Start the year with an ART resolution
January kicks off a new artistic year for the Oliver Community Arts Council. The OCAC plays an important role in making arts accessible to the public throughout our region. We mount five major arts events per year, and support many other live performances, exhibits, demonstrations, workshops and seminars. All our events are free or by donation. That means we work hard to make art fun for everyone!
Did you know there are many advantages of YOU becoming a member? And you don’t have to be an artist! Arts-loving individuals, families, groups and businesses all benefit from joining. For $15 (individual) or $20 (family), you can keep up-to-date on the latest arts news with the colourful Creative Minds newsletter. Receive discounts on art entries to faires and exhibits. Participate in the occasional member draws for tickets and other promotional items. Maybe you forgot to renew last year, and want to reconnect?
Are you a non-profit group with an interest in arts and culture activities? A business with a creative flair? Or simply a business who loves the arts and wants to support a local organization? For $30 (non-profit) or $40 (business) we offer virtually unlimited advertising through Creative Minds, website promotion, weblinks, and featuring your promotional materials at arts events through the year. Share your news in person at our fun Arts Jam! gatherings. We also welcome member businesses and groups as guest speakers – your place or ours.
Supporting your arts council is a fantastic way to give back to your community. It might even be one of your New Year resolutions. You can bet your membership supports a worthy enterprise:
Did you know the Oliver Community Arts Council:
* currently represents 20 non-profit groups, 15 businesses and about 80 households?
* publicizes beyond that to reach 20 regional arts councils, our sponsors, political representatives, tourism bureaus, and other community leaders?
* celebrates creative expression from performance art to fibre arts to painting, from photography and graphic design, to culinary arts, history, culture, & more ?
* attracted several hundred people to its events last year, not including the hundreds more to its member group activities?
* is a registered Canadian charity as well as a non-profit society?
* is publicly funded $9,000- 12,000 per year to mount five major arts events, support up to ten more events by its member groups, and manage the Quail’s Nest Arts Centre?
* is run entirely by dedicated volunteers?
Say yes to the arts this year! Support your local arts council!
You can download a membership form here
http://oliverartscouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Membership-Form-20161.pdf
Find out the advantages of different levels of membership here:
http://oliverartscouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Levels-of-Membership.pdf