Join as a Member or Renew today!
The Durango Arts Center celebrates its members whose support provides the resources necessary to advance year-round programs rich with artistic merit. An investment in the arts returns valuable tax revenues, supports local jobs, promotes tourism and enriches our community fabric. We invite you to join or renew your membership today!
Annual membership dues are considered tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Membership starts at a modest $60 per year, for a single person, and offers a wealth of opportunity for engagement in and inspiration from the most dynamic visual and performing arts opportunities offered in our region.
While your membership has direct value for you, it is truly invaluable to us and priceless to the cultural vitality of our community. The Durango Arts Center is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization that owns and operates its own building, inclusive of mortgage payments, insurance, repairs, and utilities. Membership contributions are critical in maintaining our historic facility and providing modest salaries to a mostly part-time, highly skilled staff. DAC is grateful to receive support through the generosity of its community members, foundation grants, Colorado Creative Industries, corporate sponsorships and a strategic business plan of earned revenue activities (e.g., admissions, workshop fees, artwork sales, facility rentals, etc).
Membership Levels
Individual Membership
$60/year or $6.00/month
- Personalized membership card
- Invitations to exhibit openings and special events
- Reciprocal membership privileges at more than 1000 museums, cultural centers and botanical gardens under the North American Reciprocal Museum network
- 10% discount on purchases in the Barbara Conrad gallery, including the Artisans’ Market
- Discounts on workshop fees and facility rentals
Student Membership
$45/year or $5/month
- As individual membership plus:
- $1 off a beer at our DAC events
Artist Membership
$72/year or $7.00/month
- As individual membership plus:
- Free entry into DAC’s annual Members’ Exhibit, featuring cash awards
- Reduced entry fees for all juried exhibits, and a higher commission rate of 60% artist / 40% DAC (non-members receive 50/50 commission)
- Listing on our Artist Directory
Family Membership
$120/year or $12/month
- Personalized membership card to use for up to 4 family members
- Invitations to exhibit openings and special events
- Reciprocal membership privileges at more than 1000 museums, cultural centers and botanical gardens under the North American Reciprocal Museum network
- 10% discount on purchases in the Barbara Conrad gallery, including the annual Artisans’ Market
- Discounts on workshop fees and facility rentals
Organization Membership Levels
Patron Membership
$250/year or $25/month
- Membership card to use for up to 6 members
- Invitations to exhibit openings and special events
- Reciprocal membership privileges at more than 1000 museums, cultural centers and botanical gardens under the North American Reciprocal Museum network
- 10% discount on purchases in the Barbara Conrad gallery, including the Artisans’ Market
- Discounts on workshop fees and facility rentals
- 2 Tickets to use on any DAC-produced events (does not include Merely Players, or Raven Narratives, or any event to whom is renting the facilities, etc.).
Benefactor Membership
$500 or $50/month
- Membership card to use for up to 8 members
- Invitations to exhibit openings and special events
- Reciprocal membership privileges at more than 924 museums, cultural centers and botanical gardens under the North American Reciprocal Museum network
- 10% discount on purchases in the Barbara Conrad gallery, including the Artisans’ Market
- Discounts on workshop fees theatre tickets and facility rentals
- 4 Tickets to use on any DAC-produced events (does not include Merely Players, or Raven Narratives, or any event to whom is renting the facilities, etc.)
Executive Membership
$1000 or $100/month
- Recognition on our donor wall.
- Membership card to use for up to 10 members
- Invitations to exhibit openings and special events
- Reciprocal membership privileges at more than 1000 museums, cultural centers and botanical gardens under the North American Reciprocal Museum network
- 10% discount on purchases in the Barbara Conrad gallery, including the Artisans’ Market
- Discounts on workshop fees theatre tickets and facility rentals
- 4 Tickets to use on any DAC-produced events (does not include Merely Players, or Raven Narratives, or any event to whom we are renting the facilities, etc.)
For any questions or to learn more, contact Åsa Björklund, Development Director by email.
Reciprocal Member Benefits
The Durango Arts Center is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museums. Your DAC membership grants you member privileges at 800 museums, botanical gardens, and cultural centers across North America, to include free general admission during museum hours, free admission to special exhibitions when no ticket is required, admission to members’ previews, discounts on purchases made on the premises in art and bookshops, discounts on film, concert, and lecture tickets.
MEMBER DISPATCH
“My husband and I traveled to Santa Fe, NM specifically to see various exhibitions and collectively, we received $100 in FREE tickets thanks to the DAC membership benefit through the North American Reciprocal Network at the Georgia O’Keefe Museum, New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, Museum of International Folk Art, New Mexico Museum of Art, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. On a recent trip to the Midwest, I visited the St. Louis Art Museum’s Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade exhibit, and our DAC membership card gave a $10 discount on parking in the garage! The list goes on…….. Last year, alone I saved over $200 in entry fees in various cities. I really appreciate this DAC membership benefit.”
– Leesa Zarinelli Gawlik, Artist, DAC Member.
Gift Memberships & Employee Match
Celebrate a friend’s birthday or anniversary by gifting them with a membership to the Durango Arts Center. With many exciting events and happenings throughout the year, a DAC membership is the perfect gift for a friend who appreciates the arts.
Double your membership – ask your employer about matching gifts. Retired? Many companies honor matching gift programs for their valued retirees.
Additional Ways to Invest in the Arts
The Durango Arts Center respects the privacy of its members and will not release personal contact information to any outside agency or individual.
DAC depends on a variety of income sources to successfully meet its annual operating budget, including membership, corporate sponsorships, foundation grants and individual donations. Please note that DAC maintains an informal membership program, whereby annual contributions allow individuals and businesses certain benefits associated with access to DAC programs and events. DAC does not offer a formal membership program that affords members access or voting rights on matters of governance. The Board of Directors remains the governing body of the organization.