FCG Donation

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MGG donates a 24″ iMac computer to Forest City Gallery

In conversation with FCG, Michael personally articulated his desire to contribute something that would have a meaningful and immediate impact on both FCG and the local arts community. This donation marks a significant moment of artistic sponsorship that will have a huge impact on FCG’s capacity to support local artists in their professional practices. 

FCG’s new (green!) iMac will form the basis of a new flex media space. This bookable space at FCG will offer a range of analogue and digital tools and technologies to both members and nonmembers for production and documentation.

In the late summer of 2023, FCG carried out an Artists and Art Professionals Survey to gather feedback from their community about the resources and opportunities that would best serve community need. They have shared an overview of that feedback on their website. When asked how likely artists would be to use a flex space at FCG, 70% of respondents reported that this was either very likely or extremely likely. 31% of respondents identify themselves as digitally focused artists, and 45% identify digital tools as being what they use most frequently in their work.

FCG’s iMac will be outfitted with Adobe Suite and a range of open-source software valuable for art and music production, post-production, and documentation.  FCG will also be offering a series of accessible workshops geared toward artistic professionalization.

Congratulations FCG and your members!