Supporting Artistic, Cultural and Intellectual Programming at Fairfield University
Areas for Support | Individual Membership | Corporate Sponsorship
Interest Areas for Support through Individual Membership and Corporate Sponsorship
Fairfield University offers its students and the regional community a wide variety of opportunities to enjoy the arts and enrich their lives through study, performance, appreciation, and thought. With ticket income covering only 45% of our costs, we need your investment more than ever.
We invite you to help support all of our world-class events, as well as exclusive outreach and arts-in-education programs in the greater community by becoming involved with Membership in Fairfield University's Arts and Minds Program.
Arts & Minds Season
The annual Arts & Minds season of events at Fairfield provides an outstanding array of cultural and intellectual events that include the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts season, the popular Open VISIONS Forum lecture series, professional and student performances, art exhibits, special lectures, and myriad other lifelong learning opportunities.
The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts for the Arts offers exceptional performing arts and entertainment programming annually, including classical, jazz, and world music concerts, dance, comedy, radio dramas, Young Audience Series, The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, National Theatre of London Live in HD, and other special events.
The Open VISIONS Forum is a special series designed to "engage the mind." Its mission is to present a broad range of perspectives and interests of the University's students and faculty with the wide general interests of our regional audience. Through an ongoing series of lively and informative lectures, these "public conversations" present: eminent opinion-makers, artists, authors, civic and political commentators and learner contributors to the humanities and sciences.
Art Exhibits & Collections
The Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, located in the Quick Center features year-round exhibitions of noted artists from around the world along with a wide range of diverse lectures and educational programming.
The new Bellarmine Museum of Art, located in Bellarmine Hall, displays a rich and varied collection of paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts objects from the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods. Also showcased is a range of non-Western art including pre-Columbian vessels, 19th-century South East Asian sculptures and African masks, as well as a variety of Celtic and Medieval objects. The museum serves not only as a wonderful resource for the general public but as a classroom/learning laboratory for regional middle and high school students, teachers, and art scholars.
Individual Membership Opportunities
Members - $100 and more
• Name listed in playbill
• Listing in University honor roll of donors
• E-news subscription
• Waived Ticket Processing Fees (initial season order)
• Advance purchase priority for The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD series
Friend - $250 and more
All of the above, plus:
• Priority seating
• Free Ticket Exchange
• Lost Ticket Insurance
Artist - $500 and more
All of the above, plus:
• Complimentary beverage tickets
• Invitation to Quick Center special events
Devotee - $1,000 and more
All of the above, plus:
• VIP parking
• Access to Arts & Minds Concierge e-mail/phone number
• Complimentary artist CD
Principal - $2,500 and more
All of the above, plus:
• The highest seating privileges
• Arts & Minds Patron Card for Fairfield University resources including discounts on regular season athletic events and the University
bookstore
• Four free tickets a year for any presented event
For individual memberships of $5,000 or more ask about taking a free class audit at Fairfield University based on availability.
Note: The value of the tax-deductible amount will be based on the net contributions for each level of sponsorship, after benefit values have been deducted.
Please select your area of support above, along with your membership level and indicate both at the bottom of the subscription order form.
For further information or a consultation on Arts & Minds Individual Membership opportunities, please contact our Arts & Minds Patron liaison at (203) 254-4321.
Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities
The Fairfield University Arts & Minds Season of world-class programming and educational outreach to the region offers the corporate community a unique opportunity to support the arts – a key component in the quality of life of our communities - and at the same time, achieve high visibility with the more than 35,000 patrons who attend more than 200 events annually. The Arts & Minds Season corporate investment opportunity is a tremendous resource for increasing visibility for your firm or organization.
Corporate sponsorship benefits include:
• Acknowledgement in promotional materials: print and electronic media
• Pre-and-post event reception opportunities
• Special University Event invitations
• Signage opportunities
• Corporate marketing opportunity in lobby
• Complimentary tickets and employee discounts
...and more.
For a consultation on corporate sponsorship opportunities for the Arts & Minds Season, as well as additional opportunities for support of athletic and student programming, contact Rob Cattle, Director of Corporate Relations, (203) 254-4000 ext. 2927, rcottle@fairfield.edu