The Council 100 is the San Jose Museum of Art's prestigious patron group comprised of individuals who are interested in unique intellectual and social experiences involving the visual arts and who wish to provide strong support for one of our community's major cultural organizations. As a member of the Council, you will have the opportunity to:

• Enjoy stimulating intellectual opportunities to learn about contemporary art and its important role in our cultural life.
• Enjoy exciting and special social experiences with a diverse, dynamic group.
• Provide input to the Museum's leadership concerning the growth and development of the Museum.
• Enhance and strengthen the Museum's programs by broadening its base of financial support.

Council of 100 members contribute at the $3,000; $5,000 or $10,000 level and receive donor recognition in the Museum's annual report, invitations to VIP opening receptions of selected exhibitions, invitations to private programs and events, validated parking for two hours for each Museum visit and one complimentary exhibition catalogue among other benefits. Council of 100 members at the $10,000 level will also be enrolled in the Director's Council and are invited to an international tour and exclusive home collection visits throughout the year.

For more information on supporting the museum as a member of the Council of 100 and full list of benefits, please contact Raj-Ann Rekhi, Director of Individual Giving, at (408) 271-6885 or rrekhi@sjmusart.org.

Unrestricted Gifts
An unrestricted gift is one of the most precious gifts any donor can make. It allows the Museum to support an innovative project or to address our most pressing needs. In many ways, an unrestricted gift demonstrates a donor's high level of confidence in the vision and direction of the Museum.

Education Funds
As the region's premier visual arts institution and the largest provider of visual arts education to regional public schools, SJMA engages children and teenagers in memorable, interactive art experiences designed to foster lifelong interest in the arts. Emphasizing interactive learning and a continuum of exposure, these programs offer a scope and sequence ranging from a single Museum visit to a semester-long art program in a school classroom.

SJMA's education programs include tours and artmaking workshops for visiting school classes (Gallery Tours, 2-Part and 3-Part Art); informal, exhibition-based educational opportunities for families (Kids ArtSunday, Community Day); educator training (Teacher Workshops); after-school and summer youth programming-offering internship and employment opportunities (Museum Youth Initiative, Summer Art Studios); and one-time or continuing outreach programs in classrooms throughout San Jose and surrounding communities (Let's Look at Art, Hands-on Art Workshops, Artists-in-Residence).

The San Jose Museum of Art's education programs are among the nation's most far-reaching. A recent survey indicated that in one year, SJMA provided studio art instruction to more students than did 10 leading museums in comparably sized cities, combined. The Summer Art Studios are new to our programming menu, and our established programs are continually expanding to serve wider and more diverse audiences.

Exhibition Funds
SJMA's exhibition programs are designed to inform, inspire, challenge and delight Bay Area audiences. Based on a strong history of exhibitions (e.g.: our landmark partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art) and the recent mounting of SJMA's first major Permanent Collection show, the Museum is now poised to grow by increasing the number of major exhibitions that are curated in-house, and producing accompanying scholarly catalogues.

SJMA recently concluded two national searches by appointing Daniel T. Keegan as our Executive Director, and Susan Landauer as the Katie and Drew Gibson Chief Curator. Mr. Keegan brings with him extensive experience in visual arts education, as well as in Museum development: he comes to us from Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, where, in a two-year period, he helped double attendance, and increase membership by 400%. Dr. Landauer is recognized internationally for promoting and presenting the work of American artists. Her research of Bay Area artists, and interpretation of their work, has been widely published. She's planned an exciting, aggressive exhibition schedule-focused on welcoming diverse and non-traditional audiences to the Museum.

An exhibition fund helps underwrite the cost of an exhibition. Exhibitions are priced on the following schedule:

Underwriting more than one exhibition provides curators the opportunity to develop new exhibitions without seeking new support. By taking this gift opportunity, a donor may express complete confidence in the direction of a curatorial team. Underwriting an annual set of exhibitions is available for a gift of $400,000.

Funds for the Public Dimension
One of the key initiatives of the Museum is to better promote itself amongst its constituencies. Public Dimension Funds will be used to increase advertising, marketing and public outreach programs.

Publications Funds
A major goal of SJMA's Vision 2008 is to increase production of scholarly publications (which serve to explain an exhibition, or an artist's body of work). A donor may create a publication fund with a beginning gift of $25,000.

Research Funds
Before any major exhibition is developed, curators must conduct research into the artist's work. This may entail site visits, examination of library materials, or the development of small papers. Donors may create Research Funds with beginning gifts of $10,000.

Library Materials Funds
These funds provide meaningful support for the purchase of library materials-the cornerstone of a Museum's academic inquiry. Specialty acquisition funds allow a library to develop particular depth in a chosen area, creating a wealth of resources and a concentration of scholarship. Focus areas enable a library to draw curators, students and scholars (alongside the community at large) in pursuit of a cache of materials that they would otherwise have to visit several sources to find. The Library Materials Funds are not limited to books, but also support the purchase of films, videos, journals, databases, etc. Any donor who believes that a good library enhances any institution's reputation, and ability to serve the community, may create a Library Materials Fund with a beginning gift of $5,000.

Art Acquisitions Funds
The heart of a museum is its Permanent Collection. The San Jose Museum of Art seeks to enhance the number and quality of our Permanent Collection through donated art and finances. An art acquisition fund underwrites the purchase of works of art to be included in the Permanent Collection. The purchase of art is an internal SJMA process; however, donors will be asked their collecting preferences, and the Museum will use donors' areas of interest as guides in the purchase of art. An Art Acquisition Fund may be created with a beginning gift of $25,000.

Collection Management Funds
Caring for the Permanent Collection requires funds for art acquisition, storage and conservation. A Collection Management Fund stretches from purchase to preparation to exhibition, and can be created with a beginning gift of $25,000.

Library
One of the most engaging spaces in the Historic Wing of the Museum is the Mildred Chatton Library, and the stairwell leading to it. Sadly, this space is in need of redesign and renovation totaling approximately $100,000. Happily: there are two reading rooms, and a landing, which will be named in honor of donors who support their renovation.

The Museum Cafe
Our Cafe needs a kitchen. With that addition, hot food can be made at the Cafe and immediately served-which would not only improve our general service, but also aid in booking events at the Museum. Currently, we are constrained by the type of food that can be prepared during Museum rentals. A gift in the neighborhood of $200,000 will underwrite the cost of the kitchen.