Sibyls Shrine is an
art collective and residency program rooted in radical care, rest and support for Black artists who m/other in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania— and beyond. By providing opportunities to rest, unrestricted financial support, career development, skill-sharing, access to arts and cultural institutions, free classes and workshops, exhibition and panel opportunities, support for self care, childcare and other daily needs, Sibyls Shrine has created a framework that directly addresses this intersectionality and many of the systemic and structural factors that oppress Black womxn and Black artists.
With the help of organizational partners like you, Sibyls Shrine has supported over 250 Black m/others artists with unrestricted financial support, career and professional development childcare, free classes and workshops, and exhibition, program and panel opportunities. If we continue moving forward with the same momentum, by the year 2024, we anticipate that we will have served over 1500+ Black m/others.
Our current organizational partners:
The Office for Public Art provides additional support as the Sibyls Shrine collaborating organization. Working mothers make up the entirety of the project team.
The Mattress Factory
Silver Eye Center for Photography
Artist Image Resource, Inc.
Pittsburgh Glass Center
The Union Project
Pittsburgh Playhouse
Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center
Each organizational partners determines what our unique partnership looks like. For example, a partnership with one organization might include in-kind lodging space, teaching opportunities, and space and fabrication support for an annual six-month exhibition. Another partner might be able to offer access to their print lab, tech and facility. Another might offer free admission/tuition to a specific class, event or workshop.
Please complete the Care Contract below and share how you envision your unique partnership with Sibyls Shrine might look. We are grateful for any and all support that you might be able to contribute and are looking forward to working together. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support of Black women, womxn, trans women, and femmes who are m/others AND identify as artists, creatives and activists .