First City Art Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization and could not run without donations and the ongoing support of volunteers!
We are often asked, “what supplies do you need?” This is a list of items for which we always have need:
If you have items you’d like to donate, please call the FCAC office at 850-429-1222 to arrange a drop-off time. All donations are tax deductible.
Our “Wish List”
From the Recycle Bin:
- Clean styrofoam food containers (mushroom containers, meat trays, etc.)
- Newspaper
Items for the new IMPACT 100 Classroom:
- Book Shelves
- Cubbies for Storage
- Large Storage Totes
- Plastic Storage Towers with Drawers
- Laser Printer
- Desktop Computers
- Laptop Computers
Art Supplies:
- Construction Paper
- Watercolor Paper
- Drawing Paper
- Elmer’s Glue (sticks and bottles)
- Tape (all kinds – painters, duct, packing and scotch)
- Scissors
- Pencils
- Tempera paint
- Acrylic paint
- Water colors (liquid and tube)
- Paint brushes
- Canvas
- Spray paint
- Colored pencils
- Sharpies and other Markers
- Expo markers and small white boards (for students)
- Fabric
- Felt for sewing
- Poly stuffing
- Embroidery Needles
- Pipe cleaners
- Easels
Pottery:
- Clear plastic bags – dry cleaning bags are perfect or .7 mil clear dropcloth plastic
- Kemper pottery tools
- Needle Tools/Pin Tools are always needed
- Foam brushes 1″
- Decorating Brushes
- Speedball pottery wheel bats
Tools and Equipment:
- Woodworking tools/equipment
- Metal working tools
- Tile saw
Other Donations Appreciated:
- Aerial Platform for Forklift
- Pallet Jack
- New/gently used iPads for events
- New/gently used GoPro Camera, any model
- New/gently used Video/Audio Equipment
- large trash cans, recycling containers
- padded folding chairs
- Gift Cards to Home Depot
- Pre-paid Gasoline cards to fill up FCAC’s pick-up truck for clay deliveries, mobile glassblowing studio visits