Make a donation to Level Ground

*Banner image photo by Labkhand Olfatmanesh

In 2022, Level Ground became a Black, Brown, and Queer artist-led cooperative nonprofit. 

We completely re-imagined our work and community to better align with the vision that inspired us to start Level Ground almost 10 years ago! 

OUR WORK

Level Ground runs 4 annual programs that support multimedia artists across diverse platforms from gallery shows, to printed publications, to nonfiction filmmaking. These programs include our: Residency Program, Artist Collective, Production Incubator, and SKEW Magazine.

OUR COMMUNITY

Our cooperative includes 3 community groups: Staff Artists, Collective Artists, and Contributors. If you are part of one of these groups, you are part of the Level Ground Community. As part of this new structure, the Level Ground Board includes 3 individuals from each community group. The board is voted on by community members. 

Becoming a cooperative and restructuring our leadership model has been a 2+ year effort. As we continue to transform how we work and who is leading the work, we need a strong financial foundation. This is where you come in... 

We can't keep experimenting without your support. Thank you in advance for your generosity!

At our Community Party (July '22). Photo by Meredith Adelaide. "Level Ground means a safe space to try radical avenues of artistry and to learn unfamiliar tools of expression. Creating and exhibiting art is both an act of revolution and a form of vulnerability—with the Level Ground community, revolution and vulnerability are championed." 

–C.S.R. Calloway, Collective Artist and Board Member

2022 HIGHLIGHTS: 

1. Framing Agnes premiered at Sundance AND won 2 awards 
2. Our first-ever membership drive was a huge success
3. We made a short film celebrating our community 
4. Level Ground Productions, a production company we launched to support our nonprofit, signed with WME
5. Our 5th annual residency shows drew the largest Level Ground crowds yet
6. We hired a new Residency Director, yétúndé ọlágbajú, after Leslie Foster finished his MFA and got a tenured track professor job
7. We finished a project for Black storytellers called Go Tell It
8. We produced multiple short films in our production incubator including: Grandma Bruce, Play Me Like That, and Black America Is... 
9. POLARITY, our first group show, included the work of over 20 local artists
10. SKEW Magazine was invited to its first Literary Festival (you can submit to SKEW 04 now)
11. We ordered new merch (which you can buy/pre-order here)
12. We went from less than 100 to 2,500+ YouTube subscribers

2022 resident artist, LEO ALAS with their collaborators on opening night: Genna Bloombecker, Danny War, and Gray Hong. Photo by Kelli Scates.

 

OTHER WAYS TO GIVE

• Check mailed to 1646 N Spring Street #3 Los Angeles, CA 90012
• Venmo @levelground-co
• PayPal info@levelground.co
• Zelle info@levelground.co
• Company match through Benevity
• Our EIN is 46-2724477

Please contact samantha@levelground.co with any questions.  

THANK YOU!