Become a GAA Sponsor
It is our hope that you will consider sponsoring the Graduate Art Association (GAA) through a financial or in-kind gift, so that we can continue to provide professional opportunities for AAH graduate students and enrich their overall experience at UNM. The Association serves as an advocate for and is a liaison between the student body, faculty, and student government, while representing graduate students to the greater UNM and New Mexico communities.
The projected annual budget for GAA is $10,000. While GAA receives nominal financial support from the University, for the larger part of our budget we are responsible for raising our own funds through events like our Open Studios, Hemisphere Journal & Symposium, Annual Silent Auction, and the Juried Graduate Exhibition. Your sponsorship will go a long way in supporting these academic and professional endeavors.
Your generosity will enable us to maintain and expand our efforts towards the enrichment of our students’ experience, and will contribute to their creative exploration and the mutually beneficial relationships between our graduate department and the arts-minded people and businesses in our public community.
How to Give
If you would like to sponsor our organization through a financial gift, payments can be made online or by check. Please follow the links below. Thank you for generosity.
Sponsor Online
Download Our Sponsor Form (PDF)
Organizational Expenses
Open Studios
Graduate students in both the Art Annex and the Mattox Sculpture Center open their studios to display and discuss their artwork with the public. Fall open studios are held in conjunction with the UNM Alumni Association’s homecoming gathering in the Fall and with Arts Unexpected in the Spring.
- Promotional materials
- Advertising
- Signage
- Catering
Hemisphere Symposium
An event celebrating the publication of the art historians annual, peer-reviewed, student produced journal, Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas. The symposium includes presentations by visiting scholars published in the journal and a short artist talk by a featured graduate student.
- Publication
- Travel and lodging for visiting artists/scholar
- Catering
- Promotional materials
- Advertising
Annual Silent Art Auction
Once a year graduate students, faculty, and alumni donate artwork that is displayed in a gallery space and auctioned during a one-night lively event. This is GAA’s primary fundraiser, and enables the GAA to provide valuable opportunities for the Art and Art History graduate student body.
- Promotional materials
- Entertainment
- Catering
- Framing
- Advertising
Annual Silent Art Auction
Showcase of graduate student works selected by a special guest juror chosen every year. The juror visits the graduate students’ studios and chooses works to be included in the Spring semester exhibition. A custom-designed, printed catalog is produced in concordance with the exhibit.
- Publications
- Promotional materials
- Advertising
- Travel and lodging for guest juror
- Honorarium for guest juror
