For more information on IMA Council membership, events and exclusive benefits, please contact Andra Walters x 227, or by email.

What is the IMA Council membership?

Members of the IMA’s Curator’s, Director’s, President’s, Chairman’s, and Clowes Councils are at the forefront of annual giving at IMA. Through their generous support, these members have helped IMA become one of the tenth largest art museums in the country. Join your fellow cultural leaders in a vital organization that provides unrestricted support for the Museum’s programs and operations.

By joining one of the IMA Councils, you’ll receive a variety of exclusive benefits including invitations to attend intimate events, travel opportunities with the museum’s director and curatorial teams, special access to collections and experts at IMA and throughout the art world, a concierge service to help you with all of your IMA needs and reciprocal membership benefits at more than 400 cultural institutions nationwide!

IMA Council Membership Levels & Benefits

Curator’s Council $1,500 to $2,499

• Invitations to exclusive council programs and events
• Annual subscriptions to the quarterly IMA Magazine and monthly IMA and Council eNews
• 10% off in the Museum Store, Design Center, Gallery Shop, Greenhouse Shop, Lilly House Shop
  
• Complimentary exhibition catalogues
• Reciprocal membership benefits at 400 museums nationwide
• 10% discount at Nourish Café
• One gift membership at the Family level for a friend or family member
• Recognition in IMA Annual Report
• Recognition on IMA donor wall
• Admission for you and up to 6 guests to all ticketed special exhibitions
• Free admission to public programs
• 25% discount on event rentals

Director’s Council $2,500 to $4,999
Includes all of the benefits listed above, plus

• select travel opportunities
• a special curator-led tour of a Museum collection for you and up to 10 friends
• Unlimited tickets to all special exhibitions.

President’s Council $5,000 to $9,999
Includes all of the benefits listed above, plus

• Recognition on IMA donor wall Complimentary passes to one exhibition opening event
• Seminars on collecting
• Behind-the-scenes tours of the Museum
• Exclusive previews of exhibitions led by the director

Chairman’s Council $10,000 to $24,999
Includes all of the benefits listed above, plus

• Opportunity for consultation on collecting from museum curators
• Opportunity for consultation with IMA conservators
• Opportunity to entertain at Lilly House (nontransferable)

Clowes Council $25,000 and above
Includes all of the benefits listed above, plus

• Intimate dinners at Westerley with art world leaders

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