Arts Council of the Valley and The Arc of Harrisonburg and Rockingham selected 20 area artists to use household doors as blank canvases to highlight and celebrate inclusion, acceptance, unity, diversity, and belonging. Finished doors are on display throughout downtown Harrisonburg now through September 2023, with a variety of activities planned to encourage interaction. While a Fall 2023 event will conclude the project, it is anticipated that some Art Doors will remain publicly exhibited well beyond that time.

Sponsorship Levels
and Benefits

Opening Doors: The Art of Inclusion Sponsorships will be recognized throughout the year.

Door Level: $5,000

  • Logo on Opening Doors webpage

  • Logo on signage accompanying door during public display period

  • Logo on printed program for Opening Doors gala/event, Fall 2023

  • Logo on signage for Opening Doors gala/event, Fall 2023

  • Logo on pre-film slide at Court Square Theater throughout the Opening Doors project

  • First-come, first-served opportunity to choose the artist/door you would like to sponsor

  • Logo on brief video featuring your sponsored artist

  • Mention in all press releases regarding Opening Doors: The Art of Inclusion

  • Six tickets to gala/event celebrating the conclusion of the project, Fall 2023

In addition, once the project wraps up in Fall 2023, the Art Door you have sponsored is yours to keep and display as you wish.

Partner Level: $2,500

  • Logo on Opening Doors webpage

  • Logo on printed program for Opening Doors gala/event, Fall 2023

  • Logo on signage for Opening Doors gala/event, Fall 2023

  • Logo on pre-film slide at Court Square Theater throughout the Opening Doors project

  • Four tickets to gala/event celebrating the conclusion of the project, Fall 2023

Advocate Level: $1,500

  • Listed on Opening Doors webpage

  • Logo on signage for Opening Doors gala/event, Fall 2023

  • Logo on pre-film slide at Court Square Theater throughout the Opening Doors project

  • Two tickets to gala/event celebrating the conclusion of the project, Fall 2023

Friend Level: $500

  • Listed on Opening Doors webpage

  • Listed on signage for Opening Doors gala/event, Fall 2023

  • Listed on pre-film slide at Court Square Theater throughout the Opening Doors project

Artists selected to create Art Doors for Opening Doors: The Art of Inclusion are Pat Augsburger, Rosie Clark, David Cowardin, Elliott Downs, Tamara Grant, Jeffrey D. Guinn, Jerry Holsopple, Michael Hough, Sydney Hunter with Alex Hazard, Kathleen Mitchell Johnston, Lana Lambert, Emily Leary, Maria McIntyre, Christopher Michael, Justin Poole, Emily Quesenberry (on behalf of Turner Ashby Applied Art Class), Alexandra Thompson, Laura Thompson, Herb Weaver, and Delaney Westwood (on behalf of OASIS Fine Art & Craft).

Artist Reveal Party, Dec 2, 2022. Not pictured: Michael Hough, Kathleen Mitchell Johnston, Emily A. Leary.

Thanks to the Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, which awarded an Earlynn J. Miller Fund for the Arts grant to underwrite Opening Doors: The Art of Inclusion artist stipends and materials fees.

A financial statement is available upon written request
from the Office of Charitable and Regulatory Programs,
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Supported in part by The Community Foundation, Earlynn J. Miller Fund for the Arts.