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| WHY $25+? |
CAAL supports the Arts Initiative at Columbia University
Think your $25 dollars doesn’t make a difference? Think again. Your contribution can send one Columbia student to a performing arts event and get you your CAAL Membership. Double your gift and you have just invited an incoming student to a private orientation event at one of New York's premier museums. |
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| HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THE ARTS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY |
A guide to ongoing programs and their associated costs
Below is just a sample list of ongoing Arts Initiative programs. You may click on any project title for more detailed information including associated costs. These are meant as a guide and are by no means a minimum gift requirement. Contributions in any amount make a difference and help make the arts part of every Columbian's education and life regardless of his or her academic or professional focus. Our efforts to prepare the next generation of artists and audiences rest on three pillars:
- supporting the campus arts community
- making the artistic diversity of NYC more accessible to students and alumni, and
- connecting the arts with other ways of looking at the world
Your gift may be unrestricted or directed toward a particular program, such as our Core Curriculum Arts Programs, Visiting Artist Residencies, and the University Box Office. Your support will help us promote life-long involvement in the arts and redefine the role of the arts in higher education. |
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| STUDENT PROGRAMS
 Columbia Arts Experience The Arts Initiative, in partnership with Columbia's Center for Career Education, places students in internships with various arts organizations such as museums, theatres, publishing houses, TV and film studios and provides them with a stipend that is matched by the employer.
| Provide one student with an internship stipend |
$250 |
| Sponsor CAE interns for a semester |
$10,000 |
New Student Orientation Program (NSOP) Cultural Event
Introduce over 2,000 new incoming undergraduate students to Columbia and New York's great art institutions by hosting the Arts Initiative's orientation cultural event.
The inaugural event in 2005 welcomed 1,200 students in MoMA’s Sculpture Garden and in 2007, 1,600 students were introduced to Columbia and NYC culture with a private reception in the Greek and Roman, Egyptian, and African galleries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
| Host a student |
$30 |
| or just your alma mater's freshmen
or an entire first-year undergraduate class |
| Barnard College |
$16,500 |
| Columbia College |
$30,000 |
| General Studies |
$9,000 |
| School of Engineering and Applied Science |
$9,500 |
| or an entire first-year undergraduate class |
$65,000 |
Ticket and Information Center
This new resource connects our students, faculty and staff to the arts on campus and around the city.
The Arts Initiative created a fully fitted and staffed Ticket and Information Center in the main lobby of Alfred Lerner Hall that distributes and sells tickets to campus productions and events on behalf of university organizations, as well as discounted tickets to cultural events throughout New York City. It further serves as an information booth for campus and city arts activity. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Please inquire with the development office.
| Run the box office for a week |
$5,000 |
| Run the box office for a semester |
$67,500 |
| Run the box office for an academic year |
$135,000 |
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| ALUMNI INITIATIVES |
Columbia Alumni Arts League
Provide graduating students with discounts and special benefits to more than 50 of New York City's finest cultural organizations with a one-year introductory Columbia Alumni Arts League membership. Congratulate new graduates and introduce them to the alumni community by presenting a graduating class with discounted access to the city’s best cultural offerings .
Provide recent graduates of your alma mater with a one-year introductory CAAL Membership
| College of Physicians and Surgeons |
$475 |
| Columbia College |
$1,150 |
| Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation |
$400 |
| Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
$1,600 |
| Graduate School of Business |
$1,250 |
| Graduate School of Journalism |
$350 |
| School of Continuing Education |
$150 |
| School of Dental and Oral Surgery |
$200 |
| School of Engineering and Applied Science- Graduates |
$600 |
| School of Engineering and Applied Science- Undergraduates |
$400 |
| School of General Studies |
$450 |
| Schoolof International and Public Affairs |
$700 |
| School of Law |
$750 |
| School of Nursing |
$475 |
| School of Public Health |
$400 |
| School of Social Work |
$400 |
| School of the Arts |
$250 |
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| Provide recent graduates of all undergraduate schools with a one-year introductory CAAL Membership |
$2,000 |
| Provide recent graduates of all graduate schools with a one-year introductory CAAL membership |
$8,000 |
| Provide an entire graduating class of Columbia University with a one-year introductory CAAL membership |
$10,000 |
Columbia Alumni Arts League (CAAL) Nights
Keep Columbia Alumni engaged in the arts and with each other.
CAAL Nights bring members together for drinks and premiere cultural events. These evenings (all discounted, some free) provide alumni the opportunity to connect with each other, converse with artists and special guests, and navigate the city's arts scene.
| Host a CAAL Night for 100 alumni |
$1,200 |
| Host a CAAL Night for 50 alumni |
$750 |
| Host a CAAL Night for 25 alumni |
$400 |
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ARTS & THE GREATER WORLD
Visiting Artist Residency
Visiting Artist Residencies invigorate academic life through the interaction of internationally acclaimed artists and Columbia faculty and students. Past visiting artists have included renowned director Peter Brook and playwright and former President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel. Through performances, symposia, panels, and screenings, their residencies respectively explored the power of tolerance and the connection between art and citizenship.
Visiting Artist Residency costs vary and range from $5,000 - $150,000 |
WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
CAAL benefits both its members and Arts Initiative constituents
Alumni often tell us that they wish the Arts Initiative had been around when they were students. The great thing about CAAL is that now you get to help create and sustain opportunities you wish you had while getting great benefits in return. All supporters who contribute $25 or more receive a Columbia Alumni Arts League membership. In addition, we have created an Arts Initiative recognition society to acknowledge our generous donors.
CAAL MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES (all 100% tax-deductible)
| CAAL Members: |
$25 |
| • A personalized CAAL Membership Card |
| • Discounts and benefits with over 45 cultural organizations; most partners extend benefits to members plus one or more guests! |
| • Invitations to CAAL Nights |
| • Opportunity to bring a guest to CAAL Nights |
| • Weekly CAAL e-newsletter with special discount and complimentary ticket offers |
| • Invitation to the annual Arts Networking Night |
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CAAL Fellows:
All the benefits above plus: |
$50 |
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CAAL Contributors:
All the benefits above plus: |
$100 |
| • Invitation to annual Orientation Museum Party for incoming students; previously held at MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art! |
| • Opportunity to bring up to 3 guests to CAAL Nights |
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CAAL Supporters:
All the benefits above plus: |
$250 |
| • Priority CAAL Night seating |
| • Opportunity to bring up to 5 guests to CAAL Nights |
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Artist Benefactors:
All the benefits above plus: |
$500 |
| • Invitation to a museum or gallery tour and luncheon with a university faculty or alumni artist |
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University Artist Salon Society:
All the benefits above plus: |
$1,000 |
| • Invitations to master classes or rehearsals with a visiting artist |
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Director's Circle Benefactors:
All the benefits above plus: |
$1,500 |
| • Invitation to a private film screening, talk and reception with the film director |
| • Invitation to a pre or post event reception with University Artist |
| • Complimentary publication by University Artist |
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Arts Initiative Patrons:
All the benefits above plus: |
$2,500 |
| • Invitation for two to an evening of dinner and theater with the Arts Initiative Director |
| • House seat privileges to New York City cultural events |
| • Limited edition print of Paula J. Wilson's, The Boundless Stage - Havel at Columbia |
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