$60/year Individual Member Benefits

  • Support vibrant and thriving arts in the Austin area

  • Be part of a community of like-minded arts lovers

  • Invitations to Gallery Opening Receptions and other special Austin Area Arts events

  • Recognition in Austin Area Arts newsletter as a member

  • $5 discount on each class registration ($5 Kids Studio excluded) ($5 per session value)

  • Punch card for five free small popcorns at the Paramount Theatre concessions ($10 value)

  • One ArtWorks Festival tote bag ($10 value)

  • Attend any Open Studio at the ArtWorks Center ($5 per session value)

Minimum value received: $20

Members who access classes (other than Kids Studio) and participate in Open Studio opportunities can save more than the cost of membership!

$120/year Family Member Benefits

A ‘family’ for membership means all individuals living in the same house, e.g. parents and kids; two adult siblings; grandma, mom, daughter; etc.

  • Support vibrant and thriving arts in the Austin area

  • Be part of a community of like-minded arts lovers

  • Invitations to Gallery Opening Receptions and other special Austin area Arts events

  • Recognition in Austin Area Arts newsletter as a member

  • $5 discount on each class registration (Kids Studio excluded) for each family member.

  • Two punch cards for five free small popcorns at the Paramount Theatre concessions ($20 value)

  • One ArtWorks Festival tote bag ($10 value)

  • Attend any Open Studio at the ArtWorks Center ($5 per session value)

Minimum value received: $30

Member families who access classes (other than Kids Studio) and participate in Open Studio opportunities will save more than the cost of membership!

$250/year Business Member Benefits

  • Support vibrant and thriving arts in the Austin area

  • Be part of a community of like-minded arts lovers

  • Invitations to Gallery Opening Receptions and other special Austin Area Arts events

  • Recognition in Austin Area Arts publications as a member

  • Five coupons for $5 off class registration (Kids Studio excluded) ($25 value)

  • Four punch cards for five free small popcorns at the Paramount Theatre concessions ($40 value)

  • One ArtWorks Festival tote bag ($10 value)

Value received: $75

Are you part of the arts community in Austin?

  • An art lover?

  • An artist and/or performer?

  • A fan of arts programming at Austin Area Arts?

  • An individual, family or business that knows the arts are good for our local economy?

Why not make it official?

As a member of Austin Area Arts, you can invest in our mission and also enjoy a few perks of membership (see column to left). When you break it down, it's $5 a month for an individual and $10 a month for a family. A handful of spare change each day.

Why do we offer membership?

  • To build a sense of community among our supporters

  • To build supporters’ sense of investment and stewardship in the organization

  • To create a framework for thanking our supporters

  • To attract new supporters.

  • To help document our public support which helps us maintain our non-profit tax exempt status

What do membership gifts provide?

Support our programming. In 2016, that was 13,400 people served at the Historic Paramount Theatre, Austin ArtWorks Center and Austin ArtWorks Festival through live performances, adult and youth art education, gallery openings, jam sessions and more. 

Join Austin Area Arts as a member

Click the black box below, or stop by the ArtWorks Center or call us at (507) 434.0934 to get started.

Shout-Out to Our Members!

Justin and Heidi Akkerman / Marijo Alexander / Curt and Greta Anderson / Jeff and Renee Anderson / Mike Ankeny / Daniel and Rebecca Astrup / Randy and Ann Bailey / Nancy Bakke-McGonigle / Stephen Barrett / Greg and Amy Baskin / Jane Bau / Lora Lee Bauer / Linda Ann Baumann / Nancy Beck / Peggy Benzkofer / Geraldyne Berg / Dick and Judi Bergen / Tom Blahnik / Marva Blake / Carolyn and Fred Bogott / Ron Bormaster / Patrick and Patricia Bradley / Shelley A Brandon / Ardell Brede / Arlene Brick / Robbie Brokken / Deb Brownrigg / Steve and Debra Burma / Jim and Milly Burroughs / Megan Burroughs / Lu Callstrom / Cheryl Christopherson / Nancy Clark / Mark and Tammy Coffey / Mary Crandall / Jenelle Cummings / David and Diane Dammen / Sandy Davis / Amara DePaul / Sam Deyo / Forrest and Karen Dryden / Debra D’Souza / Cindy Dube / Cheryl Dunlap / Jeffery and Leann Ettinger / Jack Faas / Gena Fail / Eric Farrand / Kandace Feist / Joan Finnegan / Jennifer Forbes / Lowell Foster / Terry and Jan Fox / Jeff and Maria Frank / Phyllis Freund / Karen Fuerstenberg / Andrea Funke / Sally Gerhart  / Francis and Judy Gerlach / Janet Gilbertson / Karen and Art Goembel / Jenna Grabau / Steve and Cheryl Greenman / Jeff Gross / Vern and Sue Grove / Catherine Haslag / Bruce Heimer / Danica Helle / Laura Helle / Julie Hendrikson / Eric Herendeen and Damita Crouse / Karen Herreid / James and Mary Herrick / Lance and Sharon Hoefflin / Al and Alice Holst / Deb Hulet / Brenda Ide / Greg Jette / Dean Johnson / Jane Johnson / Kristen Johnson / Sharon Johnson / Yvonne Jondal / Amber Jones / Glenn and Peggy Keener / Steve and Barbara Kime / Penny Kinney / Judith Kinstad / Margie Kline / Randy and Wendy Kramer / Steve and Dorothy Krob / Cecelia Kroc / Steve and Teresa Kubas / Michael Kutch / Lynee Larson / Sonia Larson / Krystal Lennie / Isaac Leyk / Angela Loecke / Bruce Loeschen / Amy Lonergan / Miriam Luehmann / Kim and Rebecca Lundberg / Pat MacLean / Deedee Marx / Steve and Shari Mason / Rose Ann McCarthy / Lois McConnell / Layl McDill / Judy McDonald / Mary Medinnus / Barbara and Richard Mitchell / Edward Mjoen / Phillip and Gail Minerich / Bonnie Mogen / Kurt and Annette Mueller / Dove Mullins / Kevin and Aleta Myers / Susan Myers / Dirk Nelson / Waren Neus / Rod and Mary Nordeng / Gary and Maridee Ofstedahl / Duane Olson / Eric and Kristen Olson / William Olson / Barbara Orcutt / Jacqueline Porter / Michael and Stephanie Postma / Susan Radloff / Gretchen Ramlo / Marv and Rebecca Respinski / Scott Richardson / Tim and Bonnie Rietz / Kelsey Ritchie / Emerson Ruble / Mike and Barbara Ruzek / Susan and David Ruzek / Chad and Laura Sayles / Sara Sayles / Barb Scheid / Kay Scherer / Belita Schindler / Marlene Schlichter / Terry Schmidt / Mahlon and Karen Schneider / Tamara Schneider / Jim and Jeanne Sheehan / Donna Skiba / David Snyder / Alberta Sorenson / James and Vicki Splinter / Paul and Vickie Spyhalski / Julie Sucha / Marilyn Sucha / John Sullivan / Susan Sween / Dave Sylte / Bonnie Tangren / Vicki Taylor / Sherri Thissen / Julie Thomsen / Mike and Melissa Trihus / Diane Twedell / Harriet Ulland / Kimber Venenga / Greg and Jodi Vortherms / Sharon Wagner / Holly Wallace / Liz Walls / Joan Wangen / James Wegner / Jerry and Mary Anne Wolesky / Paul and Joanne Worlein / Fred Wright / Rick and Carol Young / Jim Ypparila / Bremer Bank / David Patterson Plumbing LLC / Dolan’s Landscape Center / Mayo Clinic Health System Austin / McGough Construction / Morem Tree Service / Pinnacle Private Wealth Group - Stephen and Adam Palen / The Joseph Company

*Updated 1/26/21