Underwood Typewriter Building - 56 Arbor Street
$3,000,000
A pace-setting gift of $3 million could be recognized with the ten-year, renewable opportunity to have a name associated with the 1917 historic property that houses Real Art Ways and nearly one hundred creative enterprises.
Underwood Building Lobby
$125,000
The understated and elegant lobby of the 1917 Underwood Offices will create the first powerful impression of a creative incubator and a welcoming landmark for visitors to Real Art Ways and the building’s entrepreneurial tenants.
Real Art Ways Warehouse
$1,500,000
A lead gift of $1.5 million could be recognized with the ten-year, renewable opportunity to have a name associated with the 17,000 square foot one-story warehouse that houses Real Art Ways.
Main Gallery
$350,000
The centerpiece of the art programming at Real Art Ways, the Main Gallery accommodates flat art, sculpture, video projection, performance art, and large-scale installations. It manages to be both a commanding space and intimate.
Far Gallery
$125,000
A space for solo shows, group shows, performance events, and gatherings, the intimate gallery will be refreshed to enhance our ability to support artists and bring people together around ideas.
Video Arts Gallery
$150,000
A space for single-artist video installations, performance documentation, and contextual material for gallery shows, the video gallery will continue to bring video art to Real Art Ways with improved sound and projection technology.
Greenroom (1)
$100,000
The Greenroom offers guest performers a warm and welcoming space to prepare before their performance, refresh between sets, and relax at the end of their performance. It is the principal space were Real Art Ways shows its hospitality and gratitude to these valued artists.
Greenroom (2)
$100,000
The Greenroom offers guest performers a warm and welcoming space to prepare before their performance, refresh between sets, and relax at the end of their performance. It is the principal space were Real Art Ways shows its hospitality and gratitude to these valued artists.
Lawn and Outdoor Performance Space
$350,000
The reimagined south lawn will function as the welcome space to Real Art Ways, greeting visitors as they arrive and also as a performance space for events such as our monthly Creative Cocktail Hour.
Café
$300,000
In many ways, the centerpiece of the expansion, the café in the nexus of values of social interaction, community building, dialogue, engagement with ideas, and fun.
“RAW” Bar
$175,000
Since its founding, Real Art Ways has been about bringing people together. The bar in the new café will be lively extension of that core part of our mission. Before and after events, the bar will be a magnet for patrons from various backgrounds to gather, and interact with each other.
Cinema (4)
$250,000
Expanding on Real Art Ways’ successful single screen operation, and taking advantage of economies of scale, we will have four cinemas of varying sizes, with a dynamic schedule of new films, conversations, expanded education offerings, and specialty programming.
Cinema Alley
$125,000
Outside two of the three new cinemas and adjacent to the “Real Room” Gallery, this foyer will serve as a transitional gathering space pre- and post-film for discussion, convivial socializing, and chance encounters with fellow patrons.
Café Operations
$125,000
Headquarters for cafe management.
Lobby Studio
$75,000
Workshop space for art, learning, engagement, and the unexpected.
