AFSAR (Asian Feminist Studio of Art and Research) is committed to nurturing sustainable artistic careers for transnational female artists. In response, KUA is launching a fundraising initiative to support our 2026–27 co-learning programme.
WHAT: This artist development programme supports artists transitioning from early to mid-career by equipping them with new soft skills needed to navigate upcoming challenges. The programme includes financial literacy, voice and presentation training, career mapping, and mentorship tailored to independent artists working in mediums with limited commercial support.
WHY: As careers develop and life priorities shift, unique challenges and systemic barriers within the art world (and the real world) arises, particularly in times of economic uncertainty. This is especially true for migrant and female artists, many of whom spend a significant part of their early careers navigating visa systems, foreign financial structures, and cultural integration.
This programme aims to prepare artists to strengthen agency, and build a shared pool of resources to support sustainable, lasting artistic career.
Your support will help to:
✅ Invite industry mentors and guest speakers
✅ Produce visual documentation and deisgn of co-learning sessions as free online resources for a wider communities
✅ Sustain the labour behind organising and delivering the programme
✅ Potential to enable more sustainable, long-term artistic careers in a world where diversity is valued, yet seldom supported beyond the emerging phase
In return, you will receive:
🤍 A detailed breakdown of how your contribution is allocated
🤍 A block of tea from southern Taiwan (30 g)
🤍 Notes on “Why tea?”
🤍 A KUA fiction story centred around the tea
🤍 Brewing instructions developed by the artist collective Weed Day
🤍 Packaging designed by food artist Rain Wu
🤍 One of the Edition of 40
🤍 A big thank you and your name mentioned on our online brochure
Timeline:
Pre-sale (global free postage) ends by the end of May
Sale ends by the end of June
All editions will be posted out by the end of July 2026