Fall Gala 2016 - Red, ART & Blue

Community Council for the Arts
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September 2016
01:00 AM EDT
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September 2016
At Midnight EDT

About Our Auction

The Community Council for the Arts is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to help Lenoir County residents and surrounding counties experience the joy, promise, and the pursuit of artistic excellence. The Arts Council's home, the Arts Center, is nestled in the heart of downtown Kinston at 400 North Queen Street. We are housed in a historic building which has been renovated and is handicap accessible.

The Community Council for the Arts is the regional center unifying community ties through exposure to the arts and providing rich cultural experiences while promoting tourism, economic development, and educational opportunities for all.


About Community Council for the Arts

The Community Council for the Arts welcomes you to the auction for our Annual Fall Gala. We are continuing our celebration of 50 years of service to the artistic community and all residents of Kinston/Lenoir Co. and the surrounding region. Our service occurs both within our walls and throughout our community and extended region. We are one of three arts councils across the state working with counties contiguous to ours, assisting them with programs, grant writing and organization capacity building. We work with enrichment programs, public art enhancement projects, education opportunities, heritage and cultural tourism, artist development and promotion, and arts-driven economic development.

As a multi-faceted small business, we operate a premier 30,000 square foot historic property and offer facility and artist studio rental spaces, classes/workshops and summer camps, show works from more than 300 artists annually in our galleries, and operate a gift shop and membership services.

Ninety-five percent ( 95%) of our annual operating budget is funded through an annual campaign, rental fees, gift shop/gallery sales and fundraising events. We have been successful in grant writing efforts through the years, enabling us to work in our schools and community in enrichment and education programs, grow our public art program to the largest in North Carolina operated by an arts council, offer nationally acclaimed artists of all genre performances and exhibits, and engage in heritage and cultural projects such as being the hub of the 8-county African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina. These grants, however, do not help with day to day operating expenses, hence the need for events such as the Annual Fall Gala. We accomplish all of this with a small staff and an abundance of volunteers, a myriad of community partners and individual arts and cultural advocates like you. These combined efforts of many, along with your financial support in attending events, supporting fundraisers and annual membership, have sustained the Arts Council for the past 50 years and are paramount to future sustainability.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff and volunteers of the Arts Council, we express our appreciation for your advocacy and investment in the arts and cultural life for all in our community. The arts are a driving force in our day to day lives and are core to our humanity. Your active support of the Arts Council is an investment in the quality of life you and your family enjoy and from which all citizens in Kinston/Lenoir Co. benefit.

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Live Event Information

The last bid during this on-line auction closing at midnight Friday, September 23, 2016 will be the opening bid for the Gala's live auction the evening of Saturday, September 24. 2016. Final bidding will occur on the evening of the Gala, September 24, 2016. For ticket information and more information on the Gala, contact the Arts Center 252-527-2517. The Gala will be held at the Arts Center, 400 N. Queen Street, Kinston, NC 28501. Doors open at 6:30pm. Open bar, heavy hors d'oueveres, live and silent auctions, music and dancing. The Might Saints of Soul Band will provide live entertainment.