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Make checks payable to the
Museum of Contemporary Photography
and send to:

Attn: Jaclyn Silverman
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Columbia College Chicago
600 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60605

Please write your mailing address, email and phone number on the top of each check so we can thank you!

Student ($30)

• 20% off museum publications
• Special Friend of the Museum tote bag
• Students receive complimentary ticket to MoCP After Dark

Friend ($50-$249)

• 20% off museum publications
• Special Friend of the Museum tote bag
• Parking discount at Hilton Chicago garage (99 East Balbo Drive)

Partner ($250-$499)

• NARM Reciprocal Museum Membership
• Discounts at Photography Connections Network Partner Institutions
• 20% FIRST LOOK and MoCP After Dark tickets
• Recognition in the annual report
• Invitation to VIP Breakfasts and private member tour for each MoCP exhibition
• Plus all the benefits from the Friend Tier

Benefactor ($500-$999)

• 10% off MoCP First Prints
• 15% off custom framing at Seaberg
• Invitation to join an artist studio visit
• Plus all the benefits from the Partner Tier

Curator’s Guild ($1,000+)

• Private behind-the-scenes museum tour
• Invitation to tour a VIP dinner with an MoCP artist
• Plus all the benefits from the Benefactor Tier

Requirements

• Members must display a commitment to the arts.
• Must be an active member of Friends of the MoCP (minimum of $100)
• In addition to their active Friends of the MoCP standing, Museum Council members must either contribute or fundraise an additional $150 each year.
• Opportunities to give include:
  • Attending the annual benefit ($175/ticket)
  • Recruit Friends of the MoCP whose contributions total $150
  • Cash/in-kind donations and sponsorships in the amount of $150 and above 
  • Purchase of a print from the fine print program ($400 each)
  • Purchase MoCP publications in the amount of $150

Museum Council Benefits and Programs

• Quarterly events include private tours of MoCP exhibitions with Museum curators, exclusive exhibition receptions, cocktail receptions with artists, and offsite studio visits.
• Name listed on Museum Council webpage
• Name listed in MoCP’s annual report
• Subscription to eNews
• 20% off MoCP publications and discounts on art magazines
• Fall Social Event Planning
• FIRST LOOK: Fine Print Release Party Planning

Are you a current Friend of the MoCP who is interested in joining? Contact Jaclyn Silverman at jsilverman@colum.edu.  

Executive Committee

Thomas Hellstrom, President
Lindsay Widdel Eberly, Vice President

Current Members

First Look: Fine Print Party

FIRST LOOK is an annual party organized by the Museum Council. FIRST LOOK celebrates the addition of four new prints to the MoCP Fine Print Program. Tickets to FIRST LOOK support MoCP exhibitions, public programs and community engagement efforts.

The 2023 FIRST LOOK was on December 5 with artwork from Shannon Bool, Marshall Brown, Jess T. Dugan, and Tom Jones. Click here for event details.

Printed especially for the museum by some of the most innovative photographers working today, the sale of editioned fine prints directly supports artistic and educational programs at the MoCP. Prints by nearly 70 artists are available online all year long and include works by artists of local, national and international renown such as Yolanda Andrade, Tim Davis, Ron Jude, Sarah Pickering, Kahn and Selesnick, Jan Tichy and Penelope Umbrico. Works by internationally-collected artists like Candida Höfer, Curtis Mann, Vik Muniz, and Alec Soth have quickly sold out in past years. Learn more here.