Fund the Next Generation of
Native Silversmiths.
Every dollar protects authentic craft from automation, misrepresentation, and economic exploitation. Your gift goes directly to KITA scholars, paid interns, and the working studio that keeps this tradition alive.
Your gift is tax-deductible. The T.Skies Artist Co-Op is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit — every donation is deductible to the full extent of the law, and you’ll receive a receipt for your records for tax purposes. (Our EIN is provided on your receipt.)
Why your support matters
The Co-Op runs lean — most of our budget goes directly to KITA scholars, paid interns, and the working studio that keeps human-made craft alive. Every dollar you give protects authentic Native American and Southwestern silversmithing from the forces eroding it: automation, mass production, dishonest materials, foreign replicas passing as authentic.
Give $100 or more, wear the mission.
Donate $100 or more and we’ll send you a handmade copper bracelet — cast right here at the Co‑Op by our interns as part of their training. It isn’t a mass‑produced thank‑you gift: it’s a real first piece from the next generation of silversmiths your gift is helping fund. You give to the work — and you wear the work.
Each bracelet is one of a kind and hand‑finished, so no two are alike. Allow a few weeks for your interns’ piece to be made.
What your gift does.
One Month of KITA
Covers one month of a KITA student's tuition, materials, and the things most scholarships forget: tools, transportation, and lodging.
Full Scholarship Year
Sponsors a Native silversmithing student's entire scholarship year through CNM's Bench Jewelry program and the Fuse Makerspace.
Endow the Program
Endows next year's scholarship and protects the KITA program for the future — ensuring it runs regardless of grant cycles or economic conditions.
The simplest way to give.
Use the form below or our recurring monthly option to multiply your impact over time. Designate your gift to KITA, Internships, or General Operations — your choice goes where you intend it.
Online donation checkout is coming soon. For now, send us a note through the contact form or visit the gallery on Menaul Boulevard to arrange your gift.
Contact Us to GiveWhere your donation goes
- General Operations — support everything
- KITA Scholarships — fund students directly
- Paid Internships — pay the next generation
Give a piece. Fund the work.
Pieces from your collection can be donated to the Co-Op, where they become Live Show auction lots or move through our partner gallery T.Skies — with all proceeds returning to the Co-Op.
What we accept: handmade Native American and Southwestern jewelry. Artist-attributed preferred. Vintage pieces especially welcomed.
How it works: Drop off in person at the T.Skies Gallery on Menaul Boulevard, or arrange a mail-in. We'll appraise the piece at fair-market-value and provide you with a tax-deductible donation receipt.
Start a Jewelry DonationT.Skies Artist Co-Op
- 8106 Menaul Boulevard NE, Suite B
- Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110
- donate@tskiescoop.com
Join the Inner Circle.
Consistent Support
A recurring tax-deductible gift that the Co-Op can plan around — the most valuable kind of support for a lean nonprofit.
Quarterly Impact Reports
Detailed updates on KITA scholars and Co-Op programs — you'll know exactly where your support went and what it made possible.
Early Access
A 30-minute early-access window to new pieces in the gallery and on Live Shows — before they're open to the public.
Inner Circle membership integration coming soon — contact us to join the waitlist.
More ways to support the Co-Op.
Shop pieces by Co-Op artists at T.Skies.
5% of every Signature Collection purchase returns to the Co-Op to fund the work. Browse the Signature Collection →
Take a Craft & Cast workshop.
Class fees directly support the working studio that makes everything else possible. Book a Craft & Cast →
Volunteer with us.
If you have skills in jewelry, photography, marketing, education, or non-profit administration, please reach out. Contact us →
Spread the word.
Talk to your friends about the Co-Op. Share our work. Tell people why human-made craft matters — that's how this mission grows.
Where every dollar goes.
Directly to artists and students.
KITA tuition, tools, materials, transportation. Intern wages. Studio access for working silversmiths. The Co-Op's overhead stays minimal by design.
Fully accounted for.
The T.Skies Artist Co-Op is a 501(c)(3) organization registered in New Mexico. IRS determination letter available on request. Every donor receives a receipt.
No donations fund commercial operations.
T.Skies (our founding sponsor, a separate commercial entity) covers gallery operations. Co-Op donations fund only the non-profit programs: scholars, interns, studio, and the Silversmith Directory.