Support Bad Milk Press

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Bad Milk Press (formerly known as Feminist Union of Charlottesville Creatives) is an arts organization creating community programming that compensates artists and writers in central Virginia, while also creating spaces that allow women, non-binary and genderqueer creatives to share their work, develop their skills, build their artist resumés, and gain visibility within the larger local artist scene. Our approach is supportive and non-competitive and in turn, has made artists more confident in themselves and in the value of their work, and has encouraged others to be vulnerable in sharing their work as well. Bad Milk Press is empowering women, non-binary and genderqueer creatives to share their work in an impactful way without barriers of entry such as high cost or the need for prior experience.

Bad Milk Press’ yearly programming currently includes:

  • In-person or virtual exhibitions

  • MALA LECHE: a free press quarterly radical art zine supporting artists and writers in a collective vision for the future

  • Artist skill-shares or workshops

  • Community engagement events (open mic nights, zine release events, and more)

Bad Milk Press is an organization that is fiscally sponsored by The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, a 501(c)3 arts organization focused on fostering artistic connections. Through this fiscal sponsorship, Bad Milk Press shares non-profit eligibility status to receive and collect donations from community donors interested and invested in seeing us grow.

Each of our programming endeavors involves expenses such as supporting artist stipends, labor costs for production and printing of MALA LECHE, materials costs for artist workshops, and installation and organizational costs for annual exhibitions. To cover these expenses and support the growing network of artists and writers we seek to uplift, we collaborate with local non-profits, apply for grant opportunities, and fundraise through community events. However, a lot of what we do relies on community financial support and small donations from the community truly make a difference in directly supporting the compensation of artists and writers featured in our programming. If you’d like to support one of the initiatives above, please consider donating to Bad Milk Press / FUCC.

You can donate online (via debit/credit or PayPal) at the button below, or mail a check payable to The Bridge PAI to this address: The Bridge PAI, PO Box 239, Charlottesville, VA 22902. To ensure your donation goes to the right place, please write ‘FUCC’ or ‘Bad Milk Press’ on the memo line of your donation check. All donations are tax-deductible.

If the donation button doesn’t for you, click here to go directly to the donation page.