The Wabash International Artist Residency {WIAR} was founded by Indiana native Ian Stallings.

The Wabash International Artist Residency (WIAR) is an artist-in-residency program in Indiana, founded in 2019 by Ian Stallings. Ian is an interior designer, developer, city planner and artist working internationally.

Born in Huntington, Indiana and raised between Huntington and Wabash counties, he was inspired by the area’s long history of innovation to develop a grassroots art program that ignites culture and a love of art throughout the Northern Wabash River Valley. WIAR’s mission aims to educate and to energize the local area with culture and art by hosting artists from all over the world and introducing these makers to the local creatives living in the region. The intent is to make connections and nurture creative expression.  

WIAR hosts artists in the Northern Wabash River Valley. WIAR provides artists with support, housing and studio space, where artists create bodies of work to exhibit in the region. One piece of art is selected for the permanent collection to display in public areas throughout the Northern Wabash River Valley.