Support SotA Financially
For the past 5 years, our budget has been built as a fully self-sustaining model. Tuition covers our most basic needs, like food and lodging; but the school relies fully on volunteer faculty and staff. Every year, we are awed and grateful at how much our volunteers give. However, depending on unpaid labor means that only those with resources and financial privilege are able to participate - which we know reinforces systemic privilege.
This model has served its purpose: it allowed us to keep tuition costs low while offering challenging and experimental classes and building a community that is both artist-supported and artist-supporting. But we are ready for the next phase. We know that now more than ever, it’s important that we remove as many barriers to entry as we can.
What’s exciting about our fundraising initiatives is that we’re not asking for much money to run SotA. We could continue to hold sessions under our current tuition-funded model. What we’re asking for is help getting us to the next step in creating a space that is MORE inclusive MORE radical and MORE equitable.
your donations will go towards:
Your donations will increase access to SotA for our 2023 session and beyond. It will make the education we offer and the community we build more inclusive, demographically and intellectually diverse, and sustainable. We need your help to make this radical dream come true.
We are a registered 501c3. All donations are tax-deductible.
Other ways to support us:
Join our sustainer community on Patreon! Starting at $1/month. In the spirit of SotA, and in the spirit of equal access for all, we offer all tiers access to all of the same benefits, and we simply ask that you choose your monthly amount based on what you are comfortable giving.
