Exhibition Support
The Arts & Science Center’s exhibitions and Permanent Collection are the heart of ASC
In recommending The Arts & Science Center’s reaccreditation, the American Alliance of Museums noted, “The museum is an excellent example of a small but mighty museum serving its community with significant impact.”
The Arts & Science Center hosts exhibitions featuring guest artists and selections from an impressive Permanent Collection. The 1,455 artworks focus on contemporary Arkansas artists, artists of the Delta, and African American artists. ASC is the only museum within the state that specifically focuses on the aforementioned areas.
ASC hosts approximately 10-12 exhibitions a year in three galleries in its main building; with the addition of The ARTSpace on Main, ASC now offers even more opportunities for showcasing art.
The Arts & Science Center offers diversity in access as the exhibitions are viewable not only in person, but through virtual exhibitions on ASC’s website. ASC also offers traveling exhibitions to organizations, including Heritage Detectives and the Women of the Arkansas Delta photography exhibition.
Teaching Artist April Gentry-Sutterfield leads an activity with students from Dollarway High School in the International Paper Gallery During a tour in May 2019.
Community Connections
Our exhibitions aim to engage the audience through diversity of artist, medium and subject matter. We create direct connections between our exhibitions and community outreach events and programs such as:
ASC’s gallery admission is always free, and the majority of exhibition programming and events are also free.
Exhibition funds allow local artists to engage in their greater community, while also aiding ASC in the care of the Permanent Collection.
Support The Exhibitions
ASC now offers two ways for patrons and organizations to directly support ASC’s exhibitions and collections: The Exhibition Support Fund and Individual Exhibition Sponsorships.
Help move the arts forward with a donation to support ASC’s exhibitions and collections.
Be a part of The Arts & Science Center’s new ARTx3 community engagement initiative, which aims to empower our youth through the arts, support the revitalization of downtown Pine Bluff, bolster the creative economy, and bring positive attention to our city. ASC will continue to work hard to prove worthy of your investment in the museum and our projects.
Browse our upcoming exhibitions at asc701.org/upcoming.
See a list of previous exhibitions at asc701.org/past-exhibitions.
Exhibition Support Fund
Artist talks and student tours are among the outreach events ASC offers. Artist Chrystal Seawood spoke with a group of art students from the University of Arkansas at Pine BLuff at the opening of her exhibition, Boys to Black Men: The Seer Is The Keeper Of His Dreams, in September 2019.
ASC now offers the opportunity for anyone to contribute specifically in support of ASC’s exhibitions and collections.
Your donation to the Exhibition Support Fund:
Helps preserve and conserve as necessary the 1,455 items in our Permanent Collection.
Helps support digitizing ASC’s collections, so every piece in our Permanent Collection will be viewable online to anyone, anywhere.
Supports local artists, as many of ASC’s exhibitions showcase artists in Arkansas and the Delta region.
Supports exhibitions as learning tools. Through funding exhibitions, donors are funding dynamic and fun ways for students to learn about art; through text panels, exhibition curriculum, and virtual exhibitions.
If you like what you see when you visit ASC — in person or virtually — please consider a donation to directly support our exhibitions.
Donations of any amount are appreciated. The levels for recognition are $1,000, $2,500, $5,000, $10,000, and $15,000. Donations are tax deductible.
Individual Exhibition Sponsorships
One Million Strong: A Photographic Tribute of the Million Man March By Roderick Terry was on view from April 30 to September 26, 2020. The exhibition was sponsored by Simmons Bank.
Enhance your presence in the community and offer your employees, clients, and customers an array of exceptional benefits by joining The Arts & Science Center as an Individual Exhibition Sponsor.
You’ll provide essential operating support to ASC’s exhibitions and accompanying educational programs while receiving special marketing and promotional opportunities.
Individual Exhibition Sponsorships go beyond contributions to the Exhibition Support Fund and provide named recognition and benefits.
ASC works closely with sponsors to tailor a sponsorship package that offers the level of recognition and benefits that is right for your organization. With 10 to 12 exhibitions per year, there are several continuous opportunities to select a show.
Exhibition sponsorships begin at $1,000, with the title sponsorships ranging from $5,000 to $15,000, depending on the exhibition and benefits package.
Recognition can include:
Organization’s name and logo prominently displayed on gallery wall exhibition.
Organization’s name and logo promoted as sponsor on all exhibition marketing and educational materials; all print and web advertisements; ASC’s website, social media, and weekly e-newsletter; exhibition collateral; virtual exhibitions; and any accompanying programming.
Acknowledgment in the Annual Report and any printed listing of the ASC’s corporate contributors
Advertisement in Playbills for ASC productions (eight planned for 2021).
Sponsorship will be archived for perpetuity.
Benefits can include:
Annual membership benefits for designated employees
Exhibition previews and private receptions.
Private tours of the exhibition with the director or curator.
Reserved seating for theatrical productions.
Tickets to private performances of theatrical productions.
Free use of event space in The ARTSpace on Main and/or The ARTworks on Main.
Recent Major Exhibition Sponsors Include:
