CSArt Madison

Much like Community Supported Agriculture programs, in which shareholders invest in a local farm and receive shares of fruits and vegetables, CSArt Madison asks shareholders to invest directly in the arts community with a ‘buy local’ mentality. Participating artists—selected by ALL's Visual Arts Curatorial Team through an open call process—each receive a stipend to create 61 “shares” for the program (50 for shareholders, nine for the other participating artists, one to keep, and one for ALL's permanent CSArt Madison archive). Interested collectors or “shareholders” purchase a share, and in return, receive one piece of locally-produced artwork from each of the ten featured artists.

ALL first launched CSArt Madison in 2017, in the interest of supporting the local culture and creative economy of Dane County. The goals of CSArt Madison are to promote local artists and to create an engaged community of local arts supporters. CSArt supports artists: in the creation of new work, to establish relationships with local collectors and patrons, and to participate in the launch of an exciting new model of art support and distribution. CSArt shareholder benefits include multiple works of art from local emerging and mid-career artists at a fantastic value. Additionally, CSArt shareholders have the opportunity to develop relationships with the local artists and art community, discover new artists, explore a variety of disciplines and support artists’ careers and a vibrant community.