ArtsQuest Circle

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Do you have questions about ArtsQuest Circle or are you interested in upgrading your Q Level? Contact our Manager of Donor Relations at khein@artsquest.org or 610-332-1351.

ArtsQuest Circle donors champion ArtsQuest’s mission to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities.

In 2011, ArtsQuest fulfilled its long-term vision of creating a 21st Century arts, culture and education campus by reimagining the abandoned Bethlehem Steel plant, with the development of the ArtsQuest Center and SteelStacks campus.

Today, with more than 150,000 square feet of indoor space and nearly 10 acres of outdoor space, ArtsQuest has become a leading provider of cultural programming for our region. ArtsQuest properties and facilities include:

ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks

• 2-screen state-of-the-art movie screens at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas
• Capital Blue Cross
• Creativity Commons
• Lee & Stella Yee Family Connect Zone
• Fowler Blast Furnace Room
• Alvin H Butz Gallery
• Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling
• Air Products Town Square at SteelStacks
• Community Stage

Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks

Banana Factory Arts Center

• Crayola Gallery
• Banko Gallery
• Olympus Digital Imaging Classroom
• Hallways to the Arts Gallery
• 28 Artist Studios
• ArtsQuest Hot Glass Studio
• Ceramics Studio
• Visual Arts Classroom
• Photography Darkroom
• Jewelry Studio

The impact of ArtsQuest Circle annual donations is realized across the organization.

Access to the Arts
Each year more than 40% of ArtsQuest programming is provided free of charge, reaching more than 1.8 million people annually. ArtsQuest Circle supports this mission through the presentation of music, visual arts, film, arts education & outreach, youth programming and cultural events.

Education and Outreach
Thousands of students and adults enjoy arts education and enrichment programs through ArtsQuest ranging from middle schoolers attending after school programs, to seniors with
Dementia, to elementary schoolers at summer school classes, to high school jazz participants and much more.

Visual Arts
As a center for arts education, the Banana Factory hosts hot glass, clay, digital media and photography and jewelry studios; award-winning galleries and serves as the anchor to Southside Bethlehem’s First Friday celebrations. Performing Arts Music, film, comedy and dance.

Cultural Events
While many people are familiar with ArtsQuest’s flagship event Musikfest, 10 days of free music, arts and culture on both sides of the Lehigh River in Bethlehem, ArtsQuest also offers more than 4,000 events each year including festivals, patriotic celebrations and year-round family programming.