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2014 Annual Appeal Letter

A Letter from our Board President 




How to Donate to Featherstone


Please consider making a tax deductible gift to Featherstone Center for the Arts.


It is never too late to make a positive difference… your gift makes it possible to enrich the lives of children, adults and families through the arts.


Create a lasting legacy for those you love through a Memorial Contribution to Featherstone.


Send your donation to:
Featherstone Center for the Arts
P.O. Box 1145
Oak Bluffs, MA 02557

Donation by Phone
:
To make a donation using your credit card, 
call Featherstone at 508-693-1850.



Instruction for Donating

Featherstone Center for the Arts is recognized as an IRC Section 501©(3) charitable organization,
EIN# 04-2725296




Tisbury Turkey

It gives us extra pleasure to announce a new way you can show your support without committing any extra money or time. From September 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014, your regular online shopping benefits Featherstone Arts through Vineyard fundraising site Tisbury Turkey. Whether you are planning a purchase at Amazon, want to book travel through Orbitz, or simply browse the assortment of large and small online stores, you can raise money for Featherstone when you start your shopping at TisburyTurkey.com

Here’s how it works:

1) Visit www.TisburyTurkey.com
2) Click on the “Shop” menu in the left margin and select “Shop Online.”
3) Select your favorite store from the list and press “Go” or view the complete Store Guide.

Every store link on the Tisbury Turkey site will lead you to the store’s main site, where you can shop and checkout as usual. There is no special login or promo code required, but because you started at Tisbury Turkey, Featherstone will receive a donation--approximately 5-10% of your spending!

We will be sharing more about Tisbury Turkey in the upcoming weeks, including new ways for your purchase of Island-made goods can benefit Featherstone.  Be sure to stay tuned for news about stores, products, and promotions through Tisbury Turkey throughout our campaign. You can also follow Tisbury Turkey on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to their newsletter here.



Amazon Smile

Donate to Featherstone through Amazon Smile, which allows you to support Featherstone every time you shop. They give Featherstone 0.5% of every purchase made through Amazon smile!

1. Go to smile.amazon.com
2. Create or sign-in to an existing account.
3. Go to Pick your own charitable organization and type in: Featherstone Center for the Arts
4. Select search and then select: Featherstone Center for the Arts Oak Bluffs, Ma

or click this link to start shopping and supporting Featherstone at the same time!



Pay Pal





Check

Checks may be made out to Featherstone Center for the Arts and mailed to Featherstone
Center for the Arts, P.O. Box 1145, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557.

Stock by Electronic Transfer

Please contact your brokerage firm and provide them with the following information to initiate
the transfer as a gift:

Featherstone Center for the Arts account number 1893 2483 3133
DTC number 0756
Ameriprise Financial Services Inc.
70100 Ameriprise Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474

The donor or their broker may direct questions to Jennifer Marlin at the Ameriprise office, 508-627-7777.

It is also necessary to notify Featherstone Center for the Arts of your stock contribution. Please
email Ann Smith at ann@featherstoneart.org.




Featherstone Center for the Arts: Wish List 2014

Featherstone wishes for:
  • Jobo CP333 Processor & LIft:($3,000 & $500) Our Photography studio is looking to acquire this small, affordable processor, for creating truly unique photography.
  • Epson Stylus Pro 7900 Printer:($3,995) Our ever growing photography department is in need of a larger printer!
  • Fine Art Floor Model Etching Press:($15,000) Our homemade printing press has been wonderful but our artist students are itching to expand their creativity with a larger press.
  • Heavy-duty double-sided drying rack: ($600) for students' and summer campers' prints in our printmaking studio
  • SMART Board: For presentations, informative workshops, video, photography, and graphic design classes.
  • Optoma Pico Hand-held Projectors: Our after-school teens and our youth video journalists will utilize these projectors for showcasing their videos and projects of community organizations sustaining Martha’ s Vineyard.
  • Hasselblad Flextight X5 Scanner: ( $18,995.00) Dreaming big for our digital darkroom with this "pinnacle of professional scanners, offering unsurpassed quality and scanning speed with multiple format capacity" 
  • Adirondack furniture: So visitors and artists alike may enjoy our beautiful campus before o after a class, at an opening, or on a sunny afternoon after walking the Land Bank trails.
  • Contemporary and Local Art/Artists reference material: Books to add to our library
  • New sewing machines: For our quilting classes and to extend our fiber arts programs for both children, teens, and adults.