Nurturing Community: Ensuring SotA's Future
We need your help to make our next session happen!

Every May, we build and sustain a community of experimental learning where artists learn, work, and live communally in Black Mountain, NC, on the historic first site of Black Mountain College. SotA models the world we long for. Each year, we come to the community to raise money to support our next session. This year, we're raising eight thousand dollars to sustain our current model. 

SotA is for folks who have felt restricted by traditional institutions, who want to explore education outside of academia, and who want to live collectively in a space that deeply prioritizes care. We have roles, but all of us teach; all of us cook and clean; all of us lead in a community that is imaginative, open, caring, and adaptive. 

Our goal with this fundraiser is to sustain our current programming. Income from paying students will cover the majority of budget. We are fundraising to cover the rest. Your donation will support need-based scholarships, Black equity scholarships, and stipends for our volunteer faculty and staff. Show your love to SotA. Your donation helps sustain this radical, life-affirming space.