Support VGA Gallery

VGA Gallery relies on the generosity of our supporters to continue our mission, create engaging content, and promote new media artists and video game designers. If you want to be a part of the advancement of this exciting medium, here are just a few ways you can contribute to VGA Gallery’s mission:

Your tax-deductible donation helps us to:

Pay our writers and contributors for VGA Zine
Offer a stipend for our esteemed VGA Fireside guests
Produce new issues of our peer-reviewed journal VGA Reader
Maintain our web presence and keep our exhibition equipment in storage until we can safely show work IRL again

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Be a part of our community

Joining VGA Society is an easy way to show your support for our community of video game and new media artists who are breaking ground right here in Chicago.
Plus there are perks! VGA Society benefits include:
1-year household membership
20% off VGA prints and giclees
A digital subscription to the VGA Reader
A printed compendium of VGA Zine, coming December 2021
100% tax deductible

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Collect video game art

Buying a print from our print store gives your favorite video game artists a kickback. Explore our collection of unique posters and giclees with options for framing. They make great gifts!

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Interested in supporting VGA this holiday season? Consider buying one of our many video game art prints on our website! Half the proceeds go to the artist, and the other half helps us develop new, exciting programming as we continue to promote indie

Get out to @hydeparkartcenter any evening this weekend to see Football Practice on view! FOOTBALL PRACTICE an ongoing project by
@kristinmcwharter with @nekofutura, will be on display on the building facade of Hyde Park Art Center from November 21st

Happy Giving Tuesday! Starting now, get 20% off all prints in the VGA store! Use code VGAGIVING at checkout. Your contribution will not only get you a beautiful piece of work, but will help support an indie artist and VGA’s mission. Offer valid

Happy Thanksgiving from VGA! This year, we are incredibly grateful for the return of Bit Bash, where we were able to connect with fellow game enthusiasts and further spread our message. Our donors help make our attendance at events like this possible

We're so excited to be out on the town again with our friends at @bitbashchicago ! Here's a repost from them:

Bit Bash IS BACK.

We're teaming up with @chihumanities & @verge for a day of rad talks from fantastic guests, talking about tech and m

VGA Fireside will be LIVE once again on July 31st, when our interim host the brilliant @tiffany_funk will sit down and have a chat with biomedical game developer and educator Sam Bond, aka
@drgamesbond. Tune in on twitch Sunday, July 31st at 5pm!

VGA Gallery welcomes Fern Goldfarb-Ramallo for our next episode of VGA FIRESIDE! Goldfarb-Ramallo is a creative coder, designer and visual artist based in Brooklyn and Berlin.

Streaming live via Twitch and YouTube on Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 at 3 P

VGA Gallery welcomes Amanda Hudgins to a new episode of VGA FIRESIDE! Hudgins is a writer and game designer based out of Lexington, KY. Their work, which has been shown internationally, pushes the boundaries of what a video game controller can consis

Issue XVIII: March 2022 of the VGA Zine is out now! Presenting, Will the Keyboard and Mouse Ever Die Off? By A. Ko. If you missed the previous VGA Fireside of the year, featuring Gregorios Kythreotis you can catch up here!

https://vgagallery.org/vga

Issue XVII: February 2022 of the VGA Zine is out now! Presenting, Simple is Best: An Ode to Monkey Ball by Adam Leif and The Unique Anti-Capitalist Journey of Toontown Online by Stef Luthin. Tune in for the first VGA Fireside of the year, featuring G

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