamin Frederick Art

Burke Pop-Up at Compound

Please join us and bring your favorite people for lunch at Union @ Compound! Burke will be popping up along with Rawfinery Florals and Queen of Hearts Aura Photography($55 per person for aura photos). Enjoy our new lunch menu by Chef Eugene Santiago of Baryo, order at our Kithaus and enjoy open table seating. Lunch is on you, but first drink is on us with free coffee/tea or beer/wine at the Union bar. Hope to see you there Thursday, March 27th from 12-3pm! Our downtown shop will still be open normal business hours as well!

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