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.
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.

“Investing in creative skills and understanding their role in the wider economy is more important now than ever.”
”With technological advances like automation and artificial intelligence gaining momentum and investment, it is equally important to invest in jobs that humans are uniquely qualified to do. Our focus is on fields that center creativity, the human experience, and the creation and preservation of culture.”
-City of Seattle Creative Economy Report 2019

Future Arts in Numbers
4.5+ years as an active non-profit
100+ creatives have worked with Future Arts
40+ youth participants in tech art classes
400K+ global views of artworks & content created (& growing!)
35+ tech-arts activations developed
20+ business partners supported
50+ volunteers cultivated
1 patent pending
30+ years collective experience across our team in technology, media arts, hospitality, marketing, nonprofit, and other industries.
1000s hours pro-bono from our team & volunteers to jumpstart our programs
$600K+ earned in income over past 4yrs, of which 75% went directly into working artists’ pockets, 100% into supporting our creative economy.

Why Now

2026 is also a special year. Seattle will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup which is bringing more than 500,000 visitors.
Future Arts Way, our interactive AR corridor and public storytelling project, is already in development to launch during World Cup and stay in the community for the rest of the year and as a bi-annual program. To carry it forward, we must fund our team and operations now.

Seattle still 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 Economy Surveys).

Future Arts was created to bridge this divide. We have spent almost 5 years actively building a more equitable creative economy through foundational platforms and pathways, creating new ecosystems between arts and technology in the city and beyond. After 4.5 years of personal funding and volunteer labor, we now seek operational support to continue into 2026 so we don't continue to lose our contractors and build a solid staff.

How it Works - JOIN US BY 12/31

While 50K doesn't fund all our operations, it closes the gap needed to start off our 2026 strong, matching the grants we have already received from 4Culture, Agog, and Artsfund.

Your donation directly fuels
• Future Arts Way production kickoff, building artist led cultural installations in Downtown Seattle
• Living wage pay for our core contract staff kicking off 2026 programs
• Community gatherings, salons, and livestream programming for 2026

🌱HOW TO SUPPORT
$10 - 💚 Thank you shoutout in our newsletter/socials

$25 - 🤖 Entry into drawing to receive a bedazzled Ebo Robot from our Dinner with Robots (Announced 12/31)!

$50 - 💌 You will be sent a special AR Postcard from Future Arts

$100 - 👕 You will receive an official "Future Arts AR Gallery" long sleeved T-Shirt (AND ALL ABOVE)

$500 - 💥 You will become a 2026 Future💥Sparks member and be on our VIP lists for all 2026 events (AND ALL ABOVE)

$5,000 - 🌱Launch Pad Sponsorship by your business during Fifa World Cup Future Arts Way Installation (up through 2026) - Click Here for more info

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About Our First Fundraiser on 11/15: Dinner With Robots

Dinner With Robots was our first annual fundraiser held on November 15th, 2025, also 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 robot 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 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 membership & donor circle that gives you behind the scenes access, invitations to join our Sparks Coworking Salons, previews of new artworks, and a direct role in shaping a more creative Seattle. Monthly giving helps us plan, hire, and build sustainably. Our donations start at $10/month and range to $50/month - mimicking the wage gap in Seattle.
We ask that you chose the amount per month that that reflects what you receive hourly at your current place of business, to help us close the hourly wage gap. 💥 This means if you receive 25/hr, donate one hour of your wages a mont = $25/mo.

Join Us as a Board Member
https://forms.gle/r5J9o4cjEFn1dvab6
Applications due Monday, December 22nd.

🤖Future Arts | End of Year 2025 Fundraiser🤖

Help us Launch Future Arts Way