Volunteers at the Hoffman!

Huzzah to those who give their time and talents!  The Hoffman thrives seventeen years on because volunteers are the heart and soul of our art center. In 2021 nearly 100 people pitched in to help the Hoffman evolve and persevere during another tough, exhausting year. We continue to offer weekly events through the gallery, visual arts, writing, clay services, and horticulture despite another year of obstacles.

The list of volunteer contributions, big and small, is a mile long. Volunteers keep our art center not just viable but advancing. In a real measure of success, volunteers made art available and a creative focus for our community this year.

We have openings! Come volunteer with us. Here are a few ideas, but volunteers often define their roles. The really fun part of volunteering is each of us decides what work will make us happy.

• Host a few hours every month in the gallery to meet art lovers and learn more about art.
• Help organize writing and author-related events if you love books and writing.
• Participate with the visual arts team to identify and present instructors.
• Dig, plant and weed in the Hoffman Wonder Garden if you love plants and being outside.
• Volunteer your spreadsheet skills if you love numbers and crossing the t’s.
• Help in the clay studio if you have ceramics experience to share.

Contact us at Volunteer Inquiry.

Dear Community!

If you have visited a museum in Oregon, attended an arts performance, tuned into public radio, or appreciated the preservation of our state’s history, it’s likely that you’ve benefited from the Oregon Cultural Trust.

The Cultural Trust was created by the state legislature in 2002 to fund culture in the state into perpetuity. Currently, more than 1,400 nonprofits, including Hoffman Center for the Arts are eligible to receive funds from the Cultural Trust.

Those funds are provided by Oregonians like you who receive a cultural tax credit for their donation to the Cultural Trust. Spreading the word about how easy it is to take advantage of the tax credit is how we grow funding for statewide culture. Here’s how it works:

1.     Total your donations to qualifying cultural nonprofits to which you donated all year. A full list of qualifying nonprofits can be
found here

2.     Give the same amount to the Cultural Trust by Dec. 31 by mail or online

3.     Claim the amount donated to the Cultural Trust as a tax credit when you file your taxes.*

Your Cultural Trust contribution comes back to you in the form of a decreased tax bill or potentially an increased refund. You just doubled the impact of your contribution at no additional cost to you! Here is how it works: Cultural Trust How-to.

As you continue to support Hoffman Center for the Arts with your generous contributions, we hope you’ll also match your donation with a gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust to strengthen funding for all of the cultural organizations that protect our great state’s famous quality
of life.

Remember to make your donation by December 31. Learn more or donate at CulturalTrust.org or (503) 986-0088 or consult your
tax preparer.

*Up to $500 for an individual, $1,000 for couples filing jointly or $2,500 for Class-C corporations.

November 3oth is Giving Tuesday!

                                          Artist-Chayo Wilson

This day reminds us to support organizations that work to make this community remarkable and engaging. Your financial gift of any size to the Hoffman Center helps keep our vibrant and community-centric arts and culture programming thriving. Learn more about our annual campaign here and please consider making a donation.

Your dollars go far locally. We also ask on behalf of our community of not-for-profit organizations that, along with us, exist because of your generous financial support..

Aprons! We have Hoffman Artist aprons in stock. These make a great gift for an artist, cook, or gardener. Our apron has three spacious pockets and comes in a dark sage color with black print.  Available for $20 at the Hoffman Gallery every week Friday through Sunday, 1-4pm. It is practical, stylish, sturdy, and easy to mail.  The apron was printed in Wheeler at Pelican and Piper. A portion of every sale supports the Hoffman Center.

Help us Navigate the Boulders

Dear Friends,

As another challenging year comes to an end, we are reaching out with a heart-felt thank you and humble ask for your continued support. We really are nothing without creative artists, eager participants, generous donors, energetic volunteers, and expert instructors. Only together do we realize our mission to be “a welcoming place for North Oregon Coast residents and visitors to create, explore, and enjoy arts and culture.” Huzzah!

Throughout 2021, the Hoffman Center maintained a robust on-line class schedule and presence in Clay, Horticulture, Visual Arts, Writing, and the Gallery despite the very real separation and other obstacles Covid caused.  Even with that challenge, we provided an abundance of virtual events to keep people creating and connected. And as a very special community event, our summer Tiny Gallery exhibit held in the Wonder Garden attracted more than three times the typical number of visitors to wander among the plant collections and delight in the tiny art galleries. We have enclosed articles from two regional publications, Artwatch and Ruralite, that feature the Hoffman Center for the Arts to give you a sense of what we’ve been up to and how we have adapted to the pandemic. This has been a big effort with significant success, demonstrating that your investment in us pays dividends.

Looking ahead, the Hoffman leadership is focused on providing a sustainable organization with a sound financial future and also planning for our first full-time staff member. This person will allow increased Hoffman Center operating hours; give day-to-day volunteer, visitor, and participant support; reduce volunteer burn-out; and help enhance programs.

Our success is created by volunteers, instructors, artists, participants, and donors. A gift of any size supports the Hoffman Center values of community and arts engagement, inclusivity, and an accessible environment where creativity, innovation and diversity thrive.  If you have not donated before, please consider the Hoffman Center.  If you can give again, we express our deep gratitude.

Click here to read about the Hoffman Center in Ruralite

Click here to read about the Hoffman Center in Oregon ArtsWatch

Sincerely,
On behalf of the Hoffman Board of Directors
Mary Roberts, Board President