Get Involved
The Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council is responsible to the community it serves and it is you that determines our course. We are but stewards of a concept that our quality of life can always be improved upon; and that by providing a wider access to the arts—Visual, Performing, and Arts-in-Education—we will realize an enrichment of our day-to-day existence.
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Your commitment to inform us of your ideas, needs, and desires is an integral facet in establishing a better life for today—and will help set the tone for your future and our children’s future. Through your support and help, we can ensure a legacy of volunteerism and philanthropy.

Membership

Membership with the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Arts Council includes a yearly membership card, published acknowledgment of your contribution, advance notice of all upcoming events and activities, occasional discounted ticket prices for paid performances and other participatory activities.

To become a member of the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council, please read the Membership Level Benefits Form and complete the Membership Form. 
​Send it along with your contribution check made payable to:
The Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council
PO Box 537
Fitzgerald, Ga 31750
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or use your phone to scan the Venmo QR code for deposit.

Sponsorship

Our Corporate sponsors provide...
To become a sponsor of the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council, please read the Sponsorship Level Benefits Form and complete the Sponsorship Form. 
​Send it along with your sponsorship check made payable to:
The Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council
PO Box 537
Fitzgerald, Ga 31750

or use your phone to scan the Venmo QR code for deposit.

Volunteer

​There are many ways to volunteer:
  • You can help by providing food for receptions. Throughout the year, we host receptions at the Carnegie Center and we need a variety of refreshments. 
  • Volunteer in our Gallery as a host/hostess. This helps us keep regular hours even when our events requires us to be offsite. We work around your schedule. 
  • Be an advocate. Share the information that we provide. Forward an email. Share a Facebook post. Tell a friend
  • Serve on a committee. Join one of our committees and get involved. 

I'd Love to Volunteer!

Contact us to request more information or to tell us which activities you're interested in.

Join a Committee

We are always looking for new and bright ideas!
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
  • The Arts Council is fully run and supported by the community. All of our programming is payed for with memberships, sponsorships, and donations. This is the most vital committee because this committee is what makes the funding possible for all of the Arts Council Programming. 
ARTISAN MARKET COMMITTEE
  • ​Provides affordable opportunities for local and regional artisans to network and sell their hand-crafted products.
  • Current Artisan Markets - Harmony Jubilee, Downtown Christmas Open House, Grand Fitzgerald Christmas, and the Wild Chicken Festival. 
HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE
  • ​Being a host and providing refreshments at Exhibit Openings and other events
  • Hosting the Carnegie Center Gallery Hours 
  • Greeting people as they come to the Carnegie
  • Tell them what’s going on with the Arts Council
  • Send out membership renewals and thank you letters
  • Work on Arts Council scrap book
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
  • The Visual Arts Committee is tasked with providing visual arts to the community. Providing a diverse and unique experience for everyone. 
  • The Visual Arts Committee is responsible for planning the Carnegie Center Art Gallery Exhibits. The committee looks for local and regional talent to display. 
  • A way that the committee finds artists is through the yearly Wild Chicken Soup Exhibit. This is a judge exhibit for any artist to display their 2D or 3D work.​
PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE
  • Is responsible for providing and planning a variety of performing arts to our community.
  • They help support the local One Act Play Public Performance, local schools choral, theatre, and band departments.
  • They host the Wild Chicken Street Dance, Community Theatre, Open Mic Nights, and much more.
  • Have a suggestion for Third Thursday events and more contact us.  
ARTS & EDUCATION COMMITTEE

I'd Love to Join!

Contact us to request more information or to tell us which committees you're interested in.

Donate

Your donations of money, time, and materials are greatly appreciated. Please contact us for specific needs.
You may send your contribution check made payable to:
The Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council
PO Box 537
Fitzgerald, Ga 31750

or use your phone to scan the Venmo QR code for deposit.

I'd Love to Donate!

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Junior Board of Directors (JBOD)
The mission of the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council Junior Board of Directors is to foster environments for youth to value, participate in, and benefit from the arts while making crucial decisions pertaining to the economic development strategy in Fitzgerald. Our goals:
  1. Collectively make decisions with the Board of Directors on the direction of the Arts Council.
  2. Enhance communication in adult-youth partnerships.
  3. Portray leadership growth in the community of Fitzgerald.
  4. Partake in the economic strategy in Fitzgerald by providing youth perspective
Preferably, no more than nine youth leaders in the arts will make up the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council Junior Board of Directors with one Parliamentarian.
Board members, who will serve for a one-year term during the school year, will be chosen based on academics, dedication to the arts, and community engagement. Interested youth will turn in an application prior to the end of the school year. Selected applicants will receive an invitation to join the Junior Board of Directors.

Current Junior Board

President: Carlissa Stewart
Vice President: Grace Streat
Treasurer: Britan Cowan
Secretary: Katie Denison
Emilie Andrews, Trey Gerrie, Caroline Lord, Johnathen Morrow, Hannah Puckett, Annlyn Royal ​

Board of Directors

Executive Committee
President - Al Johnson
Vice President - Jeannie Leigh Harper
Treasurer - Neesa Williams
Arts-in-Education Committee
Chair - Susan Hogan
Jonathan Kelly
Becky Powell
Kathy Taylor
Performing Arts Committee
Chair - Abby Holt
Co-Chair - Jonathan Kelly
Jeanie Lee Harper
Maurisa Paulk
Margaret Chasteen
Erin Dixon
Kathy Taylor
Membership Committee
Chair - Susan Hughes
Co-Chair - Sherry Massee
​Margaret Chasteen
Visual Arts Committee
Chair - Erin Dixon
Jeri Gilleland
Neesa Williams
​Susan Hogan
Harmony Jubilee Committee
Brandy Elrod
This committee has a steering committee in addition to Arts Council Board of Directors

Keep In Touch

If you would like to hear about upcoming events, classes, exhibits, and performances in the community, please consider signing up to receive the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council newsletter via email.