Join/Donate

CCA operates through the generosity of the Santa Fe community and its financial support.

Ticket sales, concessions and gift cards only cover a little over half of our annual expenses; the remainder is covered by annual donations from supporters like you. We have many levels at which you can become an annual member and donate, and all gifts to CCA are tax deductible.

Listed below are some of the benefits we offer our donors, as well as donation links to donate now by credit card. If you want to join or donate by check, please send the check by mail to CCA, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505.

General Membership ($60 Individual, $100 Dual Annual Membership)

Donors who become Members of CCA are given $2 off each ticket to the CCA Cinema, a CCA membership card, invitations to special sneak peeks, as well as invitations to 2-member appreciation day events (Spring and Fall).

Producers’ Club ($150, $250, and $500 Annual Donation)

To show our appreciation for donors who join the Producers’ Club, we’ve curated an entire calendar of events and activities, including master classes, VIP openings and receptions, poetry readings, and of course, $2 discounts on each ticket to the CCA Cinema and your own membership card. See chart below for details.

Directors’ Club ($1,000, $2,500, and $5,000+ Annual Donation)

Donors who join the CCA Directors’ Club are welcome for every event we have planned on our annual calendar of events and activities, including master classes, VIP openings and receptions, poetry readings, and more. However, the Directors’ Club has special events planned for donors at this level. And, of course, a $2 discount on each ticket to the CCA Cinema and your own membership card. See chart below for details.

Click below to choose your membership level:

General Membership Producers’ Club Directors’ Club

Thank you for your support of CCA!

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The Board of Directors for the Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe (CCA) has voted to close the organization after serving the Santa Fe and northern New Mexico community on its forty-fourth year of operation. The decision was reached after careful consideration of options presented during its current strategic planning initiative.

“Closing a cherished, community organization like CCA is one of the most difficult decisions a board can make,” said David Muck, CCA Board Chair. “However, we simply couldn’t secure the level of individual donations required to achieve the high quality of programming and exhibitions envisioned by CCA’s professional staff and board of directors,” he continued.

Many nonprofits in the U.S. were hit hard by Covid and CCA is a good example. The CCA Cinema closed during Covid, and attendance was slow to resume, reflecting national downward trends in moviegoing post-Covid as reported in multiple news outlets, such as IndieWire and others. In 2023, the organization forecast the cinema to perform at only 50% of pre-Covid levels, resulting in monthly losses. Though grants and individual donations to the organization were up significantly in 2022 and 2023, they simply weren’t enough to make up the difference in the annual budget and cover both current and planned exhibitions and operations.

“This tough decision did not come lightly,” said Danyelle Means, CCA Executive Director and Head Curator. “For a nonprofit institution that operates independently of state support, the annual donations needed to sustainably continue operating was not enough, especially in the wake of challenges from pandemic closures and reduced attendance,” Means continued.

CCA did have its share of recent successes: CCA Executive Director Danyelle Means had secured a three-year grant of $100,000 per year from the Ford Foundation, with an option to renew for another three-year period. The organization was also the recipient of a $50,000 inaugural grant from Ruth Arts Foundation, as well as other granting organizations. Self-Determined, a 2022 CCA exhibition, was listed as one of the world’s Top 50 Exhibitions of 2022 by Hyperallergic magazine and CCA’s new monthly Closer Looks cinema series was a hit with film enthusiasts.

The CCA board of directors considered closing the organization in December of 2021, but voted to remain open in 2022 in hopes of a recovery post-Covid. However, despite the hard work of CCA staff and the accomplishments like the ones mentioned above, the shuttered period during which the cinema was closed proved too challenging to overcome. CCA Cinema’s final day of public operations is Thursday, April 6, and all upcoming CCA gallery exhibitions and public programs are cancelled.