Thank You For Contributing to our Wish List 2011
Robert Dohmen
Margarete & David Harvey
Joseph Libnoch
Philip Schultz & Melissa Mooney
Donna & Donald Baumgartner
Judith Eschweiler
Patricia & Patrick Knight
Eunice Stinchfield
George Jacobi
Raymond & Barbara Krueger
Anonymous
Samual Lewis
Carol Tishler
Delphine Cannon
John & Sue Esser
2011 Wish List Campaign
Help us reach our 2011 goal!
Thank You to all who gave to our Wish List campaign last year! Through your generosity the campaign raised over $9,000 dollars and helped us:
-Replace the crumbling English Garden patio at the Charles Allis Art Museum
-Repair the Loggia in the Mercury Courtyard of the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
-Purchase six outdoor heaters expanding the outdoor season at both museums
-Resurface the circle drive at the Charles Allis Art Museum
-Install handicap accessibility at the Charles Allis Art Museum
While we accomplished a lot last year, we still have work to do. Please help us make this year's campaign an even greater success by sponsoring an item on our 2011 Wish List. Of particular importance this year is the restoration of the Terrace d'Luna at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum. Quite literally the namesake of the Villa Terrace, this focal point of the museum is in need of repair due to cracked tiles and leaking drainage as a result of age. For every dollar raised for this project the Friends of Villa Terrace (FOVT) will match it with two dollars up to $23,000. Thanks FOVT! You can help us reach our $11,500 goal to take full advantage of these matching funds and preserve this community treasure with your generous gift.
Without you and your generosity, acquiring many of these items and completing special projects would not be possible.
So THANK YOU!
Architecture Goal - raise $11,500
- Restoration of the Terrace d'Luna at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum - Every dollar raised will be matched by the Friends of Villa Terrace up to our goal of $11,500!
Art Goal - raise $10,000
-Exhibitions and Displays - Maintaining the Museums as vibrant centers for artists, scholars, and visitors
-Conservation and Preservation of both collections
-Help us disseminate the work of Milwaukee's most important craftsman by supporting the Cyril Colnik online archives
-Collections research with institutions such as the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Infrastructure Goal - raise $5,000
-Patio Furniture and tables and chairs needed to expand events at both museums
-Upgrade of sound equipment at both museums
Donations by mail:
Make Checks Payable to CAVT Museums
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
2220 N. Terrace Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Your name and gift will be acknowledged on our website, in our Annual Report, and on additional Museum communications. If you wish to remain anonymous please note that with donations by mail and in the comment section for online donations.
The Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Art Museums are 501(c)3 organizations. All contributions are tax-deductible.
People turn to the Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Art Museums for the collections of each museum, interesting exhibits, live music – Allis After Hours and Café Sopra Mare, educational programming and a wide variety of special events.
Support for these programs comes in many forms: foundation funding through grants, corporate and private sponsorship, membership and individual donations. As we increase our programming and continue to maintain these historic gems, the need for additional funding continues to grow.
Funding also supports a variety of items necessary to help staff operate the museums efficiently and grow our programming.
Recent gifts of support have helped to sponsor a wide range of events, including:
- Café Sopra Mare “Balcony Breakfast” – corporate sponsorship to help with start-up costs and individual small business sponsors for monthly musician fees
- Major corporate sponsorship for art exhibits
- Grants to support our educational programs including the popular Art in the Garden program
- Grants to upgrade technology of the computer and phone systems for the museums
- Private donations to start an endowment fund to insure quality programming, collection acquisitions and capital improvement funding to secure the future of both museums
Your gift, no matter how big or small, makes a difference to our short and long term planning.
To make a donation online, click here or contact Patty Redeker, Development Manager for sponsorship opportunities.
Thank you...
We would like to thank the Friends of Villa Terrace
for their financial support.
