Fund the Museum for a Day…Your Museum Day
The cost of sustaining a professionally-staffed, state-of-the art quilt and textile museum in Silicon Valley is substantial and growing. It costs $1,000 to open and operate the Museum for just one day. That’s not counting specific materials costs associated with a particular public program like Kids Create, our monthly art making and storytelling session for children.
To meet these high costs, we are challenging our most visionary supporters like you to fund the Museum for a day by making a $1,000 tax-deductible donation. You pick a day the Museum is open to be your Museum Day – maybe your next birthday or other special occasion. On your Museum Day, up to 50 friends can join you at the Museum free of charge (we’ll give you special invitations to mail to your friends). You and your friends will all enjoy 20% off in the Museum Store all day. And, we will show our appreciation by recognizing you on the Museum website and in the Museum.
If you can’t imagine a day without textiles, consider funding a day for textiles. I can’t think of a better way to share your love of textiles with your friends and family. |
Imagine if you can…
- sleeping on your bed without sheets, blanket, or a mattress,
- living in your home without curtains, rugs, carpet, towels, tablecloths or napkins,
- going to work wearing a pelt, or
- your community with no fiber art — no cultural expression created with fiber media — no baskets, no quilts, no tapestries, no theatre or dance costumes.
It’s easy to take for granted this basic essential in our lives. We rarely stop to consider what an important part of human culture textiles represent. Spindles and looms were among the first and most revolutionary technologies of their day. Before written languages, textiles provided a visual language that peoples worldwide used to communicate their identities, beliefs, and aspirations. Textiles were one of the first canvases for human self-expression. They continue to be the most accessible art form in everyday life.
You probably already appreciate the special place that textiles occupy in human history, the history of art, and in our everyday lives. Did you know that a gift of $150 would enable us to bring our Kids Create story telling and hands-on fiber art making program to 30 children? A gift of $200 provides an honorarium to a visiting artist or speaker for one of our public programs. Your gift can truly enrich the lives of the people in our community.
Please, help us continue to deliver these kinds of popular programs for both children and adults. Help us challenge people who don’t understand why it is important to celebrate the vitality of historical and contemporary fiber arts by making a donation today. Each dollar you donate to the Museum is tax deductible; by helping us you also help yourself.
Other ways to get involved:
Becoming a member gives you the inside scoop on all the Museum's exhibits and programs. Becoming a volunteer gets you behind the scenes with curator-lead tours of every exhibition, opportunities to work with the public or in our back office or even helping to hang exhibitions. Show your support and get involved today!
In 2003 the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles embarked on an ambitious campaign to buy and renovate a permanent home for the Museum in downtown San Jose’s burgeoning arts and entertainment district known as SoFA. The Museum acquired an historic building, completed initial remodeling and opened to the public in September 2005. Phase II of development – the Capstone Campaign – will fully complete the facilities of a nationally significant teaching, exhibiting and collecting art institution and insure it continues to present compelling exhibitions and programs that promote the understanding and appreciation of textile art in our lives and our community. Invest in this Museum and its future by making a gift or pledge in support of the Capstone Campaign.
The Museum occasionally has specific equipment needs you may be able to help with. Check back often.
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