Invest in Your Arts Community
Registered Name: THEATRE SKAM ASSOCIATION
Business No: 868484627RR0001
This organization is designated by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a registered charity. They comply with the CRA's requirements and has been issued a charitable registration number.
With big thanks to our current landlord, PARC Retirement Living, we have acquired space at 846 Broughton Street, where we will host a two-story facility with studios, office spaces and hot desks. Office spaces are available to rent to like-minded indie arts companies. Studios and hot desks are available for hourly rentals so the arts community can utilize this new space.
Our desire is also to provide rental space in-kind or at a reduced cost to people for whom money is an access barrier as much as possible. If you look at the incentive levels for donating, you will notice that we are already trying to implement this through our Get-Rich-Quick donor levels and up in which people can receive rental time as an incentive and are able to donate that time to an artist in need.
Every year, we contribute to the community through our annual summer performance festival, SKAMpede, Pop-Up Home Delivery Theatre, traditional stage plays, and more. Community is at the heart of Theatre SKAM. In acquiring this new space, we hope our impact on the Greater Victoria arts community will continue to grow. We need your support to make this goal a reality. We are launching an ambitious campaign to raise 25,000. Spoiler alert: We’re practically halfway there!
This money will go towards acquiring necessary things like permit acquisition and initial site visits by contractors as well as furnishings. At our current Satellite Studio, our tables and desks are on their last legs. We will need to replace those as well as add things like adjustable desks to make the offices accessible for wheelchair users.
This space is also a big step forward for those of us who work for Theatre SKAM. Currently, most of the team works from home as our Satellite Studio has only a single office for two people (one person during COVID-19). By expanding our space, we can also provide greater stability and a better foundation for our employees.
Each and every donation is crucial to our success. And every donation goes twice as far. A donor, Andrew Beckerman, has generously agreed to match your donations up to a total amount of $12,500. Basic math refresher: Your $100 donation becomes $200. Your G becomes 2 G’s. Your $10,000 means this thing is over right now.
To sweeten the deal, we’ve added numerous incentives for donations above $20! For incentives which include rental time, you can gift your rental time to others.
Please consider changing the game for small and medium sized arts companies in Victoria.
What do you say? Are you in?
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