The Difference
BY BECOMING A MEMBER, MAKING A DONATION, OR VOLUNTEERING, YOU WILL ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THESE VALUABLE PROGRAMS & SERVICES:
Support opportunities for all artists (visual, performing, literary, craft, multi-media, etc.)
- ACMC exhibition programs: Sculpture Gallery on the grounds of the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens (Fort Bragg), and artist profiles on ACMC’s website
- Online Artist Registry & Gallery
- Online resources (calls to artists, auditions, performance & exhibition opportunities)
- Member-only emails about grant, commission & exhibition opportunities
- Fiscal Receiver & Sponsor for member artists and arts organizations
Advocate for the arts
- Annual Mendocino County Arts Champion Awards
- Advocate for the arts with local and state government agencies and businesses
- Advocate for the role of the arts in the local economy
- Advocate for arts in the schools
- Increase public awareness of the value of the arts
- Increase business and cultural partnerships
Promote Cultural Participation
- Online Calendar and Box Office
- Printed monthly calendar with county-wide distribution
- Weekly e-newsletter
- Publicity support for members
- Arts brochure & map of Mendocino art destinations & annual events
- Arts Administrator Roundtable Meetings
Cultivate Creative Communities
- Site-specific creative place making projects (Laytonville Banner Project, Skunk Train Mobile Memento, Ukiah Valley Past, Present, Future on the Conference Center, Disaster Preparedness Mosaics in Alex Thomas Plaza, Fort Bragg Alleyway Art Project)
- Incubate new arts organizations
Educate
- Get Arts in the Schools Program (GASP)
- Professional Development for artists and classroom teachers
- Poetry Out Loud
- Curriculum Resource Library
