We are raising $12,000 by July 15, 2023, to help us run our first Queer Art School course, which starts July 22, 2023.

The $12,000 will go to (in order of prioritization):

1. $5000 - TO PAY STIPENDS TO ATTENDEES who are Black, Indigenous, brown, immigrant, rural, trans, gender non-specific, disabled, displaced, poor, youth, or elder artists AND who would not otherwise be able to attend without financial support.
2. $5000- TO PAY FOUNDING FELLOW STIPENDS to Crystal Mason, Tray Smith, Midori, blkcowrie, and Jason Wyman for facilitation of .
3. $2000 - TO PAY FOR INCIDENTAL COSTS, including Zoom, materials and supplies, transription services, and additional Artist Stipdens as needed.

Queer Art School embraces the core tenets of the Solidarity Economy. Our budget prioritizes first paying low-income or poor artists for their involvement. Second, we will pay the Founding Fellows for their labor. Finally, we use additional funds to pay for incidental costs.

Queer Art School was developed by the volunteer efforts of Crystal Mason, Juan Carlos Escobedo, Jason Wyman, Trayvon Smith, Midori, and blkcowrie.

If you believe as we do, in the transformative power & capacity of art to move us, fortify us, uplift us & to bring us together in dark times, join us in creating a world where queer artists can thrive and be their whole selves.

Here's HOW YOU CAN HELP:

• DONATE in any amount from $5 to $50 to $500 to $5000. All contributions are welcome and go towards paying Queer Artists for their time and contribution.
• CLICK our names & FOLLOW us on social media: Crystal Mason, Tray Smith, Midori, blkcowrie, Jason Wyman, and Juan Carlos Escobedo.
• AMPLIFY Queer Art School by sharing this webpage, asking others to donate, and sharing our social media posts.

Thank you for your support & remember school has never been so queer!