Giving Tuesday is a global day of generosity held each year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Giving Tuesday is dedicated to uplifting communities, supporting meaningful causes, and creating positive change through collective action. This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to support The Creator’s Cottage and the powerful programs we lead to advance equity, healing, and creative expression.

The Creator’s Cottage is a warm, intimate makerspace in South Madison where women, children, artists, and families of color gather to learn, create, and heal. Your support helps us keep this culturally affirming space open, maintained, and accessible to the community through free and low-cost workshops, mentorship, and arts programming. Your contribution also sustains our health equity project, The Memory Collectors Storytelling Project: Fighting Alzheimer’s with Art—a fiber arts and storytelling wellness initiative that honors the lived experiences of our elders through guided reflection, creative expression, and healing-centered practices. This project strengthens emotional wellbeing, preserves intergenerational memory, and fosters community connection.

Additionally, The Creator’s Cottage proudly houses Ironer’s Press, a publisher committed to elevating powerful multi-ethnic voices that traditional publishing has often overlooked. Ironer’s Press guides writers from concept to publication and beyond, ensuring their stories—rich with cultural and artistic merit—receive the visibility they deserve. Your support helps us nurture emerging writers and bring these essential voices into the world.

This year, a gift of $50 or more includes special recognition as a Friend of the Cottage, giving you access to exclusive benefits such as early admission to Market Days, priority registration for classes, invitations to special appreciation events, and behind-the-scenes updates on new programs and projects. This is our way of thanking you for investing deeply in our mission and helping us grow our creative community.

Your generosity this Giving Tuesday helps sustain all of this vital work—keeping our doors open, uplifting voices, empowering families, and ensuring that creativity continues to be a pathway to healing, equity, and transformation. Thank you for believing in our mission and for helping us build a more just, vibrant, and connected community through the arts.

In Love and Community,

The Creator's Cottage Staff

Giving Tuesday!