Patrons
To My Wonderful Patrons: Thank you for your support. You are helping to make my dream of producing exhibits a reality.
Do you want to be a part of the dream? Become my Patron by visiting my Patreon page and pledging monthly support or click on the "Donate" button here to make a one-time gift.

The Mountains are Calling Exhibit Fundraising
My dream is to bring this exhibit to life on the walls of the gallery in Asheville and Raleigh.
Overall, the exhibit is expected to reach about 50,000 people. After being on show, the exhibit will join my other work as part of the permanent collections at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Would you be willing to help make my dream a reality?
I would be very grateful for any amount you could give to help me share the unique and powerful story of The Mountains are Calling.
I’ve created different levels of giving, each with different advertising opportunities. At the very top level, you may invite up to ten people to a private reception, tour of the historic site, and sneak preview of the exhibit, and some signed artwork.
At the top two levels, your name and/or business name will appear on all print materials associated with the exhibit.
At the top three levels, you and/or your business will get a public thank you across our social media channels.
Patrons, Donors, Sponsors, and Supporters also will have their name and/or business name listed in a panel in the exhibit gallery (about 50,000 visitors expected).
The levels of giving are outlined below.
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Patreons
To my Patreon backers, thank you with all my heart! Thank you for backing me on ALL of my exhibit work. I am eternally grateful to you for your monthly support. You make all of this possible.
Sponsors
The Neece Family
Supporters
Elizabeth Brantley
Wayne Lail
Robin Wallace
Friends
Alice Eckles, author of The Literature Preferred by Wild Boar
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The Mountains are Calling Levels of Giving
Patrons $5,000 and up
Advertising
o Your name on all print materials associated with the exhibit
o A shout-out across our social platforms
o Your name in the exhibit gallery listed as a Patron of the exhibit
o Your name on my website
o Private Reception, Sneak Preview, Site Tour, & Meet the Artist Event at Vance Birthplace for up to 10 guests
Prints
o 24x36 The Mountains are Calling signed canvas for your office (ready to hang)
o 10 matted, signed, 8x10 gift prints
Donors $2500-$4999
Advertising
o Your name on all print materials associated with the exhibit
o A shout-out across our social platforms
o Your name in the exhibit gallery listed as a Donor to the exhibit
o Your name on my website
o 16x20 The Mountains are Calling signed canvas for your office (ready to hang)
Sponsors $1000-$2499
Advertising
o A shout out across our social platforms
o Your name in the exhibit gallery listed as a Sponsor of the exhibit
o Your name on my website
Supporters $250-$999
Advertising
o Your name in the exhibit gallery listed as a Supporter of the exhibit
o Your name on my website
Prints
o For a gift of $300, you will receive a signed 11x14 print
Friends $249 and under
Advertising
o Your name on this website
Prints
o For a gift of $10, you will receive an exhibit bookmark
o For a gift of $25, you will receive signed exhibit poster
o For a gift of $75, you will receive a signed 8x10 exhibit print
In addition to what is listed above, all donors will receive a PDF coloring page of an exhibit image to share with your employees and families as a thank you from me.
The Mountains are Calling Acknowledgements
In addition to my lovely Patreons who provide me with monthly support allowing me to create this and other exhibits (please see Patreons list on this page), I gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and institutions for their assistance specifically with this exhibition.
Patrons
Dr.s George & Sue Neece
Donors
Sponsors
Supporters
Anne Grimes
Jan Lawrence
Miranda Yeager
Friends
Lee Anne McClymont
The Neece Family of Chapel Hill
Roberta & Larry Pittman
Nancy Ranier
Mary Margaret Thorburn
My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean Acknowledgments
In addition to my lovely Patreons who provide me with monthly support allowing me to create this and other exhibits (please see Patreons list on this page), I gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and institutions for their assistance, financial and other, specifically with this exhibition.
Anonymous
Elizabeth, Karen, & Bryan
Kimberly Floyd
Emily Grant
Leisa Greathouse
George & Sue Neece
Somerville College, Alice Horsman Scholarship*
Mary Margaret Thorburn
* Many thanks to Somerville College at the University of Oxford and its Benefactors for the Alice Horsman Scholarship to support my research in Scotland and England during the spring of 2016.
N.B. Levels of support have not yet been established for this exhibit.
Stagville: Black & White Acknowledgements
I gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and institutions for their assistance with this exhibition.
Patrons
George & Sue Neece
Sponsors
Anne’s Old Fashioned Food Products, Ayden, NC
Miranda Yeager
Special Contributors
Rev. Jesse and Mrs. Janice Alston
B.E.B.
Dennis Cole, Academy of Art University
Glynn & Kay Wise Denty
Emanuel Dunegan
Kimberly Floyd
Emily Grant & Her Amazing Team at the North Carolina Museum of History
Leisa Greathouse, The Museum of the Cape Fear
Bertha Hart
Ricky Hart
Helen Hart-Bell
Wilbert Johnson
Charlene Justice-Bass
Laura Kurtenbach, Academy of Art University
Lauren May
Beverly McNeill
Alton Mitchell
Tony Rocha
Angela Russell
Cissy & David Spindler, Academy of Art University
Tony Strother
Adrienne Todd, Broad St. Hair & Co.
Donna Zimmer