express your yes foundation

presents

NOW studios

A 501(c)3 creative nonprofit, underground, political playhouse, venue, multi-modal production company, immersive gallery, dojo temple & communal social lab in downtown Ann Arbor and streaming to the world!

Please fund the studio so we can continue to offer art+activism happenings Ann Arbor!

Members & visitors use the space to...
workshop a new play,
jam with friends,
DJ a dance party,
host yoga or meditation,
start a new film club or poetry slam. . .

Or even...
work on a group project,
host a club social,
run a planning meeting,
record your new podcast or youtube sensation. . .

And naturally...
study at a cafe session,
join a dance class,
create during open studio. . .

Oh and yes, of course!...
produce audio/video projects to share vulnerable, reflective, richly representative stories from minority lives.

Our movement is full of creative disruptors, thought leaders, and entrepreneurial spirits from marginalized communities. We're Rogue Social Scientists experimenting at the edges of the norm, exploring outside the rubric, bridging the world of tomorrow with the realities of today–we create space and action to get minority voices into positions of power.

We are a queer-owned venue for the margins, non-violently shaking society and institution, tossing out flamboyant invitations to explore outside our comfort. We are making waves—artistic, political, social, economic—locally and beyond. After all, the opposite of War is Creation.

We are led by Love—
Dedicated to exploring ways to create a society based on Love—
Love > Profit.
Radically-free, heart-centered expression—
Playful, Bold, Enchanting, Vibrant!

NOW comes with an implicit invitation to be curious. A social lab to incubate good ideas, with a library of books and galleries of art to explore the evolution of progressive society. A dressing room offering non-linear, beyond-the-binary cosmic clothing to unzip our spines and step out. Recast the movie, edit the script, tra la la! A genuine technicolor wormhole down the rabbit hole with Alice !

Supporters megaphone the margins and help us all Get Said.
Donate to support the evolution of a Love Society!
Will you join us?

If not now, when? If not us, who?

NOW studios, our current geomancy

Lampshade, our previous space

Express Your Yes Foundation 2023 Operational Funding

By express your yes foundation

Express Your Yes Foundation 2023 Operational Funding

Budget for the foundation in 2023—including support for hundreds of free events, paying creatives, hiring part-time staff and ongoing funding for NOW studios in downtown Ann Arbor!