Since 2001, the arts village established on the mill grounds in 2001 by the Kio-A-Thau Culture Society and the Kaohsiung County Cultural Affairs Bureau (CAB) has been sponsoring artistic and cultural activities and inviting local and foreign artists to live and work here as artists in residence.
2001 年起，「橋仔頭文史協會」與高雄縣政府文化局在糖廠內開辦藝術村，除了舉辦藝文活動外，也開放國內外藝術家進駐創作。