We love helping artists do their work! The Office of Public Art developed the Pittsburgh Artist Registry and the Artist Opportunities Listserv as a way to connect artists with new audiences and learn about opportunities to create. From the feedback we have received, we know these tools are valuable resources for artists, curators, collectors, and performance venues locally and nationally. Artists have received commissions, exhibitions, booked performances, produced new work, and sold existing work because they use the registry and listserv.
In spring 2012, we are going to be launching an updated Pittsburgh Artist Registry. We are working to make it better looking and easier to use for artists, curators, collectors, performance venues, and administrators. Although there is no cost to use these services, they are not free to produce. The Office of Public Art will pay over $15,000 this year to update the registry, server space, staff time, and web hosting. We need your help. Please consider a contribution to the Office of Public Art Listserv and Registry campaign. If you have benefited from these service and are able to give, please consider a tax-deductible donation in any amount.
Some ways to consider how the Office of Public Art has been valuable to you:
If you read the Artist Opportunities Listserv, consider a gift of $20. The Artist Opportunities Listserv gives you more creative time and less administrative time! We spend almost ten hours each month combing through local and national artist opportunities so you don’t have to.
If you have ever been accepted into an exhibition advertised on the listserv, given a performance, attended a helpful workshop, or received a commission, consider a gift of $25.
If you have a profile on the Pittsburgh Artist Registry or would like to see updates to the site made, consider a gift of $35.
If you have ever been contacted via your registry profile, consider a gift of $50.
If you have used the registry or listserv to find artists to participate in one of your programs, consider a gift of $75.
Any gifts of $500 or more will get you and ten friends a guided tour of public art in downtown or Oakland with Office of Public Art staff. Or a bowling party. Your choice!
Even a gift of $10 will help us keep helping artists in our region!
To make a contribution, click here. You can also send a check made out to the Office of Public Art. Mail checks to the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, 810 Penn Avenue Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
All of our supporters will be thanked on the Office of Public Art website. Please note that your contribution can be made anonymously or to honor someone you admire. If you have a day job with a company that offers matching gifts, please utilize that program to increase the impact of your contribution to the Office of Public Art.
Thanks for your consideration! A very special thanks to our most recent donors:
Mr. Frank Rossi and the Pittsburgh Banjo Club
Mr. Stuart R. Thompson
Ms. Beth Magyan
Ms. Karen Hansen
Mr. Norman Brown
Ms. Cindy Stallings in memory of Mr. John Stallings
The Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival
Dr. Nancy and Terry Schuster
Mr. James Bove and Yoko Sekino-Bove
Ms. Christiane Leach
Ms. Martha Ressler
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Ms. Lynn Angelelli
R. Huckestein Studio
Ms. Dana Elmendorf
Ms. Ivette Spradlin
Ms. Faith Eaton
Mr. Jon Fornof
Ms. Sheree Cockrell
Contributions to the Office of Public Art, a program of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. A copy of the official registration and financial information for the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council may be obtained from the PA Department of State by calling toll-free within Pennsylvania 1.800.732.0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. The thank you letter you will receive is your IRS acceptable receipt. Please save as proof of your charitable gift.
