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The Palo Alto Art Center, Division of Arts and Sciences, City of Palo Alto is funded in part with support from the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation. The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation gratefully acknowledges support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Yellow Chair Foundation, private donations, and members. Cultural Kaleidoscope is a program of the Palo Alto Art Center and is made possible by generous grants from the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation, Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trust, Wells Fargo, the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund, the Palo Alto Community Fund, Enlight Foundation, and Wysteria Foundation. This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

For a full list of Art Center Foundation members and supporters, please see our most recent annual report here.

Brigid Barton

Pat Bashaw

Bern Beecham

Lucy Berman

Melissa Caswell

Judith Content

Jeannie Duisenberg

Gurmeet Lamba

Nicole O'Malley

Marcia Pugsley

Bhaskar Rangarajan 

Vida Rohani

Business & Operations Manager
vida.rohani@cityofpaloalto.org

Staff

We wish to thank all of you—our loyal members, donors, and supporters—for everything you’ve done to help increase our impact in the community!

Karen Kienzle

Director of the Palo Alto Center
Karen.Kienzle@cityofpaloalto.org

Sidney Espinosa

Joanne Gee

Anne Gregor

Mary Kelley

Carol Kenyon

Iris Korol

Patty McGuigan

Roxane Mehta

Support

Board of Directors

The Emeritus Advisory Council is composed of former members of the Board of Directors. They are advocates and advisors of the Art Center, representing various business, community, education, and artistic perspectives.​

Mission

The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation expands the reach and impact of the Palo Alto Art Center through fundraising and advocacy.
The Foundation was founded in 1973 and is a 501(c )(3) nonprofit organization that provides support to the Palo Alto Art Center in a public-private partnership. The Palo Alto Art Center is owned and operated by the City of Palo Alto.

The mission of the Art Center is: the Palo Alto Art Center is your place to discover art. See, make, and be inspired because everyone is an artist. Together we provide the opportunity for 90,000 visitors annually to see, make and be inspired! Our tax ID number is 94-2382459.

Roland Stevens 

Karen Valladao

Jonathan Whitmore 

Christina Wong

The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation is governed by a robust Board of Directors, who are committed to supporting our mission. These community leaders also secure resources to strengthen the art and educational programming of the Palo Alto Art Center and its visibility in the community. Our Board of Directors make vital contributions to the long-term success of the Palo Alto Art Center as a community institution.​

Amelia Norris

Cornelia Pendleton

Susan Rosenberg

Loren Saxe

Jan Schachter

Carolyn Tucher

Lisa Van Dusen

Teri Vershel

Create meaningful art experiences for the entire community by making a gift today

​Barbara Carmen

Cynthia Cole

Judy David 

Sally Glaser

Selina Kaing 

Annual Program and Impact Reports

Emeritus Advisory Council 

History

The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation was established in 1973 as the Palo Alto Art Center Guild, just two years after the establishment of the Palo Alto Art Center (as the Palo Alto Community Cultural Center). Throughout the past four decades, the Foundation has provided much-needed resources to create, support and enhance programs and to transform and renovate the Art Center. The Foundation’s most successful achievement has been the successful completion of a $4M capital campaign. Completed in October 2012, the $7.9M renovation represented a landmark public/private partnership between the Foundation, the City of Palo Alto, and community members.