Wish List
Wish ListThe Fine Art Museum staff has identified specific one time and recurring museum needs and has developed the "wish list" noted below.  Wish list items appear below with their funding levels. As always, the Museum is grateful for support at all levels. To make a gift in fulfillment of an item on the wish list, please contact Museum Director Martin DeWitt, 828/227-2553 or mdewitt@wcu.edu or Denise Drury, Curator, 828/227-3591, or ddrury@wcu.edu.

$1,000 - Permanent Collection Storage Flat File Cabinet
The Fine Art Museum continues to need conservation sensitive storage systems for rare and unique permanent collection prints, drawings, and photographs.

$1,000 - Permanent Collection Object Storage Shelves
Ceramics, glass, and other mixed media sculptural objects require unique storage systems.

$1,500 - Art Education
Funding for Museum Art Education is needed to help fund transportation for school group tours from local and Western North Carolina K-12 schools.

$5,000 - Museum Publications
In celebration of FAM's 5th Anniversary Year and ongoing art exhibition publications the Fine Art Museum seeks recurring funds for museum quality publications.

$5,000-$10,000 - Exhibition Support
The Fine Art Museum seeks generous support for innovative and challenging contemporary fine art and craft exhibitions of high artistic merit on the regional, national and international levels. Exclusive sponsorship is always needed and greatly appreciated.


Gifts in Kind to include:

Gifts of Art - The Fine Art Museum continues to seek museum quality works of art in a variety of media. Refer to the Collections page to learn more about Fine Art Museum permanent collections, scope of collections and exhibitions.

Planned Giving -  Help assure for long term sustainability of the Fine Art Museum overall programs and service to the WCU campus and the WNC region.

Contribute to the Fine Art Museum's future by planning for a special kind of gift.  Although cash contributions to the Fine Art Museum are always appreciated, there are other creative and flexible options that can benefit you and the Museum. You can help ensure the Fine Art Museum's future by creating a trust while you are living or by including the Museum in your will. To learn more about these important giving opportunities, please contact the WCU Office of Advancement and External Affairs, 828/227-7337.