…WITH HELP FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
Metro Arts emboldens artists to push boundaries, generate new ideas and create powerful work.
In the last 5 years, our supporters and donors enabled Metro Arts to activate, connect and deliver
- 85 exhibitions and 93 performance seasons
- 22 Artist residencies and 42 new performance works in development
- 249 community events
Our supporters, people just like you, make this possible. They include individuals, businesses, and foundations that together ensure the future of contemporary art to start conversations, dissolve barriers, challenge thinking and enrich lives.
Read on below to find out about our Supporter Levels and their benefits. You can donate here or complete the donation form. The Metro Arts team is available to assist and can be contacted via phone: (07) 3002 7100 or email us here.
All donations over $2.00 are tax-deductible.
Benefits for Allies
(donation of $25 or more per month)
Sign up with a recurring donation of $25 (or more!) per month, and receive:
- 1 x ticket for Preview Night of every Metro Arts Co-Production
- 1 x invitation to Opening Night of every Metro Arts Exhibition
- Recognition on our website and donor display
Benefits for ArtStarters
(donations of $500 or more)
Make a donation of $500 (or more!), to help us initiate new work. You’ll receive:
- 1 x ticket for Opening Night of every Metro Arts Co-Production, with a drink on arrival
- 1 x invitation to Opening Night of every Metro Arts Exhibition, with a drink on arrival
- An invitation to our annual Donor Celebration Event
- Recognition on our website, print and donor display
Benefits for ArtPartners
(donations of $2,500 or more)
Make a donation of $2,500 (or more!), to get the first glimpse of new, innovative contemporary art. You’ll receive:
- 2 x tickets for Opening Night of every Metro Arts Co-Production, with drinks on arrival
- 2 x invitations to Opening Night of every Metro Arts Exhibition, with drinks on arrival
- A hosted ‘behind the scenes’ visit; a work-in-progress performance, or an artist resident open studio.
- An invitation to our annual Donor Celebration Event
- Recognition on our website, print and donor display
Benefits for Major Supporters
(donations of $5,000 or more)
Make a donation of $5,000 (or more!), and empower our artists to grow their skills and professionalise careers. You’ll receive:
- 2 x invitations for a ‘Meet the Maker’ event; curatorial discussions with an artist mid-install – or a performance dress rehearsal viewing with industry guests.
- 2 x tickets for Opening Night of every Metro Arts Co-Production, with drinks on arrival
- 2 x invitations to Opening Night of every Metro Arts Exhibition, with drinks on arrival
- An invitation to our annual Donor Celebration Event
- Recognition on our website, print and donor display
Benefits for Metro Arts Commissioners
(donations of $10,000 or more)
Become a close friend of Metro Arts with a gift of $10,000 or more – dedicated to a special project in our season, with regular insight into its creative journey. You’ll receive:
- Regular updates into the development of a new work of performance, artist residency, or exhibition – through project updates, studio visits, or dress rehearsal viewings with industry guests.
- A hosted cocktail event for 4 in your choice of
- Metro Arts Co-production Opening Night event, with Metro Arts Chair, CEO and artists.
- Metro Arts Exhibition, with a private tour with Metro Arts Chair, CEO and artists.
- 4 x tickets for Opening Night of every Metro Arts Co-Production, with drinks on arrival
- 4 x invitations to Opening Night of every Metro Arts Exhibition, with drinks on arrival
- Invitations to our annual Donor Celebration Event
- Special recognition on our website, print and donor display.
Give to the Metro Arts Future Fund
Metro Arts welcomes significant gifts to our Future Fund, to safeguard the future of contemporary and experimental practice in Queensland.
The Metro Arts Future Fund is the only fund of its kind supporting a small-to-medium arts company in Australia. Initiated with a sum from the sale of Metro Arts’ previous home of 40 years, the MAFF supports Australian contemporary art and artists for generations to come. Managed through Perpetual Private, the dividends on these investments contribute to Metro Arts programming, while the capital grows for future security.
if you would like to learn more about making a targeted gift to this fund then please contact Metro Arts at development@metroarts.com.au.
Charity and DGR information
Metro Arts Fund is listed on the Register of Cultural Organisations maintained by the Commonwealth Department of Communications and the Arts.
Metro Arts is a registered charity, registered by the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission, and Metro Arts Fund is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) by the Australian Taxation Office.
Through Metro Arts Fund, we welcome one-off gifts, pledges and endowments.