Hi All,
Hope you are all keeping nice and warm during this cold spell.
We have been keeping very busy at the Arts Center preparing for a new decade - 2020 is almost here! Can you believe it?
One of our initiatives is a brand new website for you to take a look around. You access it from the same web address that you used previously, www.maplegroveartscenter.org that has not changed. What has changed is our layout, content, security and ways to purchase advocacies, make donations and buy art classes. Each of these areas have a separate page within the website that can be accessed from the top drop down boxes or from the images and text on the main landing page. All our payment pages are third party encrypted, secure and chip card compliant. We still have access to manual forms too, if you prefer to send a check.
To those of you that are advocates and make use of the 10% discount on class purchase, I will be contacting you very soon with your unique code that you enter on the final check-out page to obtain the discount. We will only be showing the main headline price of classes, you will need to enter the code at check-out yourself.
We now also offer gift cards as an option too if you are looking to give a gift of an art experience, they are available in many denominations. This is facilitated by an email going to your intended recipient and they will receive a secure code to input at check-out to redeem your gift.
For donations, you can now decide between our General Fund or be more specific by donating to our Jacob Beneke District 279 Arts Scholarship Fund.
For artists wishing to apply to a show, we have all our shows on an events page, with a clearly accessible pdf application form with instructions, dates and fees all laid out with contact emails.
For people wanting to experience art on a weekly basis we have our Groups, Writers, Art and Art Coffee. These are peer-to-peer groups that you can attend with the purchase of an advocacy.
Our Business of Art program is now gearing up and we are in several locations around Maple Grove. You can read more about that program here, both from an artist’s perspective and from a art lover’s view point.
There is a lot going on with the new site, and we do hope that you take advantage of all opportunities that Maple Grove Arts Center has to offer in the coming months.
Any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me, I’m happy to help in any way I can.
All that is left for me to do is wish you a wonderful Holiday Season.
Lise Spence-Parsons
President & Treasurer Maple Grove Arts Center
763 607 3824 (cell) 763 370 3003 (art center)