THE SKATEROOM: ART FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
The Skateroom unites art buyers, artists, galleries, museums, foundations, retailers, and non-profits around the World in a new economic model ‘Art for Social Impact’ turning consumers into active contributors in socially engaged projects.
Skateroom’s “5:25” business model is simple: they unleash human creativity and the fruits of artistic labor to donate 5% of the turnover or 25% of the profit from every sale–whichever amount is greater – enabling them to raise, so far, over $565,000 to fund 29 social skate projects dedicated to empowering at risk youth around the world.
Our collective future depends upon business ideas becoming a means for building, financing, and implementing systemic solutions to the globe’s most pressing needs. The Skateroom challenges the status quo of brand and corporate responsibility, and turns consumers into active contributors in socially engaged projects. By placing works of art on responsibly made skateboards, The Skateroom connects people to the reality that Art for Social Impact is something achievable right now.
You can purchase an art edition skateboard, while giving brighter opportunities to the lives of others. Whether you choose an edition featuring the work of legendary artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol (like the one we chose) and Vincent Van Gogh, or iconic contemporary artists like JR, Ai Weiwei, and Paul McCarthy, you can enjoy your art edition twice as much knowing it also made a difference in someone else’s life.
