We connect people who love art with artists who need support. Donations go directly to supplies, commissions, and print production — so creators keep creating, musicians keep recording, and the cycle keeps growing.
Every amount moves someone's work forward.
Us Making Art is a registered Utah nonprofit.
Your contribution supports artists directly.
Helping one artist funds the next. Every commission, every print run, every album we produce feeds back into the cycle.
Any amount goes directly toward an artist's supplies, studio time, or print production.
We find a real artist or musician in the community — provide what they need to create.
The artist creates. We commission a piece to represent UMA and produce prints or albums they can sell.
Artists earn income. Donors receive prints as gifts. Revenue funds the next creator.
Whether you make art or love art, there's a place for you here.
Tell us who you are, what you want to create, what you need, and why it matters. If your project meets our one requirement, we fund it — supplies, studio time, print production. We may commission a piece from you to represent UMA and help you produce prints or an album you can sell immediately.
Submit your application →Your donation goes directly to a real artist in the community. We'll send you prints as a thank-you — original work made possible by your support. Even a small amount changes what someone can make today, and sets the cycle in motion for the next creator.
Make a donation →Painting, music, writing, film, photography — if it's creative and it does no harm, we want to support it.
We connect with visual artists, fund their supplies, and commission original work to represent UMA. We produce prints the artist can sell — keeping income in their hands from day one.
Accepting Artists NowWe find struggling musicians, bring them to our studio space, and send them home with a physical album they can sell. UMA keeps a portion as donor gifts — same model, different medium.
Coming SoonBoxes of paints, brushes, canvases, and markers delivered to classrooms. Every child gets to create. Every family gets a flyer — an invitation to support without pressure.
Coming SoonDonors who give above certain thresholds receive original prints — real art produced through UMA commissions. Your support comes back to you as something you can hang on a wall.
Coming SoonOur goal is a dedicated space with an art production section and a recording studio — staffed by working artists and musicians who run the programs and earn a living doing it.
Planned · Post-$50KThe model extends to any creative form. Writers, filmmakers, photographers — if the work is creative and does no harm, we want to find a way to fund it.
PlannedPrints commissioned through UMA — available for purchase. Every sale supports the next artist. The shop opens with our first commissions.
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Available SoonThat's it. Painting, drawing, sculpture, music, writing, film, photography — if your project clears that bar, we want to help fund it.
We're not waiting to be big to start doing good. Here's how UMA grows.
Site live, donation pipeline open, first artists identified and contacted. A $10 donation finds a real artist and moves their work forward today. We prove the model works before we ask for anything bigger.
ActiveCommission our first visual artists. Produce prints. Open the shop so donors can buy art and artists earn income. Bring in the first musicians for demo recordings. Build the donor gift program.
NextSecure a physical location with a dedicated art production area and a recording studio. Hire working artists and musicians to run programs. Expand school outreach. Begin 501(c)(3) federal application process.
MilestoneFully staffed community art and music hub. Active school partnerships. National artist applications. The ecosystem is self-sustaining — every commission and print sale funds the next creator without relying solely on donations.
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