Performa 11

Membership

Become a Performa Member and get a front row seat and a backstage pass for the Performa 11 biennial, November 1-21, 2011!

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.

For questions about membership, contact Shelley Gross, shelley@performa-arts.org or 212 366 5700.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP $75
- 20% discount on tickets to Performa 11 biennial performances and biennial publications
- Invitations to biennial Premiere events
- Performa 11 biennial tote bag
- Quarterly Member electronic newsletter

 

 

 

STUDENT/SENIOR MEMBERSHIP $50
- All Individual member benefits
- Photocopy of valid ID required at the time of purchase

 

 

DUAL MEMBERSHIP $125
- All Individual member benefits for two

 

 

SUPPORTING MEMBERSHIP $250
-All Dual member benefits PLUS
- Invitations to biennial performance Previews
- Performa 11 Biennial Survival Kit: includes Performa 11 biennial tote bag, Performa publications, and Performa biennial printed program

 

JOIN THE VISIONARIES $500
Please contact Shelley Gross at 212 366 5700 or shelley@performa-arts.org if you are interested in joining the Visionaries.

Performa Visionaries is an international group of next generation art patrons dedicated to supporting and enhancing Performa’s mission to produce cutting-edge performance across disciplines. Visionaries is more than a member group. It is about a deeper, intellectually engaging relationship with Performa, the artists with whom we work, and contemporary art and culture, in all its forms. Unlike many young patron groups, Visionaries functions as a kind of post-graduate “think tank”, where ideas are freely exchanged and rigorously examined, and where members actively participate in an array of exclusive events.

PERFORMA 11 VIP PASS $1,000-1,800

The VIP Pass will provide you with access to all Performa-produced events including the Performa Commissions, Premieres, and Projects. The VIP Pass also includes a personalized concierge service, ensuring you experience the most innovative contemporary art of our time.  

Performa 11 VIP Pass includes:
-Tickets (one per event) to all Performa-produced biennial events
-VIP concierge service and phone support
-Priority seating
-Event reminders
-VIP special receptions
-Priority access to Performa Institute educational programs
-Performa 11 Survivor Kit: includes Performa's new book Performa 09: Back to Futurism and a Performa tote bag

Contact Marc Arthur at 212 366 5700 or marc@performa-arts.org to purchase a VIP Pass.

JOIN THE CURATOR’S CIRCLE $5,000
Please contact Shelley Gross at 212 366 5700 or shelley@performa-arts.org if you are interested in joining the Curator’s Circle.

Get all the above benefits plus a VIP pass for two to all Performa produced performances and events during the Biennial.

JOIN THE PRODUCER’S CIRCLE $10,000
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.

Please contact Shelley Gross at 212 366 5700 or shelley@performa-arts.org if you are interested in joining the Visionaries.

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 11, which will take place from November 1-22, 2011. Performa 11 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 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.