The Belton Center for the Arts has embarked on a capital campaign to restore a new facility to accommodate a larger audience.  Arts are fundamental to quality of life, education, and economic development.  The Center showcases visual arts and fine craftsmen throughout the year.  The gallery, designed for multi-use will be the areas paramount exhibition space with appropriate lighting and room to exhibit a variety of art.

Since the inception of Belton Center for the Arts in 1999, the center has had such extremely good response that it has outgrown the current facility.  The current building was donated to the community of Belton by Kitt Booker, a cousin to the late Annie Lou Russell, and Belton residents Dick and Sandra Gaillard.  Due to this generous donation, the sale of the building has afforded the purchase of a new facility.

The center is responsible for numerous visitors from all over the State that would never have visited Belton.  This renovation project will ensure that the Belton Center for the Arts remains the treasured community resource and valued cultural organization this community deserves.  The art center has had a tremendous effect on the revitalization of the downtown square.

The campaign, which targets corporate donations as well as grass-roots giving, will raise an additional $145,000 to convert the new building located at 306 City Square into a state-of-the art center.  Immediate renovations include electrical upgrades, lighting, walls, painting, kitchen, and refinishing the hardwood floors.  Phase Two will include renovations upstairs for studios, a permanent gallery, stairs and restrooms.  The Board of Directors has raised approximately $275,000 toward the initial goal of $420,500 through the sale of our current building, grant monies, accommodations tax, City of Belton donations, fundraisers and personal donations.  Contributors have the opportunity to support the capital campaign in a wide variety of levels.  Donors will be contributing not only to a widely respected arts organization within the community; but to the preservation of a historic property. 

Naming Opportunities

Wall of Honor

$20,000     

$10,000     

• To restore and improve the new facility and to make it accessible, comfortable and safe for all visitors
• To add dedicated gallery space to better promote the arts and attract new audiences
• To increase the number of art classes offered for children and adults
• To provide the community a rental facility that is appropriate from small gathering to elaborate affairs
• To provide studio space for artists to work in a professional environment

Capital Campaign
Financial Details of Funds Raised and Needed

Checks for contributions to support the Capital Campaign for the Belton Center for the Arts should be made payable to:  Belton Center for the Arts.  For your convenience, a Capital Campaign Donation Form may be completed online.  Please include your name, address, day &/or night phone numbers, FAX, and E-Mail Address; and mail to:

Belton Center for the Arts
PO Box 368
Belton, SC 29627

Capital Campaign Donation Form