In mid-2007, MCA initiated a $10 million, multi-year capital campaign to increase scholarship funding, enhance curriculum, augment existing facilities, construct a second residence hall, purchase and renovate a new graduate center, and grow our endowment.  Our campaign, Design for the Future, was created to increase student enrollment and secure financial stability.  Fundamentally, our goals are to improve the educational and living experiences of our students and to help increase MCA’s enrollment to a sustainable maximum while retaining the charisma of a small and intimate art college.  The anticipated capital and endowment improvements will also strengthen our financial stability and ensure that we are positioned for the future.

Generous campaign gifts have enabled us to increase our scholarship awards to over $3 million, resulting in remarkable enrollment growth over the past three years.  We were also able to complete construction of Fogelman Hall, our new student residence that mirrors existing Metz Hall on Barksdale Avenue, and, as a result, we are now able to safely house in excess of 165 students campus wide.  Renovation of the basement and first three levels of the new Nesin Graduate School, located in the heart of the historic downtown arts district at 477 South Main Street, was completed in October 2010.  Our new graduate school will facilitate growth of our existing MFA and Art Education graduate programs and implementation of planned new programs, such as a new MFA in Graphic Design.  The repurposing of Rust Hall, to include new studio space, liberal arts classrooms, state-of-the-art computer labs, and new digital media shooting studio and sound lab, is underway.

Of our $10 million goal, we have received in excess of $7.5 million in pledges and payments, primarily from individual and foundation donors. It is due to the unparalleled loyalty and generosity of our extended MCA family that we have measured such success in our campaign to date, and we will do everything within our power to ensure your lasting trust in our ability to steward your campaign gifts – and all gifts – effectively and appropriately.

We gratefully acknowledge our Design for the Future campaign donors.

Leadership:

Dr. and Mrs. Peter Formanek

Hyde Family Foundations

Mr. and Mrs. Michael McDonnell

Major:

ArtsMemphis

The Assisi Foundation of Memphis

Anonymous

Center City Commission

Doug Ferris

Martha and Robert Fogelman Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. R. Marsh Gibson

Rose Johnston

The Klyce Family

The Metz Family

The Plough Foundation

Special:

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Askew III

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ayotte

AutoZone

Gary Backaus and Margot McNeeley

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Barton, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Belz

Mr. and Mrs. David L. Bowlin

Thomas W. Briggs Foundation

Kathryn G. Cannon

The Eagle Family

First Tennessee Foundation

The Fulmer Family

Cecil C. Humphreys, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Lee, Jr.

Macy's Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smithwick III

Megan Dunbar Turner

General:

Suzanne and Walter Allen

Barbara Andrews

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dobbs, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Molitor Ford, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Penn Owen III

Regions Bank

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stovall

Christine and Carroll Todd

Marc Willis

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wilson

Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Zanone, Jr.

Special thanks to ArtsMemphis, the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts for their ongoing support.

For more information or to contribute to our ongoing Design for the Future, please contact:

Every Gift is Important.