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The Art Center is finally in its new home at 5020 S. Cornell Avenue. The new building has tripled the Center’s size and is helping the Center transition into a new kind of creative institution — a place that stimulates creativity at all levels. Be one of the Chicago 500 who are continuing to make it all possible.
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Membership is key to the Art Center's continued success and offers many benefits. Memberships are a contribution to the Art Center and are fully tax deductible!
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We’re always looking for enthusiastic and reliable volunteers to help with special events and with the many daily tasks in the galleries and office.
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So many reasons to give

A gift to the Hyde Park Art Center supports so many things:

• Innovative exhibitions that are free to everyone, everyday
• Top-quality studio programs for artists of all ages and skill levels
• Outreach programs that reach over 4,500 people in Chicago’s housing developments, schools, retirement communities, and park districts
• Operating costs at our new facility (triple the size of our old location)

The Art Center thanks its generous members and friends for their continued support - and counts on you for half of its income year after year.

Be a part of the excitement of the Hyde Park Art Center! Give Today!

There are many ways to make a gift to the Art Center:

• Contribute to the Annual Fund, Capital Campaign, or Scholarship Fund
• Sponsor a program or staff person
• Naming opportunities in the new building
• Make a Bequest, a gift in honor of a friend, colleague, or loved one, a gift through stock or art work, or an In-Kind contribution

For information on any of these options, please contact the Art Center’s Director of Development, Kate Lorenz, at klorenz@hydeparkart.org or (773) 324-5520.

In-Kind Wish List

We are always happy to receive donations of any items that would be of use in the office or classroom. Below is a list of things we especially need. Please don’t hesitate to call if you have any questions.

• A-frame rolling cart
• Lacie 80+ Portable hard drive
• Slide projector with automatic focus and timer
• Digital cameras
• Coat racks
• Still life objects (unique and “strange” shaped items, bright objects)
• Dowels
• Plexiglass
• A printing press
• A medium format enlarger and lens (90mm)
• A video camera
• Gift certificates to OfficeMax, Office Depot, Home Depot, or Staples

Funding

The Art Center is funded in part by The Alphawood Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust, a City Arts III Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency), the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency), the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, LaSalle Bank, the Lloyd Fry Foundation, the Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation, MetroPro Realty, the Orbit Fund, the Playboy Foundation, the Prince Charitable Trusts, the Polk Bros Foundation, Regents Park, The Sara Lee Foundation, Urban Search Real Estate, the Woods Fund of Chicago, and the generosity of our members and friends.