One Time Donation

Arts Giving Day was created a s a way to draw attention to those that create art in any form, and allowing those individuals and organiations to ask for your support. It's simple, it's focused, and it can be powerful because of you.

Your contribution to the ArtsGivingDay.org effort provides money to:

• Directly promote the next upcoming ArtsGiving Day, the third Tuesday in May
• Improve and enhance our website designed to showcase the many arts participants and organizations that make art nd deserve support
• Grow ArtsGiving Day into a global effort promoting the value of the arts to humanity

If you are a writer at any level, this is a great weekend of learning, collaboration and professionals growth.

In 2016, the staff of Brick Cave Media, an Arizona based publishing company,  started a writers conference with the intent of fostering a vibrant and active community of writers in the greater Phoenix area.

They thought if they built an innovative event that felt more like an experience than a traditional conference, that people would be more engaged. They also knew that with a fairly nascent writing community, an event that was formed specifically for them would go a long way to grow and support that creative demographic. Designed to both be affordable and to showcase a talented roster of local writers that had a tremendous amount of knowledge to share, the Conference was born.

And it was a hit.

They repeated the event in 2017, and again found a thirst for learning to strengthen one’s writing ability. For 2018, the founders of the festival have turned the event over to their sister organization non profit, Anthology, inc. to allow the event to continue to grow.

Organized by Anthology, Inc., a Mesa, AZ, based literary non profit organization, the Mesa Book Festival is the annual event to showcase the literary arts in the East Valley. The event was founded in 2017 and has grown is size each year, with over 2,500 patrons visiting in 2018.

At the center of the event are 100+ authors, small presses and other publishers across all genres sharing their works. A full day of interactive panels, presentations and performances delivers a fun filled and entertaining experience for book lovers of all ages.

Your direct donation to the festival supports:

• Keeping our costs to vendors, the vast majority are independent authors, as low as possible.
• Affording us the opportunity to provide world class programming, including speakers, guests and others
• Promoting the festival and allowing more people to plan their own attendance to this free event.
• So much more . . .

Please Note:

This item is to make a tax deductible donation for the Mesa Book Festival. If you are interested in being an official sponsor, Click Here.

A fundraising event in partnership with Great Spirit Animal Sanctuary, this unique format book festival literally on the side of the road in Taylor, Arizona is a great way for authors to share their works with new audiences in Northeast Arizona.

The event is free and open to the public, with indoor and outdoor vendors, access to many of the animals currently being cared for by the Sanctuary and day long learning sessions about how you can help neglected and abused animals a thing of the past.

Your Direct donation to the festival supports:

• Keeping our costs to vendors, the vast majority are independent authors, as low as possible.
• Affording us the opportunity to provide world class programming, including speakers, guests and others
• Promoting the festival and allowing more people to plan their own attendance to this free event.
• So much more . . .