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
- Magazines
Art Supplies for the Youth Art Program
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- Classroom Marker Set
- White Board Set for the Classrooms
- Tag Board Paper
- Classroom Organization Bins (3)
- Sharpies
- Paint Markers
- Watercolor Paper
- Glue Sticks
- Felt
- Acrylic Paint
Donations We Are Looking For!
- Drawing paper (unused sketch books, large paper pads, etc.)
- Tape (all kinds – masking, painters, duct, packing)
- Water colors (liquid and tube)
- Paint brushes
- Acrylic paint
- Canvas (no larger than 12×18″)
- Spray paint
- Functioning DVD player
- Stuffing for textile projects (cotton or poly fill)
- Embroidery needles
- Solid colored cotton fabrics (at least 12×12 inch pieces)
- Felt (at least 12×12 inch pieces)
- Large beads (pony beads, letter beads, plastic, any material)
- Magazines
Please do not donate the following items
- Scrap fabric (smaller than 12×12″)
- Used painting canvases
- Unknown glass materials or glass to recycle
- Oil paint
- Tempera paint
- Crayons
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 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