Give the Gift of Electricity to our Community Studio and Artist Residency Programs

Two years ago we moved to Portugal to follow our dreams of opening a community studio, with space to host resident artists and visiting artist workshops/retreats. There have been tons of obstacles and challenges but the most persistent has been our residency studio's electrical upgrade.   If we can upgrade our electrical service, we'll be able to fire bigger kilns (and I already have the kilns, purchased used at amazing pricing). Bigger kilns means, bigger work can be fired. It also means we can host larger workshops, and offering firing services to local artists who can't afford their own kilns. It may not seem like much, but it's a really big deal for a community studio to be able to fire kilns larger than 60 liters.

All in the cost is estimated to be20,000-25,000€. We have the first phase, which is connecting the boxes at the street to the power pole, approved, and completed. The next step is rewiring the resident house, studio and our tiny house, since they are all connected. Of course we spent tons of time repairing and painting the walls in the residency house when we arrived, and now we'll need to smash some of those walls for the new wires, and repair them again. But after two years and seven electricians, I'll do just about anything to get this done! And we need to complete this work before our 2027 Residency and retreat season begins in February.

So here I am asking my community to help us raise the funds. Purchasing my art work, or gifting towards winning a collaborative piece, or signing up for my Letter buddy project are all ways you can contribute and get something in return. If you just want to contribute, use the dropdown menu below to choose the size of your gift. If there's an amount you don't see listed, you can add multiple amounts to your cart (example: add $50 once, and $100 twice to donate $250)