Membership
Become a Performa Member and get a front row seat and a backstage pass for the Performa 09 Biennial! A Performa membership is valid for TWO YEARS!
We are now offering Performa Membership as a unique opportunity to engage with a dynamic international organization at the heart of the New York contemporary art scene. Performa Members receive special benefits including discounted tickets, exclusive offers, inside information, and invitations to special Performa events and previews.
Your support as a Performa Member will help us to realize new commissions, indelible performances, educational events, and a world-class biennial that will inspire and surprise artists, audiences and institutions alike. We hope that you will join the Performa community and help us to recharge New York’s unparalleled reputation as the most exciting city in the world for live culture and artistic innovation.
Levels & Benefits
JOIN AS A FAN (STUDENT) $25
20% off Performa publications and 20% off of two tickets for all Performa produced events. Only with valid student ID. Please make sure to send a copy of your valid student ID by email or post.
JOIN AS A FAN $75
20% off Performa publications and 20% off of two tickets for all Performa produced events plus special discounts on magazine subscriptions and restaurants and shops during the Biennial.
JOIN AS AN INSIDER $300
Get FAN benefits plus invitations to year-round exclusive Performa produced performances and events.
JOIN AS A FRIEND $500
Get INSIDER and FAN benefits plus invitations to Biennial press preview events.
JOIN AS A PATRON $1,000
Get FRIEND, INSIDER and FAN benefits plus free copies of Performa publications and access to special curator and artist talks.
JOIN THE CURATOR’S CIRCLE $5,000
Please contact Kim Schnaubert at +1 212 366 5700 or kim at performa-arts.org if you are interested in joining the Curator’s Circle.
Get PATRON, FRIEND, INSIDER and FAN benefits plus a VIP pass for two to all Performa produced performances and events during the Biennial.
JOIN THE PRODUCER’S CIRCLE $10,000 ANNUALLY
The Performa Producer’s Circle is a small group of patrons supporting Performa Commissions. Members receive a VIP pass for two to biennial events as well as unparalleled insight into our artistic programs and producing process. Join an exciting group of international Performa supporters in producing and commissioning performances by some of the most exciting artists working today. Call Performa for more information: 212-366-5700. Enjoy first hand experience of the artistic process – conversation, studio visits, and rehearsals – with Performa Commissioned artists, as they work to realize their visions for an extraordinary new art of the 21st Century. Be directly involved with one of the most dynamic arts organizations working in New York and internationally that is changing the way we view and understand contemporary art. Experience master classes with artists, curators, musicians, philosophers, and writers involved with creating the Performa biennial, led by world renowned art historian, critic, and Performa Director, RoseLee Goldberg. Performa Producers Circle members contribute $10,000 annually to a special Performa Commission fund. Your tax-deductible dollars go directly to supporting Performa Commissions for Performa 09, which will take place from November 1-22, 2009. Performa 09 will engage over 40 arts and cultural institutions, 100 international artists, and a network of public and private entities across the city in a lively, event driven ‘festival-as-think-tank’ about the cultural future of the city. An exciting program of over 70 events will provide an important platform for artists, curators and arts organizations to present radical new ideas about the future through visual art, dance, design, music, film, architecture, and poetry. Performa Producer’s Circle: Anonymous, Mimi Brown & Alp Ercil, Rosa & Carlos de la Cruz, Chambers Fine Arts, Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo Wendy Fisher, Barbara Gladstone, Marian Goodman, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Ronald & Amy Guttman, Hauser & Wirth, Yvon Lambert Peter Lewis, Metro Pictures, Yoko Ono, David Raymond, Laura Skolar, Hope and Howard Stringer.All Performa Memberships are valid for TWO YEARS and include invitations to Performa Members Only events as well as special offers and discounted tickets from Performa partners. Performa is a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Did you know? A matching gift from your employer may enable you to upgrade to the next Membership level. Visit your company’s personnel office to learn more about its Matching Gift Program.
