{"id":22306,"date":"2013-12-17T18:59:04","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T23:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=22306"},"modified":"2014-01-02T12:08:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T17:08:13","slug":"mercer-union-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=22306","title":{"rendered":"Mercer Union \/ Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mercer.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22307\" title=\"Mercer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mercer.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Dear Friend,<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank you for following Mercer Union as we evolve as an artist-run centre and for your recognition of the gallery as a key player in the contemporary art community of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Now in our sixth year at Lansdowne and Bloor, we continue to deliver high calibre programming and operate as a hub for an expanding community of artists, art lovers, members and visitors. The artists who serve on our Board, our staff, and our volunteers work tirelessly to bring you engaging and critical new work by Canadian and international peers.<\/p>\n<p>We rely on core public funding, but it is the generous support of community members like you who truly make what we do possible \u2013 friends who appreciate our contribution to art and culture locally and in the international arena.<\/p>\n<p>I am asking you, as a valued friend of the gallery, to support the smart and original programming that we bring to the cultural landscape of Toronto. Small donations make all the difference: $150 supports a Resource Group for Recent Grads talk; $300 commissions a critical essay on an artist&#8217;s practice; $500 helps an out-of-town artist attend their show; $5,000 sponsors two weeks of an artist\u2019s production residency. Even $20 gets us one step closer to each of these goals.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you can give, your donation will have an impact on Mercer Union\u2019s delivery of exceptional exhibitions and programs for you to enjoy. A gift from you, in addition to the other ways you support the gallery, would be deeply appreciated. Donate by December 31st and receive a charitable receipt for your gift of $20 or more for the 2013 tax year.<\/p>\n<p>I wish you Happy Holidays and hope we can count on your support.<\/p>\n<p>In anticipation,<\/p>\n<p>York Lethbridge<\/p>\n<p>Director of Operations &amp; Development<\/p>\n<p>*To make your donation please click on: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/dn\/9971\">https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/dn\/9971<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From: York Lethbridge,<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector of Operations &#038; Development:<\/p>\n<p>I am asking you, as a valued friend of the gallery, to support the smart and original programming that we bring to the cultural landscape of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=22306\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-archive","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22306"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22310,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22306\/revisions\/22310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}