THE ATRIUM
A Creative Innovation Center for Sustainability
The Atrium is a 501c3 California non-profit (Up Kindness, Inc) working to build a kind, equitable and sustainable future for all. Our mission is to build and inspire innovations for an environmentally sustainable economy through education, incubation, creativity, advocacy, and collaboration. Ideas that grow from within a community are destined to thrive if given the necessary resources and support services to advance their ideas. The Atrium is such a community where local creatives, artisans, scientists, and inventors work together and are encouraged to act locally but think globally with center programming designed to inspire and nurture the next generation of creative minds. If you are a creative join our artist list database.
We are a tiny team that wears many hats, and If you are available and able, and would like to volunteer, just show up when is good for you. If you would like a permanent volunteer position, please sign up with our volunteer form so we can match a volunteer position that best fits your talents.
OPEN PROGRAMS
We have many programs you can sign up for, each is tailored for different types of creatives.
Sacramento.Shop – Creatives can sign up to sell on Sacramento.Shop. This is our online marketplace for locally made items. It’s our little F.U. to Amazon. Atrium takes care of storage, delivery, customer service, and sales tax. There is a waitlist to get on, but we are working through it as quickly as possible. More information and signup for that program at atrium916.com/shop
Upcycle Pop – Eco Art Market in Historic Old Sacramento – This is a weekly art market in the historic Old Sacramento Waterfront with an eco-twist. Items must be one of the following to participate: A. Upcycled, B. Eco friendly, or C. Wall or Canvas paintings. Please avoid plastic wrappings and trash. Here is the link to signup atrium916.com/artmarket
Artist Studios & Coworking – The Atrium is a Creative Innovation Center for Sustainability, with Artist and Creative studios. Creatives who operate out of our studio space are called resident members. We don’t have open studios at the moment but might soon as we expand. If you are interested on being on the waitlist, make sure you marked that in your form, if you forgot, fill out the form again. Just need a business address for your mail and a place to have meetings we offer that too, with outdoor meeting space – atrium916.com/members
Creative Economy Meetings – this is a virtual meeting we hold once in a while for us creatives to connect and share opportunities and ideas or issues we are facing. These meetings have helped raise 2.3 million in the Sacramento City arts budget in 2019 and helped to secure 14 million in cares funding in 2020 for the creative sector. atrium916.com/creative-economy
TV Production – In collaboration with Sacramento Metro Cable Commission, we are producing a TV series called “Citizens of Planet Earth” that will air on KVIE, access Sacramento and Metro 14. We are seeking submissions, approved submissions will be paid $2 per second of approved content. More info – atrium916.com/tv
KINDNESS MATTERS
We aren’t perfect, we fumble and sometimes are a mess, but that is okay because that is part of learning, making a mess. We grew out of a crazy experiment and continue to evolve, innovate and pilot new ideas. We test our logistics, to prove value and reveal any deficiencies. Your help in assisting with data points and being a helpful team player when issues do arise is a driver in our success. We openly share our process so we all can learn together.
It is our hope that we will continue to be beneficial for everyone involved. Our Sacramento regional community has talented artists, inventors, scientists, and entrepreneurs and we want to elevate our community. We seek to work with kind, creative artists and vendors, who want to help build a circular economic system that is adaptive, regenerative, and Omni considerate.