SUPPORT
Support the arts in our Community
ArtsAVL supports the arts in Buncombe County through connection, advocacy, and grants. We believe the arts are the cornerstone of what makes the Asheville area such a great place to live in and visit, and investing in the arts is a real investment in Buncombe County.
If you’re passionate about the arts in Buncombe County, consider giving a gift to the ArtsAVL. You can show your support by sponsoring one of our programs or grants, becoming a member of the ArtsAVL, or simply by donating today!
ArtsAVL is a nonprofit 501(c)3; EIN 58-1371546 – Asheville Area Arts Council (dba ArtsAVL).

2024-2025 Supporters
July 1, 2024- June 30, 2025
Annual Fund
Alice Murray
Allison Press Art
Altura Architects
Amanda Cooper
Amy McGuire and Brian Wallace
Andrew Cox
Andrew Davidson
Andrew Steck
Anne Falk
Anne Simmons
Anne Whooley
Anonymous Donors (15)
Art Play LLC
Artbeat Live
Arts For Life
Asheville Art Museum
Asheville Chamber Music Series
Asheville Community Theatre
Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre
Asheville Creative Arts
Asheville Fringe Festival
Asheville Music School
Asheville School of Film
Asheville Symphony Orchestra
Asheville Ukulele Society
Asheville Vocal Ensemble
Astrid Kaemmerling
Bailey Bee, LLC
Bank of America
Beaverdam Studio Tour
Beth Crosley
Beth Mangum – Mangum Pottery
Beth Meredith
Betty Modaff
Black Mountain Blues Society
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
Blue Ridge Orchestra
Blue Ridge Pride
Bob Disney
Brandy Bourne & Justin Rabuck
Brian MacKay
Bridget and Richard Eckerd
Brunk Auctions
Buncombe County Government
Cara Mayo
Carol and Hugh McCollum
Carol Cole Czeczot
Carol Prusa Art
Carol Spags Photography
Carolina Quiroga
Casa Soul Asheville
Casey Girard
Cathleen Hull and Neil Janovic
Center for Craft
Chamber Music Society of the Carolinas
Charities Aid Foundation
Chatt Hills Music
Chickadees Pottery
Christa Capua
Christina Stewart
Christina Whiteman
Christine Audette
City of Asheville
Clayspace Co-op
Country Dance and Song Society
Courtney Thomas
Craig and Anna Harris
Curt Zito
Cynthia Fuller
Darko Butorac
David Dixon
Davyne Dial
Dawn Rentz Studio
Deb Karash
Delta House Life Development of Asheville, Inc
Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective
Dogwood Health Trust
Don Mikkelsen
Donna Larrabee
Dustin Rose
Earth Stage Fund
Echo Mountain Recording
Eco Art Teaching Studio
Ed McConaghay
Ed Remsen
Edgar Enloe
Eleanor Palmer
Elizabeth Holt
Elizabeth Murray
Ellen Kardy
Ellen Snyder
Ellen Vontillius
Elyse Lagarenne
Emily Russell
Emma Ruder
Erika Busiel
Explore Asheville and the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority
Farrah Hoffmire
Folk Heritage Committee
Gallery Melange
Garden Party
GBX Group
George Oliva
Gina Livingston
Ginger Huebner
Give Lively Foundation
Grand Bohemian Gallery Asheville
Grant Brown
Green River Woods Inc.
Gretchen McKee
Grovewood Village
Hannah Mckee
Hannah Randall
Hardaway High School National Art Honor Society
Hayley and Liz of The Expressive Stitch Collective
Haywood County Arts Council
Heather Davis
Hedy Fischer & Randy Shull
Hola Carolina
Ink Pusher Screen Printing
Irene Kim
James A. and Mayme Rowland Foundation
Jan and Dennis Wencel
Jane Fields
Jane Middleton Haverty
Jane Okuma
Jeff Pittman Art
Jen Ainsworth
Jennifer Lail
Jenny Kiehn
Jesse Csuha
Jesse Lipson
Jim Samsel & Kim McGuire
Joan Nickels
Joel & Marla Adams
John English
John Mullings
Jon & Ann Kemske
Joshua Blake
Journeymen
Julie Davidow
Karen Jaffe
Kathleen Meyers Leiner
Kathren Andromeda
Kathy Dwyer
Kaye Zusmann Phillips
Kayint108 Craft
Ken Abbott Photography
Kevin Conner
Lake Simons
Laura Lillard
Laura Mitchell
Leo & Suzanne Leitner
Lesley Tait
Li Newton Fine Arts
Lindsay Bostic West
Linea Energy
Lisa Barrett
Little Big Heart Studio
Livia Stein
Lloyd Van Dyke
Local Cloth
Lori Greenberg
Luke & Annie Lingle
Lunadendron
Madelyn Franklin
Margaret Offermann
Mark Bettis Gallery
Mark Wessel
Mary Stanley
Mary Steinle
Maureen Taylor
Michael Basso
Mikaela Darnell
Molly Courcelle Fine Art
Montford Park Players
Mountain BizWorks – Craft Your Commerce
Mountain Mural Tours
Mtn Metalworks Jewelry
Natalie’s Grandview
National Endowment for the Arts
Negina Kolesar
Nemesis Theatre Company
Norma Mullings Paige
North Carolina Arts Council
North Carolina Glass Center
North Carolina Stage Company
OJYE
OnePoint Partners
Pat Abrams
Pat Kappes
Patricia Hargrove
Patricia Healy
Paul Molinari
Paula Swiatkowski
Pete and Cindy Perez
Peter Nierengarten
Podcast Asheville
Pryce & Jennifer Greenow
Public Interest Projects, Inc.
Punch Bucket Lit
Rae Geoffrey
Ray Stache
Rebecca Gladstone
Red House Gallery & Studios
Robert and Karen Milnes
Robin Silverman
Roxanne Ellis
Sandra Ferris
Sara Nichols
Savell Studio
Scott McLean
Shaina Allen
Shannon Wymer
Shealy Thompson
SoFul Yoga and Wellness
Southern Highland Craft Guild
Spice Witch
Stardust Stoneware
Static Age
Stephen E Stark
Stephen Santore Fine Art
Steve Silverman
Steven Benezue
Stewart Owen Dance
Story Parlor
Sue Fernbach
Susan Fish
Susan Harper
Susan Justus
Susan Krechel
Susan Turner
Susanna Euston
Swannanoa Valley Art League
Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance
The Andry-Harris Group at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
The Beattie Foundation
The Ference Family Charitable Fund
The Gale Foundation
The Lucas Gallery
The Montford Moppets Youth Shakespeare Company
The Orange Peel
The Plourde Family Charitable Trust
The Windfall Fund
Theo Quayle
Thomas and Ann Brettingen
Thomas Frank
Thomas S Kenan Institute for the Arts
Trackside Studios
Trillium Arts
Valerie Y O Kim
Vanu Bindra
Village Artist Market
Vivian Saich
Walt Leginski
Wanda & Jim Moran Foundation
Weaverville Art Safari
West Ashe Creative
White Horse Black Mountain
William Pannella
Winslow Tuttle
Wolfgang Foundation
Womansong of Asheville
Wortham Center for the Performing Arts
Zen Sutherland
Hurricane Helene
$1,000 + Donors
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
North Carolina Arts Foundation
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
PNC Foundation
Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
GBX Group
Joe Jarvis
Rolly Michaux Foundation, Inc.
The Orange Peel
Frank J. Morgan Family Fund
Kate Knowles
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Craft Emergency Relief Fund
Make Noise
Glaive
Thomas S Kenan Institute for the Arts
Anonymous Donors (4)
Carol Maulhardt
d&b audiotechnik Corporation
Eunice & Bob Koch
Louise Cort
Pine Gate Renewables Community Impact Fund
Rotary Club of Asheville Foundation
Wendell Reilly
White Horse Community Fund
WNC Long Haul – Recovery & Resilience Fund
Anderson-Rogers Foundation Inc.
Joan Signorille and Dennis Greeno
PayPal Giving Fund
Mary Stanley
Andrew Herbst
Steven Dennis
Anonymous Donor
Blackwing-Cal Cedar
Coastal Barrier Island Foundation
David Adoff and Hildy Teegan
Drury Southwest Foundation
Family 140 Fund
Joan Kerrigan
Johnson Family Charitable Fund
Kaye Zusmann Phillips
Kenneth Nelson and Julie Hettiger
Lauren Bechtol
One Drop Design Studio
Rex Foundation
Wicked Weed Brewing LLC
COHAB.SPACE
Suburban Tetris
Grand Bohemian Greenville
Lipscomb Family Foundation
River Whyless
Motorco with Parts&Labor
Anonymous Donor
Laura Smith
Sunlight Tax, LLC
Jeffrey Brady
Anonymous Donor
Aubrey Entertainment
Gary Davis and Gerri Barraco
Gary Sirak
Jack Weiss
Carla and Judah dal Cais
Devil’s Foot Distillery/The Mule
Johnathan Wesley Design
Rachel King
Anonymous Donor
Bridget and Richard Eckerd
Jack Anderson
Noel Swartz
Rod & Bess Baird
Asheville Chamber Music Series
Robert and Karen Milnes
Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra
New Orleans JCC
Bonnie Parker
Altura Architects
Anonymous
Alicia Lein
Kira Bursky
Melvin Scholl
Asheville Area Piano Forum
Mint Museum of Art
Anonymous
Sterling Coffee Roasters
Gordon & Kim Wissinger
American Online Giving
Anne Goodwin
Charlotte Is Creative
jeffrey Rocchio
Michelle Bass
Peter Hollis
Susan & Jim Knorr
Thomas Frank
Winslow Tuttle
Anonymous Donors (4)
Bob & Phyliss Ward
Brad & Roberta Allen
Brook Reynolds
Chateau Seaview Charitable Fund
Christopher Jackson & Theresa Jurgensen
Diane Miller
Ed Remsen
Elizabeth Hozier
James Badonsky
Jane Doughty and David Wood
Julie Modaff
Karen Gottlieb
Kim Kelley Events
Lauren Steiner
Lee Ellison
Lynn and Jim Karegeannes
Margrit Goldstein
Myra Lynch
Nancy Miller-Green
Patricia McCauley
Patricia Van Voorhis
Sherry Heacock
Susan Laine and Erick Lane
The Ramkat
Timothy & Anne Wissler
Todd Johnson & Megan Lynch
Women’s Caucus for Art – New Hampshire
With additional support provided by gifts from hundreds of donors from across the country and around the world.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our donor list. If you find an error, please email us at hello@artsavl.org. Thank you!