Donate to the Olympia Artspace Alliance

The Olympia Artspace Alliance (OAA) is an arts and culture nonprofit organization that serves downtown Olympia and surrounding communities in the South Puget Sound. Our mission is to preserve, develop, and advocate for affordable live, work, and exhibition space for artists in Olympia, Washington.

We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Your donation is tax deductible.

Donate Online
You can make a secure online donation to the Olympia Artspace Alliance through Paypal here.

Donate by Mail

Mail your contribution (check or money order) to this address:

Olympia Artspace Alliance, Inc.
120 State Avenue #183
Olympia, WA 98501-8212

We will put your gift to work for artists in our communities. The OAA:

• Advocates for the arts and funding: OAA advocates for artists and opportunities for artists in our community. We attend city council meetings and work sessions, facilitate paid contract work for artists, promote local culture and opportunity, and advocate for inclusion of different artistic styles and expressions. We are committed to compensating artists, while also building a lasting culture of compensation and appreciation for the arts in the South Puget Sound.

• Creates opportunity: OAA helps artists invest in their practice and grow their work by funding projects that create new opportunities in our community. For example, "Art in Olympia Storefronts," our longest running program, is an ongoing series of temporary art installations in the storefront windows of vacant buildings in downtown Olympia. We have invested in improvements to the Goldberg Building on 4th and Capitol to create a well-lit, high-quality gallery setting. Selected artists receive a stipend for installation, as well as coaching and technical assistance in curating and hanging their work.

• Engages youth: We partner with local school teachers each winter to create a student-led installation and have partnered with college students to exhibit their work in downtown Olympia.

• Practices grant-making: We launched "Space Grants" in 2021 as a low-barrier grant program to assist Thurston County artists with the rising cost of studio space, and provided four artists with $500 grants. We are committed to growing Space Grants in 2023.

• Partners: We are currently partnering with the City of Olympia for creation of two new murals in the downtown core, and for the repair of damaged murals. We are serving as fiscal agent for participating artists to reach artists that could not apply under previous requirements.

Donating is a great way to show your support for the efforts of the Olympia Artspace Alliance: helping the arts and artists of Olympia thrive through the creation of space to live and work. We utilize community contributions to fund our programs, provide artist stipends - our projects compensate artists and contributors, and for general operations.

Volunteer with the OAA

If you are interested in joining the Olympia Artspace Alliance’s leadership, in getting involved with advocacy, or volunteering with a local project, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you!