The Millet House: Art Gallery & Community

Giving Tuesday this year is December 3, 2024

And Floaters Foundation dba The Millet House is Changing People's Lives!

Our current focus is on finding sustainable funding.

We are a nonprofit 501(c)3 with EIN 47-3172967

And we are all volunteers at The Millet House, with no paid staff, so every donation goes to fund the work that we do!

To donate, click the DONATE button above and select an amount.  

This year, we are hoping especially for recurring donations, but if you wish you can certainly make a one-time donation.  Just click the "one time" button at the top of the Donation page. And at the bottom of the Donation page is a space where you can write in any amount.

(The reason for asking for recurring donations is so that we can plan and so that we don't run out of money in mid-year! But every little bit helps! $5 is a welcome amount!)

Who are we? From an outreach to homeless artists over 25 years ago, The Millet House has evolved into an art collective that includes artists both established and emerging. Art is an area where everyone truly is equal and can learn from one another, and we are as inclusive as we can make it. We are open to artists and art lovers from every part of society.

In order to be open to everyone, we make sure that there are no barriers at all to participation: no fees to join our art collective, no fees to exhibit; and any workshops with a suggested donation are sliding scale and anyone is welcome to attend with no donation at all.

The Millet House made it through the pandemic era: feeding people from our garden in 2020, distributing art supplies, opening our outdoor spaces for artists to work in 2021, using our entire programming budget for artists stipends. We are SO GRATEFUL to those of you who have supported us. But to continue our work, we need sustainable funding. We have pivoted twice before: now we will be pivoting again, with collaborations and with shows in other locations! Stay tuned!

Here are just a few of the things your donation, of any size, can help us with this year:

Art supplies! Our Art Salons and other events involve art projects of all kinds, as do the community events in which we participate. We also distribute art supplies to anyone who asks.

Scholarships to workshops! Our workshops often have a suggested donation but payment is not required. The cost is made up for by the Millet House, which makes sure that the presenting artist is paid a stipend, that there are refreshments, and that any extra materials are purchased. 

Support our art exhibits and community projects! We offer 4-6 shows per year, each with a featured artist and a juried supporting show. Prior to each show we repair and repaint, clean and curate and hang art and then arrange an opening and a closing reception. 

And we give back to our Valley communities in many ways: serving as an umbrella organization for a project in Phoenix; making fry bread and bringing art projects in Paradise Valley; making Luminarias in Scottsdale; participating in a variety of City of Mesa and Mesa Arts Center initiatives such as Art in the Park and Dia de los Muertos. These, like our exhibits, always require several days of preparation.

Sponsor an artist! Our stipends go to artists and begin at $25. There is a cap of $200 per month per person. We hope to extend our stipend program. There is need, as we come out of the pandemic era to a time of high housing costs and people teeter on the edge of homelessness again.

And please do visit our website and our art exhibits. Details are posted on the website at http://themillethouse.com. We hope to see you, virtually or in person, soon! You are always invited! don't miss the fun!

This is our current mascot, Mr. Green Eyes. Mr. Green Eyes is a community cat and at some point someone trapped and neutered him and cut the tip of his ear off -- so he is shy -- but loving, and a real leader among the 1st Street community cats.