Mairangi Arts Centre Board member

Mairangi Arts Centre Trustees
Expressions of Interest Invited

Mairangi Arts Centre is a community arts centre providing arts education and exhibition opportunities across a wide range of visual arts.

The Centre is governed by an honorary Board of Trustees. Board members are required to hold current membership of the Centre. As well as attending monthly Board meetings, Trustees are expected to participate in Centre activities.

The Centre has 2.5 staff and they are assisted in the day to day running of the Centre by volunteers.

Expressions of interest in being considered as a Board member are invited from persons with a strong interest in the arts together with evidence of governance, finance, marketing or other relevant experience.

Mairangi Arts Centre Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday March 10 @ 7pm at the Centre.

Please send your expression of interest and contact details to:

Mairangi Arts Centre Board of Trustees
Mairangi Arts Centre
20 Hastings Road
Mairangi Bay

by Monday 28 February 2011.

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Information for prospective Trustees

Mairangi Arts Centre is a community organisation which provides art education and exhibition opportunities for both emerging and experienced artists.

The Board meets monthly - currently at 7.00 p.m on the second Thursday of each month.

The Centre has a staff of 2.5 who undertake the day to day running of the Centre. They are supported by voluntary helpers.

The Centre education programme offers classes for adults and children catering for approximately 380 students per week. As well, weekend, school holiday programmes and summer workshops are held.

The base funding has been an annual grant from North Shore City Council supplemented by membership fees, tuition charges and grants for specific purposes from other Trusts that fund community activities, e.g. - Lion Foundation.

The Mairangi Arts Centre was established in 1991 by a group of local arts enthusiasts and has operated continuously since that time.

Over the last two years considerable upgrading of the centre has taken place and the range of education classes and exhibitions has been extended. The Centre’s web-site  www.mairangiarts.co.nz – has been upgraded.

Each year approximately 15 exhibitions take place in both the main gallery and the smaller Hewson Gallery.

In order to understand and engage with members it is necessary that Trustees attend and participate in events at the Centre to inform Board decision making.