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An Update for Our Supporters ~ July 2022

Is it just us, or has the world been in hyperspeed this year?

After a flurry of Spring activity, Summer has brought the heat along with some new COVID variants. Somehow it’s already July and we’ve done a lot of things but opening a venue in record time (for the second time) isn’t one of them. Rumor has it, the best things are worth the wait! In the meantime, we are staying very busy!

We are excited to announce that The Bakery will officially be incorporated as a 501(c)(3) in 2022. This will allow us to be eligible for more grants and eventually seek institutional funding. We are also thrilled to introduce Tati Pinckney (they/them) as our newest team member. They will be heading up programming as well as lending their graphic design skills to the evolution of the Bakery brand. We are looking forward to re-establishing and fortifying our community partnerships this year in order to facilitate more collaborative art experiences across Atlanta.

As a nonprofit organization, The Bakery will continue to focus on areas where art, education, technology, and the environment intersect. We have always been a need-based collective and Atlanta seriously needs grassroots arts and culture organizations to thrive in the coming years. We hope to work in more public spaces in order to offer educational experiences, creative solutions to issues within our built environment, and construct more digital resources for our network.

While we are waiting for our future home at Yellow Studios, we hope you will visit us at our South Downtown Gallery located around the corner from Underground Atlanta. (Check out our calendar of programming here.) We are fortunate to have been a 2022 Arts & Entertainment Atlanta Grant (A&E Atlanta) along with our neighbor Cat Eye Creative and others. The DIY arts have had a long history operating in Downtown and we hope to be a part of the ongoing revitalization.

We have always been in the business of “creating space” within and outside of physical space. The idea is more tangible within the spaces we operate - 825 Warner St, New Square, 92 Peachtree St - these spaces feel like The Bakery - but The Bakery is also a feeling that can exist alone, a state of mind if you will. It’s about questioning, curiosity, and trusting the process while having some fun along the way. Read our history if you want to hear more about this firsthand!

After watching our newest fundraising video, we hope you learned a little bit more about why The Bakery has been, and will be, a vital component to keeping Atlanta a vibrant, progressive, and playful city, the Atlanta we all know and love. This task should be a shared responsibility and thanks to your donations, it is!

These funds are going to keep us going until we can get the doors open and show you our future grand home. But Yellow Studios is only part of what we are and will become... Bakery is an idea and sense of community much larger than any old warehouse.

Thanks again for your support - your patience will be rewarded!

With Love,
The Bakery Team