M E M B E R S H I P

D R I V E

2016
What we do for ARTISTS
Since 1982, the artist residency program at the Silver Center for Contemporary
Arts has supported the work of more than 1500 artists from all over Canada and
from 40 other nations. The residency awards include studio and living space, a
monthly stipend to help artists with their expenses, and use of specialized
equipment for all types of visual and performance art. Each artist gives a public
lecture or performance at the Silver.
What we do for ART EDUCATION
The Silver School of Art offers classes and workshops in visual arts for students,
adults, and families in our spacious new facilities. Our goal is to make innovative,
challenging art programs available to a wide spectrum of communities. We do so
by making classes affordable and by working with community service
organizations. Our Youth in Public Art program has created outdoor murals, bus
shelter art, and billboards.
What we do for HALIFAX
Gallery

We exhibit a wide range of contemporary artwork in our gallery: painting,

sculpture, installation/conceptual art, and photography. Exhibitions by
internationally renowned artists are featured together with shows by regional,
local, and emerging talents.
Lectures

Saturday morning lectures feature Silver artists-in-residence. The lectures

encourage dialogue, inspire interest, and help demystify contemporary art.
Lectures are free and open to the public.
Library

The Silver Resource Library is open to the Halifax community. Silver artists-inresidence use the library for research as they work. We have a wide collection of
art books, periodicals, and videotapes.
What we do for YOU
All members of Silver receive the following benefits:
Reduced fees for educational programs
Discount admission on special lectures
Discount on all exhibition books and posters
Advance notification of special events
Membership Levels
Artistic
Conceptual

$25-99
$100-249

All general membership benefits

All of the above, plus tickets to special events

Expressive
$500-999
All of the above, plus the opportunity to host a party in an
artists studio
Creative
$1000-2499 All of the above, plus eight artist designed T-shirts
Corporate
$2500+
All of the above, plus use of the Silver facilities for a
corporate function

For more information contact:

Gregory Vertilus, Silver Center for Contemporary Art, 84 Harbor Street, Halifax,
Nova Scotia B3J 2N9
Tel: (555) 555-2893; e-mail: member@silver.org.ca