Dashboard is celebrating our Sweet Sixteen! 2026 marks 16 years of producing transformative arts experiences in public spaces, supporting artists with resources to dream bigger, and fortifying connections through creativity to see communities thrive.

In the last 3 years alone, we’ve completed 50 public art projects, partnered with 86 cultural organizations, engaged 427 creatives, and directed over $830,000 towards artists and creatives.

We’re proud to have reached these milestones, but our past few years have not been without ever-evolving challenges. Dramatic decreases in funding availability, targeted attacks on artists and arts organizations, and increasing costs of materials have made maintaining the health of Dashboard an uphill battle.

For our Sweet Sixteen, we’re asking for your support in raising $50,000 for our general operations as we continue to pour our all into creating more opportunities for artists, and producing bold art projects that engage the broad public and challenge the status quo.

No donation is too small, and every gift carries its own impact:

$1.60 – Sponsors one birthday candle.
$16 – Covers a coffee for an artist and a project manager.
$61 – Puts enough gas in the tank to drive to an art install.
$160 – Supports materials for a small community workshop, an employee office stipend, or maintenance for a one-month installation.
$610 – Supports the fee for an art install assistant, the day-rate for a scissor lift, or office supplies for a business quarter.
$1,600 – Supports the fee for an art installation lead, materials for a temporary art installation, or storage for 3-months.
$6,100 – Supports the materials and artist fee for one public art activation, or staff benefits for close to 2 months.
$16,000 – Supports staff payroll for 1-month, or the project fees for one small-scale public art activation.

For donations of $160 or more, you will be gifted a limited edition Dashboard Sweet 16 T-shirt! Commissioned by Atlanta-based collage artist, Candace Caston, this special band-style tee is a wearable piece of art, and a small time capsule of defining Dashboard projects from over the years.

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None of what we’ve been able to accomplish has been possible without our extraordinary team, and network of artists, creatives, partners, funders, and friends. Thank you for making our 16 years so sweet, and we’re grateful for your support in making the next 16 years possible (and hopefully many more to come).

See more on the work you’re supporting here:
dashboard.us @dashboard_us

Party on.
Xoxo,
Dashboard

Dashboard's Sweet Sixteen!

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