Support Playa: Become A Member

PLAYA has always been a place where big ideas begin, quietly, surrounded by sky and sagebrush, supported by community, and grounded in the natural world.
If you’ve been here, you know. PLAYA stays with you. It gives you space to breathe, to reflect, to imagine something new.

Recently, so many of you stepped up through our Resiliency Campaign. Those donations made an immediate impact—helping us weather a critical funding gap and keep residencies and community programs thriving. We are deeply grateful.

Now, we invite you into something different: Membership.

Membership is not just a gift, it’s a way of belonging. It’s about standing with a circle of people who believe, as you do, in PLAYA’s capacity to nurture creativity, science, and change. Your membership provides steady, reliable support for the staff and programs that bring PLAYA to life, while also offering you ways to engage more deeply.

At the Creative level and above, members also receive Edge Effects: exclusive regular updates from Executive Director Ana Varas that go beyond our public newsletter and social media. These behind-the-scenes notes will share footage or audio of PLAYA’s natural scenery, glimpses of works in progress, plans and vision for the future, as well as stories and reflections that bring this extraordinary place closer to you.

Click each level for details and to join an annual membership at PLAYA: