The Fountainhead Residency was founded by collectors Dan and Kathryn Mikesell in early 2008.  Later in 2008 they opened The Fountainhead Studios, which now provides over 30 Miami-based artists with affordable, flexible studio space.  From 2012-2014, they opened The Fountainhead Haus, which provided 5 Miami based artists unique working and collaborative space.

The Fountainhead Residency was founded with five goals: to provide artists an opportunity to find new inspiration (a fountainhead), to introduce visiting artists to Miami’s art community and it’s many supporters, to infuse Miami with artistic inspiration from around the world, enable our art institutions to realize more ambitious shows, and finally to provide our family an opportunity to become more intimately integrated in the world of artists and art.