Community Preservation Party! Help Preserve Central Street Studios!

Please join #ARTSTAYSHERE & the 3-dozen artists, musicians & creatives at Central Street Studios for a preservation party/community advocacy gathering as our building transitions ownership with the goal of maintaining affordable artist workspaces in Somerville!Paul & Karen Morse, Nancy Dutton & David Benton have owned, upkept & stewarded the affordable artist workspaces at Central Street Studios for over 40 years. It has always been the owners’ mission for the next owner to keep the creative community intact, as affordable artist workspaces in Somerville, so they’ve been working with Jim Grace & the nonprofit, mission-driven Arts & Business Council (ABC) of Greater Boston to become an official Cultural Land Trust project. With significant financial support from Mayor Katjana Ballantyne & the City of Somerville, ABC is poised to purchase the property and honor the owners’ wishes. With everyone doing their parts, the artists at Central Street Studios have launched their own online fundraiser to help bridge the funding gap to get the preservation of Central Street Studios over the finish line.It is time to thank the owners for their service & let the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston take the reins into the future. Come one come all to meet the artists, hear about the value of their individual artist workspaces & their collective create community, bid on auction prizes, participate in live painting, on-site advocacy & support their fundraiser. Let's keep artists in Somerville! Central Street Studios Artists & MusiciansArtem AleksanyanAndrea BallouLucas BoegeholdJack BrookesTommy BurkeJason Bunny CorreiaPatrick CurtinColleen de MattaCara GiaimoJack GrumanDavid HoganHava HorowitzLouise Keogh WeedCaroline KippNancy KramerJanella MeleLogan PuleikisDonna RainsTom Henry ReaganAmanda SaundersEve SchauerMartha SchneeKayla ScullinJack Seigenthalersidebody BandZachary SternRico St. PaulZainab SumuSri ThumatiLena Warnke centralstreetstudios.org Preserve Central Street Studios Fundraising [hidden] Central Street Studios artists will thank donors in the following ways: Donations of $5-99will be thanked on the artists’ website & via social media Donations of $100-249choice of limited-edition, hand-printed campaign poster or t-shirt Donations of $250-499the above, plus limited edition #ARTSTAYSHERE placard Donations of $500-999the above, plus engraved name on Silver Paintbrush Circle permanent placard on site at Central Street Studios Donations of $1000+the above, plus engraved name on Gold Paintbrush Circle permanent placard on site at Central Street Studios, plus private in-person studio tour with artists Donations of $5000+the above, plus engraved name on Platinum Paintbrush Circle permanent placard on site at Central Street Studios, plus private in-person studio tour & dinner with the artists All donations are tax-deductible. Donations $1000+ may be made online through the artists’ GoFundMe online fundraiser, or via pledge form through the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston. Donate by Check (instead of online)-Please make checks payable to the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston & include your name, address, phone number & mail to: Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston,15 Channel Center Street, Suite 103, Boston, MA 02210 Donate Stocks and Bonds-Gifts of publicly-traded securities are welcome & may save you income and capital gains tax, too. A gift of publicly-traded securities could be right for you if:-you own publicly-traded securities that you’ve ve held for at least one year-some of these securities have increased in value since you bought them-some of these securities may provide you with little or no income-you would like to make a gift to support this project How it works-you transfer shares of one or more publicly-traded securities, such as stock, bonds, and mutual funds to the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Donate with Donor-Advised FundsDonor-Advised Funds (DAF) are an increasingly popular way to make a charitable gift. DAFs can provide you with immediate tax benefits while making your charitable giving easier. Just contact your Donor-Advised Fund administrator to recommend a grant to this project. You can recommend that your favorite public charities, such as Preserve Central Street Studios through Arts & Business Council (ABC), receive grants from your Donor-Advised Fund. Most Donor-Advised Funds have a minimum grant recommendation, or you can recommend distributing the entire balance of your Donor-Advised Fund for a cause important to you. ABC is grateful for grants from Donor-Advised Funds. Make your DAF gift here. More Info below.