Join ArteEast’s Patrons Circle

Play a vital role in supporting artists shaping the history of arts and culture from a region that extends from the Middle East to North Africa and as far as Central and South Asia.

Become an arts patron today!

Arts and culture are powerful community builders and have the ability to expand and shift how we perceive our world and interact with one another. Artists, filmmakers, curators and other innovators in the Middle East and North Africa are at the forefront of driving positive cultural and social change in the region, producing thought-provoking work that explores, questions, and challenges. Yet many of these change-makers struggle for access to the rich resources and opportunities afforded by the American arts community.

ArteEast bridges a gap between MENA artists and these opportunities, cultivating a strong audience for their work and ideas, and supporting the enfranchisement of contemporary MENA artists as essential members of the global art community. Our programs support artists with practice-enhancing residencies, career-building networking, and highly-regarded publications like the ArteEast Quarterly that provide wide exposure to an international professional arts audience. We primarily host events in the United States, including our signature idea series, ArteHub, that present the creative culture of the MENA region through monthly discussion panels, film screenings, and other engagements.  In 2019, ArteEast is undertaking a major legacy project ArteArchive, which aims to preserve and make accessible the organization’s film archive, accumulated over 15 years of film programming with prestigious partners such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Many of these films, hailing from Syria, Iraq, Egypt and other countries, risk being lost and we have a duty to preserve and share this work with the public.

Participants in ArteEast’s Patrons Circle support work in one of the most exciting and dynamic emerging art scenes in the world today. Together with our gallery, auction house, art fair, and museum partners, ArteEast has an unfolding calendar of exclusive Patrons Circle events, opportunities to meet the artists, curators, and experts shaping contemporary arts in this dynamic and diverse region. 

Become an ArteEast Patrons Circle member today: 

SPONSOR: $ 20,000

PREMIERE PATRON: $10,000

BENEFACTOR: $5,000

PATRON: $2,500

PATRON AT LARGE  [For international patrons]: $1,000

YOUNG PATRON  [35 and under]: $ 500

Become a Patrons Circle member by donating online here.

You can also make your charitable donation by check to:

ArteEast, Inc.
320 7th Avenue #182
Brooklyn, NY 11215

To learn more about the Patrons Circle, please contact us.

ArteEast is a registered 501c3 organization in New York State (Tax ID: 91-2187887). Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.