This Giving Tuesday - your gift will help unlock an important matching gift of $5,000 from our beloved co-founder, Sue Dakin, and help us to empower more artists to create, experiment, and share their work in the year ahead.

Thanks to friends like you — 18th Street Arts Center has been able to invest in tens of thousands of artists for 37 years – artists who work to build more equitable and inclusive futures through powerful images, storytelling, public art, protest, and community organizing.

In the wake of the fires and amid so many interconnected crises that are affecting our artists, neighbors, and organization our staff and board have faced a hard question: how do we keep showing up for artists and our community when resources are stretched thin? Every time, we return to the same truth—generosity and kindness guide the way.

Even through staff reductions and program cuts, we’ve kept going by sharing what we do have: time, space, ideas, and care.

Thank you for standing with 18th Street Arts Center and the artists who help us all see the world anew and liberate our untapped potential.

Your support underwrites some of the 60+ free public programs we will host this coming year – like Intersections, a biweekly artist-led gathering that connects you, our neighbors and artists in hands-on workshops and thought-provoking conversations.

Thank you for friendship and helping to keep these 18th Street's public events 100% free and accessible by making a donation today.

With immense gratitude,

XO 18

Image: Jenpei Cheng, 2025 visiting artist, Taiwan

Fueling Artists' Impact

By 18th Street Arts Center

Fueling Artists' Impact

Giving Tuesday