Help build an endowment for the SAA

Founded in 1969, the MIT Student Art Association is a non-credit, hands-on art space serving over 500 MIT graduate students, undergraduates, alumni, and staff, in that order, every year. The SAA is physically comprised of a suite of studios on the fourth floor of the Stratton Student Center: a Clay Studio, a Photo Studio, a Drawing, Painting, and Project Studio, and an independent administrative Office.

SAA classes provide an opportunity for instruction and studio experience in many different arts media at the novice and intermediate levels. SAA studios are accessible 24 hours a day. It is an open place where MIT students can get their hands dirty without being graded.

Over the years, the SAA has become a very frugal and efficient enterprise. With a modest endowment, the SAA could become financially independent, modernize its payroll, all but eliminate student fees, and create new opportunities for creative arts practice.

Endowing and naming the SAA is an opportunity to provide future generations of MIT students with a chance to be creative in a stress free environment.

Please visit the MIT Giving Page to make a contribution.

Annual SAA Budget Needs

Studio manager Salaries    63,000
Student Fee subsidy    20,200
Teacher payroll    41,500
Class materials    35,000
Equipment depreciation    8,500
Visiting Artist program    6000
Office expenses    12,400
Total annual expenditure    186,600

Assuming 4% yield, these needs could be met by an endowment of approximately $4,700,000. 

For further information, contact:

Sam Magee, SAA Coordinator
617.253.7019 (office)
617.470.8132 (cell)
sammagee@MIT.edu
SAAhelp@MIT.edu.