Membership
Business Friends of Art Members
At the North Carolina Museum of Art, Business Friends of Art members receive a variety of special benefits that provide their companies an association with the only organization in the state to promote visual arts, music, theater, and arts education in a natural landscape. Benefits include free admissions to exhibitions, invitations to corporate receptions, unique hospitality opportunities, and discounts on employee memberships.
Friend Level $1,000–$2,499
- Opportunity to use Museum facilities for meetings or receptions
- Complimentary admission for four people to ticketed exhibitions
- Complimentary admission for two people to two annual Business Friends receptions
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Two Business Friend membership cards, which include:
10% discount on $10 or more in the Museum Store
10% discount in the Museum Restaurant for up to 10 people
Business Friends member discount on concerts and films - Complimentary admission vouchers for 20 to Arts in the Museum Park movies
- Signage recognition at two annual Business Friends receptions
- Recognition in a local publication
- Preview, quarterly members magazine, sent to two employees
- $5 discount for employees on Museum Individual Memberships
- Museum eNews for Business Friends
- Museum Speakers Bureau presentations at company upon request
Associate Level $2,500–$4,999
- All benefits of the Friend Level
- 25% discount on facility-use fees for one corporate event at the Museum
- Complimentary admission for two additional people (six total) to ticketed exhibitions
- Complimentary admission for two additional people (four total) to annual Business Friends receptions
- Two additional (four total) Business Friends membership cards
- 20 additional vouchers (40 total) to Arts in the Museum Park movies
- Preview magazine mailed to two additional employees (four total)
- Complimentary admission for two people to annual Patrons Holiday Party
- Signage recognition at annual Patrons Holiday Party
Advocate Level $5,000–$9,999
- All benefits of the Associate Level
- 50% discount on facility-use fees for one corporate event at the Museum
- Complimentary admission for four additional people (10 total) to ticketed exhibitions
- Two additional (six total) Business Friends membership cards
- 20 additional vouchers (60 total) to Arts in the Museum Park movies
- Preview magazine mailed to two additional employees (six total)
- Complimentary admission for two additional people (four total) to annual Patrons Holiday Party
- Private highlights tour with curator (up to 25 people)
- Recognition as additional sponsor of an education program
For more information on becoming a Business Friends of Art member, contact Mary Rigg at (919) 664-6758 or by e-mail.
Business Friends of Art Members and Partners
American Airlines
Artifex Environmental Design, Inc.
Balfour Beatty Construction
Barnhill Contracting Company
Bayer CropScience
BigFATfilm
Biogen Idec
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Blue Ridge Realty Inc.
Brunk Auctions
C.T. Weekends
Carolina Meadows
CBC New Media Group
CenturyLink
Christie's
Clancy & Theys Construction Company
Crabtree Valley Mall
Credit Suisse
Duke Energy Carolinas
Duke Medicine
Fidelity Investments
First Citizens Bank
Fleishman Hillard International Communications
FM Systems
The Freelon Group
GlaxoSmithKline
Great Outdoor Provision Co.
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Haas McNeil & Associates, P.A.
Hedrick Gardner LLP
Highwoods Properties
Hoffman Nursery, Inc.
Hunton & Williams LLP
IBM
Imagine Cheesecake
IMPACTS Books and Publishing
Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
John Deere
Lappas + Havener, PA Landscape Architects
Liggett Vector Brands, Inc.
Lord Corporation
Manning Fulton & Skinner, PA
Martin Marietta Materials
McGuireWoods LLP
McMillan, Smith & Plyler
Morrisville Chamber of Commerce
Mulkey Engineers & Consultants
Museum Spa & Laser Center
News 14 Carolina
Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Architecture
Poyner Spruill
Prudential
Quintiles
RBC Bank
Rex Healthcare
Richardson, Carrington, Weaver & Associates
SAS
SCHWARZ BIOSCIENCES, Inc.
SCYNEXIS, Inc.
Smith Seal of NC
Stanford White, Inc.
SunTrust Foundation
SWA Consulting
Talecris Biotherapeutics
Target Stores
Tekelec
The Umstead Hotel & Spa
Time Warner Cable
ValleyCrest Landscape Development
Verizon
WakeMed
WUNC Radio
Wyeth Biotech









