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Help Create the Place Someone Belongs

Build a Community That Keeps Showing Up

Keep Creativity Within Reach

Your support keeps The Art Meetup’s public, donation-based NYC gatherings accessible, helping people create, connect, and find community.

Become Part of What Makes It Possible

Monthly supporters help cover the supplies, equipment, venue costs, and insurance behind each gathering. Consistent support helps us plan ahead and work toward paying the artists and workshop leaders who bring these spaces to life.

Help More People Find Their People

A shared event, a personal invitation, or a recurring donation can help this community grow. Invite someone into The Art Meetup and help create more opportunities for connection.

1 Shared Purpose

20+ Creative gatherings since 2025

Finding your people as an adult can be hard. The Art Meetup creates space to share your art, try something new, and feel welcomed before anyone knows your name.

Every gathering takes supplies, space, equipment, insurance, and hours of care. Your one-time or monthly donation helps cover those costs and keeps these independently funded gatherings public, donation-based, and within reach.

Help make room for the next person looking for community.

We’re Building Together

PUBLIC ON PURPOSE

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POWERED BY COMMUNITY

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HELP KEEP ART WITHIN REACH

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PUBLIC ON PURPOSE ✦ POWERED BY COMMUNITY ✦ HELP KEEP ART WITHIN REACH ✦

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2,600+

Event RSVPs

Colorful chalk drawings on asphalt street depicting a person's face, a rainbow, a heart, and various words in different colors.
A street fair scene with green tents in the background, children and adults drawing with sidewalk chalk, tables with coloring supplies, and various boxes and papers on the tables, under a large white canopy.

20+

Creative gatherings since 2025

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Your Support, Explained

  • No. The Art Meetup is public on purpose. Everyone is welcome, whether or not they give. But these gatherings are only possible because of the donations and funding independently raised. Monthly support keeps the space accessible for everyone and allows us to plan, grow, and continue offering public creative community.

  • Donations cover the supplies, equipment, venue costs, insurance, and production work behind each gathering. Support keeps these independently funded events public, accessible, and within reach for anyone who wants to create or connect.

  • Monthly support is not a membership fee. It is what sustains the foundation of this community. Consistent giving helps us plan ahead and work toward paying the artists and workshop leaders who bring these spaces to life.

  • Yes. People support this community through donations, supplies, volunteering, and showing up for others.

  • All donations directly support the costs behind each gathering and are final.

Your monthly support keeps public creative space within reach for everyone.

The Art Meetup Supporter Circle

You’re part of what makes this possible. Join the circle of monthly supporters and help create more spaces for art, friendship, and community. Every amount supports the same mission.

3.5% Cover the Fee

This is a donation supporting The Art Meetup. All donations are nonrefundable. Supporting does not guarantee admission, vendor space, or a performance slot.

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Table filled with bags of Hippeas snacks, signs, and promotional materials at an outdoor event, with people in the background and a partly cloudy sky.

Volunteer With The Art Meetup

Help create welcoming spaces for art and community. After submitting, you’ll receive a link to join our volunteer roster.

Join The Art Meetup Volunteer Crew