Help Massy Arts Society Make Rent!

Since moving out of Massy Books and into the historical Ming Wo building last year, Massy Arts Society has hosted over 100 events--poetry nights, workshops, readings and talks--70% of which were organized by Black, Indigenous, LGBTQ2IA+, Women and Communities of Colour (400+ in Massy Books & Massy Arts lifetime!). Recently, we received our first big grant, which funds our Massy Voices Salon Series - a year-long literary extravaganza, including readings, workshops, and talks. Unfortunately, this funding doesn't pay for overhead costs such as rent or CARFAC rates to our artists (which we are trying to achieve!).

As a community hub central to supporting Indigenous and over-excluded artists, we're considering the realities of inflation and rent increases and looking to our community to help us keep our space alive. We’re raising $15,000 to help subsidize our rent for one year, which would allow us to:

We’re calling on settlers, allies and community kin to check in with your proximity to privilege and contribute to keeping Massy Arts Society open--and supporting incredible artists and authors when you do!

If you donate, you'll automatically be entered to win a prize pack of books and goodies, including a hefty gift card from Massy Books, worth $800! We'll pull the winning name Dec 21st @ 6 pm PST and will contact the winner via GoFundMe in the thank you comments and on our social media channels! Please keep an eye out on this day to see if your name is annouced!