It takes a whole community to create something great
“The lights and shadows of this life are like the lights and shadows in your own pictures.
The one makes the other more beautiful.”
—A letter from Sarah Cole to her brother Thomas Cole, 1836
This anniversary year, we invite you to create new initiatives with us at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
Thank you for making everything that this organization achieves possible.
Sincerely,
The Thomas Cole Board of Trustees
Lisa Fox Martin, Marianne Lockwood, Warner Shook, Sara de Swardt, Susan Ball, Elizabeth B. Jacks, Jimmy Bulich, Carrie Feder, Linda Gentalen, Guy Griggs, Nina Matis, Anne J. Miller, Stephen Shadley, Kenneth E. Silver, Hudson Talbott, Evelyn Trebilcock, Susan G. A. Warner
Exhibition Sponsor
$5,000
Ten of these gifts will cover shipping and insurance for paintings in our 2022 exhibition, Thomas Cole’s Studio: Memory and Inspiration, curated by Franklin Kelly from the National Gallery.
Includes a credit listing on thomascole.org/ inspiration
Cole Fellows Sponsor
$2,500
Each gift supports research by the 2022 class of Cole Fellows to bring forward the voices of the diverse group of individuals that lived and labored alongside Thomas Cole.
Includes a credit listing on thomascole.org/fellowships
Environmental Sponsor
$1,000
Twelve of these gifts will underwrite sourcing local solar-powered electricity to operate the historic buildings for one year, including the power to maintain optimum conditions for exhibitions.
Includes a credit listing on thomascole.org/greening
Education Sponsor
$750
Each of these donations will enable our staff to develop and lead five one-hour school programs for K-12 students and underwrite free admission.
Includes a credit listing on thomascole.org/schoolvisits
Contemporary Art Sponsor
$250
Twenty of these gifts will cover installation of the 2022 contemporary art exhibition at the Thomas Cole Site entitled, Marc Swanson: A Memorial to Ice at the Dead Deer Disco, presented in partnership with MASS MoCA.
Includes a credit listing on thomascole.org/marcswanson
Perennial Pollinator Sponsor
$100
Each gift at this level will buy five new flowering perennials for the historic gardens in 2022.
Preservation Endowment
I would like to support the future of the historic buildings with a gift to the Preservation Endowment
Thank You
Thomas Cole, Hollyhocks, n.d., Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, Detroit Institute of Arts.
Hollyhocks are thought to symbolize the circle of life, ambition, fertility, and abundance.
Thomas Cole’s Main House © Peter Aaron/OTTO
Thomas Cole, Landscape with Clouds, c. 1846-1847, Oil on Canvas, Private Collection
Group photo, Adam T. Deen
Historic Campus, Devin Pickering
Marc Swanson studio, Kate Menconeri
Flower garden, Betsy Jacks
View from the Porch, Albert J. Gnidica