How do we have technology reflect who we are, not define who we are?

Future Arts Story

Future Arts is a women led Seattle nonprofit that connects artists, technologists, and community to build a more creative and inclusive future.
In four years we have paid over 100 creatives, produced dozens of tech art installations, taught youth emerging technology skills, and reached hundreds of thousands of people. We have done all of this with no stable funding, powered by volunteer hours, community passion, and our belief that creativity belongs at the center of innovation. Our values are inspired by emergent strategies of nature, and our systems are powered by our communities. With decades of experience curating immersive artworks, public events, digital programming, and gastronomic pop-ups, Future Arts brings together local and international creative talent to enrich and enliven Seattle neighborhoods and evolve global networks.

About Dinner With Robots

Dinner With Robots was our first annual fundraiser held on November 15th, 2025, on National Philanthropy Day.
Over 200 people came together. Over 40 artists and volunteers made it happen!
Art, technology, robotics, and community was celebrated, with a funRACER to kick off our campaign.
It was playful, welcoming of all ages, and aggregated the question: Is it Art or is it Tech?.
The night showed what Future Arts is all about: creativity that brings people together across disciplines and backgrounds.
A future we want for Seattle and beyond.

Why Now

Seattle has the largest wage gap in the nation between arts and tech workers. Artists earn $11.87 per hour while tech workers earn $48.88 per hour. (Creative Econoy Suveys). Future Arts was created to bridge this divide and build a more equitable creative economy through foundational platforms and pathways that create new ecosystmes between arts and technology in the city and beyond. After 4.5 years of personal funding and volunteer labor, we now need seroius operational support to continue into 2026 so we don't continue to lose our contractors and build a solid staff center.

Seattle will also host the 2026 FIFA World Cup which brings more than 500,000 visitors. Future Arts Way, our cultural AR corridor and public storytelling project, is already in development. To carry it forward, we must fund our team and operations now.

Why Your Support Matters

Your donation directly fuels:
• Living wage pay for core staff
• Youth tech arts education models
• Community gatherings, salons, and livestream programming
• Future Arts Way and its artist led cultural installations downtown
• Jobs for underrepresented artists working with technology through FAIR Residencies and mor

A Note to Our Tech Community - Use your MATCHING POWER!
(Or become a sponsor of Future Arts Way Launchpads..)

If you work in Tech, Seattle needs your leadership in shaping a more human centered future. You have influence not just as a donor, but someone who works at a matching donation company, or someone who can go to your leadership to look into SPONSORSHIP of breakthrough tech-arts community initiatives, like Future Arts Way.

MORE INFO HERE: https://www.futurearts.co/support

Your contributions as a donor or as an advocate helps create pathways for youth, opportunities for artists, and interdisciplinary collaborations that strengthen our entire ecosystem, and make Seattle more than just a tech-hub. Your support directly bridges the gap between the tech industry and the creative community and makes life more vibrant, engaging, curiousity-driven, and community centric.

Become a Future Sparks Member

Future Sparks is our monthly donor circle that gives you behind the scenes access, invitations to salons, previews of new artworks, and a direct role in shaping a more creative Seattle. Monthly giving helps us plan, hire, and build sustainably. Even ten or twenty dollars a month creates real impact.

Join Us

Whether you donate, become a Sparks member, or share our work with your network, you are helping create a future where art, technology, and community grow together. Your support keeps this movement alive.

Board Member Search
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Join our Board!
Applications due Monday, December 15th.

🤖Future Arts | End of Year Fundraiser🤖

By Future Arts

🤖Future Arts | End of Year Fundraiser🤖