When you give to Bader+Simon, you're investing in the next generation of creatives while helping make the arts more accessible to artists today.
Your gift directly supports underrepresented and emerging artists exhibiting at Bader+Simon. Through our unique 100% Artist Sales Model, artists retain every dollar from the sale of their artwork. Unlike the traditional gallery model, where galleries often take a significant percentage of sales, we believe artists should receive the full value of their work.
We developed this model after hearing directly from artists about the financial barriers that can make exhibiting difficult. Expenses like travel, printing, framing, and shipping often fall on artists before they ever have the opportunity to sell their work. At Bader+Simon, we are working to change that by helping cover these upfront costs and making exhibitions more financially accessible.
This Giving Tuesday, your contribution helps us expand our educational curriculum, reach more students, and continue creating opportunities for artists to share their work without taking on unnecessary financial burdens.
This year, Bader+Simon is also partnering with Cincinnati Public Schools and Adopt-A-Class to bring arts education to 22 seventh-grade students. Once a month, our staff meets with the class to introduce students to careers in the arts and encourage creative exploration. Your support helps provide sketchbooks, markers, pencils, colored pencils, and other supplies students will use throughout the year. These materials give students the opportunity to develop their artistic styles, explore their surroundings, and create work of their own. At the end of the year, each student gets to keep their sketchbook.
This programming is especially meaningful in a district where 40% of students live at or below the poverty line. Access to arts education can contribute to stronger student engagement, attendance, and academic outcomes. We believe every student deserves the opportunity to explore their creativity and imagine a future in the arts.
You're not just supporting an art gallery. You're helping build a more accessible and equitable future for the arts, one student and one artist at a time.
