SUPPORT COMICS EDUCATION

John Ronan Memorial

SAW is remembering our history teacher, John Ronan. Donations made at the above link in May 2024 will be used in his name, to affirm our commitment to comics history that he instilled in our school. We will use these funds to create a plaque in his name in our library, as well as bolster our archive of authentic publications and prints by purchasing more museum-grade materials to protect them.

We thank John immensely for his time with us.

READ Tom’s blog post ABOUT JOHN HERE

Our Latest Projects

• Support SAW’s scholarship programs

  SAW gives out $20,000 -$40,000 in scholarships per year. Any donation helps allay those costs, thank you!

  To support SAW Scholarships, include ‘SAW Scholarships’ in your donation description.

• Support the improvement of our library.

$3,500 gets us 4 new double-sided metal shelves to organize our growing collection of contemporary comics.

$11,000 get us 4 new double-sided metal shelves + 16 new single-sided metal shelves to store our entire book collection.

$16,000 helps us cover the cost of the book shelves + shipping + installation.

To support Our Library Improvement Project Include ‘SAW Library’ in your donation description.

• Support SAW Buy Their Own Building.

  Over the next 3 years we hope to raise funds to purchase our own building. A SAW-owned building means expanding our in person programs, providing purpose-built studio space, creating affordable residency opportunities and reducing costs to our out-of-town students.

To support our goal of establishing a long term home for SAW, include ‘Home’ in your donation description.

Become a regular supporter On Patreon!

Thank you to our Corporate, Government and Foundational Support

• 😍 The Will Eisner Foundation 😍 

• Annie Koyama

• The City of Gainesville Arts and Cultural Council / Alachua County Department of Cultural Affairs

• 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁦󠁬󠁿 Florida Arts Tag / Florida Department of Art 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁦󠁬󠁿

• The State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts

• South Arts

• University of Florida

• 🍕 Satchel’s Pizza! 🍕

Thank you to our personal supporters over the years!

😇 Orphan Annie and Sandy Benefactor Level! ($500 - $5000+) 😇

💪 Popeye and Olive Oyl Sweety Level! 💪 ($200 - $500)

Big thanks to our 2020 Go Fund Me supporters who helped us move location in 2021!

Josh Bayer Isabella Guttuso Paul Shortt and Perry Collins Dave Hotstream Kiana Stewart Tor Freeman Jill Littlewood Jennifer Spence Arthur Whelan Barry Sawicki Darlene Campbell Janice Dees Joya Serhend A Sirkecioglu Aaron Figueroa Miranda Harmon Ayelet Dor Robin Best David Bartlett Brian Riley Lillian Burgess Elise Dietrich Jennifer Sunderland Anna Mack Glynnis Fawkes Carlos Perez and Andres Gonzalez Hallie Pope Don Unger Kim Laurenti Jenny G Cat Fink Arthur Whelan Luke Kwan Nick Mullins Matthew Jeske Bruce Lipsky Larry Condra Karen Knighton Michael Rex Jacob Stalvey Katherine W-F and all our anonymous supporters!

💕Thank You Everyone!💕

the SAW Story

Everyone, every story is welcome at SAW. Anyone can come and learn. We make sure all our classes are cheap—our Year Long Comics Intensive is 1/10 the cost of a traditional art school—and we offer sliding scale and exchange-for-work options. We also aim to pay our teaching artists a living wage, and provide a comfortable, safe, accessible facilities for students.

To survive and thrive, our community-based, upstart art school needs help from comics lovers, fans of indie education, and generous souls like YOU.

Please donate! Every dollar given is tax deductible. Your gift will help fund...

• Cheap classes for kids and teens,

• Scholarships for people who have been historically excluded from recognition in comics,

• Material and printing costs for student work,

• Community events and exhibitions,

• Visiting artists workshops,

• General operational costs like rent and utilities,

• Improvements to equipment and furniture,

• And much, much more…

Our Plan

• Keep people educating people.

• Keep people's stories front and center.

• Train people to listen and to communicate.

• Honor creativity as a way to counter the forces which work to diminish us.

• Create and foster community in real space where people can uplift and empower each other. 

• Keep students in need (artistic, emotional, financial, whatever! We're all in need) coming in.

To volunteer with SAW, donate books, supplies or other resources, or to make a major gift, please contact us directly.