Olympia Artspace Alliance

🍂Thank you for supporting our fall Give Local giving campaign! 🍂

Why make a donation to the Olympia Artspace Alliance? 

The Olympia Artspace Alliance believes that art is a powerful medium to create a healthy, vibrant, and more equitable community for all. And we know that artists of all ages and mediums need space: space to create, space to exhibit their work, space to rehearse, and space to connect.

Our mission is to preserve, develop, and advocate for affordable live, work, and exhibition space for artists in Olympia, Washington. We are committed to compensating artists, while also building a culture of entrepreneurship and access to the arts. Our all-volunteer board works to build programming and paid opportunities for individual artists in the South Puget Sound through annual grant making, in spaces to share and curate their work, through mentorship, and by planning events for connection and networking.

We make an impact! Since 2019 the Olympia Artspace Alliance has supported more than 120 local artists, more than 1,000 student artists, and paid $90,000 in stipends locally to support their work. 

We can do this good work because of you!

OAA is a volunteer-run organization made possible through sponsorships, grants, and the generosity of individuals like you. If you feel moved to support our work, please consider making a tax-deductible donation during Give Local. We’re so grateful for your support! Every dollar we raise during Give Local will help grow our 2025 programs including:

• Art in Olympia Storefronts, which curates four high-quality art installations in downtowns vacant storefronts throughout the year. Selected artists receive stipends for their work and professional support during the install process. We also work directly with teachers to support and share student work every winter ❄️❄️❄️
• Space Grants, our low-barrier grant making program that provides ten $500 grants to local artists (of all mediums) to assist with the cost of studio space. The application requires minimal personal information, a short statement about how the artist hopes to use the funds, and asks for examples of their work. 
• Our Downtown Olympia Mural Program, an annual open-call for mural ideas that awards stipends to local artists to install their mural downtown. This project has been a wonderful partnership with the PBIA and has installed three murals, (two in progress!) and repaired dozens of existing murals in our downtown.
• Seasonal artist mingles that provide no-cost opportunities to connect and grow the Downtown Olympia Arts scene at local businesses and venues. 
• The 2024 OAA Downtown Olympia Creative District think tank. Our board worked with a local artist to develop branding for our Creative District, hired a skilled artist and facilitator to project manage outreach and engagement, and held a fall convening to imagine what's possible for Olympia. 

Thank you and keep in touch 🍂

Learn more about the Olympia Artspace Alliance on our website at olympiaartspace.org and follow us on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/olympiaartspacealliance.