BUTTER Youth Engagement Mission

Supporting young artists ensures that diverse voices and perspectives make it into the art world. By providing emerging artists, especially artists of color, with the tools, resources, and opportunities they need, we can nurture the next generation of influential artists who will reshape the industry.

Tonight, we ask for your generous contribution so that we can continue this momentum to improve access to the arts for our kids. With your donation, we will be able to expand our school participation for Education Day and keep the attendance for the youth 17 and under free at BUTTER.

What is BUTTER?

BUTTER Fine Art Fair is North America’s equitable art fair, anchored in Indianapolis and advocating for the care and economic viability of Black, visual artists.

Known for its energy, BUTTER has become a place for the powerful and positive transformation of artists’ mindset and careers, visiting audiences, sectors, cities and the art industry at large. The place where you can be yourself, BUTTER is a multi-day fine art fair organized by GANGGANG to feature artwork made by Black visual artists from Indiana and across the country. GANGGANG is a creative advocacy agency that works to center beauty, culture and equity in systems and cities. Tactics like BUTTER are considered innovative experiments toward their testing for new equitable models.

Put into the spotlight by the New York Times in 2022 as a blueprint for equity in the arts in America, BUTTER works to be a context worthy of the art it exhibits. It works to loan or sell 100% of the fair’s artworks and offer 100% of sales profit to the artist.

BUTTER has contributed more than $800,000 directly into 72 artist households in 3 years and has welcomed 34,000 in-person attendees and millions of online visitors.

BUTTER is the equitable art fair. It has the opportunity to tell stories about the artists in every city. Black artists are the undercurrent to much of America’s creative culture and the truth of that history is beautiful and galvanizing. BUTTER is for everyone. It centers the care and the economic viability of Black artists for the common good. Our art fair values thinking without limits, excellence, fun, variety, groundedness, respect and justice. Our team is made up of committed creatives to the lifting up of the participating visual artists.

BUTTER 4: A Fine Art Fair

By GANGGANG

BUTTER 4: A Fine Art Fair

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