FEED THE ARTISTS

OUR DISCORD JUST HIT 1,000 MEMBERS!

OUR STORY

Feed the Artists started with a few college students who ran multiple student organizations at their schools. Realizing how much impact a community organization can make on people, they sought to take these organizational skills further. The team came together regularly for a year to study all that it takes to incorporate, run, and achieve a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that could stand the test of time and further the development of underrepresented artists. They studied Robert's Rules of Order, IRS Publications, but most importantly received invaluable real-world guidance by successful nonprofits such as Advancing Macomb, Michigan Community Resources, and StackUp. All the help and support made it possible for Feed the Artists to become an official 501(c)(3) federal nonprofit in the first 6 months of incorporation, inspiring the team to keep striving for more.

SHAPING THE BRAND

The team spent months drafting the brand, and Adriana Coscia used her fine arts skills to draw the unicorn mascot by hand. The unicorn rearing and striking in the air represents belief in action, but it also represents how superficial it can feel to make a career from being an artist. Feed the Artists did a community needs assessment that surveyed over 140 artists, and only 7% have established a business for their art. In that same survey, 82% chose multiple disciplines, and the survey reached artists in 4 different regions.

This assessment showed the value that Feed the Artists can provide is vast and international. The approach that the team takes on providing value had to be in such way that anyone from beginner to expert level, from anywhere in the world, could benefit. This led to the creation of the Feed the Artists' Discord server, which now has over 1,000 members as of July 2026, where artists are able to share their work and receive feedback from other artists in the community!

PROVIDING VALUE

In the survey, 46% chose "Discipline" as the primary key to success, and understanding that only 7% have seen success, the team saw an opportunity to encourage discipline and increase the probability of artists in the community establishing a career. Theme of the Month was the first program born of the community needs assessment, providing prompts every month, challenging artists of all disciplines to make art out of their comfort zone. At the end of every month, artists that participate are featured on the organization's media.

The Feed the Artists Instagram has garnered hundreds of thousands of views by offering to engage with pages that comment their art. An overwhelming amount of artists have requested engagement through these posts, and still do to this day. The team found that doing this regularly created a supportive ecosystem in the community, encouraging those who are underrepresented to join the platform, and provides a virtual space that curates creativity!

MUSEUM IN MINECRAFT

Feed the Artists' primary objective is to create a real museum, but knowing it will take years to build and fund, utilizing the virtual world to create a proof-of-concept would allow Feed the Artists to show it's capabilities as a museum. There are many virtual museums and galleries on the internet, so doing it differently was an important factor.

There's a term "Forever World" in the Minecraft community, where players create a world and spend years continuously adding to it, ideally never deleting it or stopping. The team saw an opportunity to combine the Museum experience with the Forever World concept and bring eyes to art in a new way, explained more in our 25/26 business plan. In December of 2025, Feed the Artists' Minecraft server was launched. Since then, the server has encouraged over 4,000 hours of play-time, and real art is displayed when you join. The server IP is feedtheartists.co, currently on Java 1.21.11!

NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT SERVICE. NOT APPROVED OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT. But we would love that :)

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OUR STORY

SHAPING THE BRAND

PROVIDING VALUE

MUSEUM IN MINECRAFT

Questions? Reach out! info@feedtheartists.co Feed the Artists © 2024 All Rights Reserved EIN: 39-3209282

Questions? Reach out! info@feedtheartists.co
Feed the Artists © 2024
All Rights Reserved
EIN: 39-3209282