Keep Cultures Alive!

Thank you for Your Donation in support of Arts & Culture!

Will you join us in cultivating a thriving global community generated by the power of cultural curiosity, education, connection, and preservation? Members are the KEY to keeping LEAF’s work Alive. Thank YOU for being part of this journey. We are dedicated to our mission and the future!

Donate or (Re)Join Membership. If you prefer mail, phone, email:

LEAF Global Arts, 19 Eagle St, Suite 120, Asheville NC 28801
828.68-MUSIC (686-8742)
Members@theLEAF.org Development@theLEAF.org

Please reach out for any support.
Your GIFT is IMPORTANT! 

Keep LEAF Arts & Culture Alive!
Renew or Join LEAF Membership
*LEAF Love Special! Bundle your Membership with Your LEAF Book "Live Life Like A Festival"*

For just $50+ a year, YOU can be a LEAF Members creativing collective impact through Culture, Arts & Education!,
100% of Membership supports LEAF Schools & Streets and LEAF International. Membership is the KEY to LEAF keeping our essential mission-driven programs thriving, and the way we enrich our connections with you. There are some sweet benefits to enjoy as well. Membership says to our Culture Keepers and Teaching Artists “YOU are supported. Your culture, youth and you are important. LEAF is here for YOU! ” 
THANK YOU LEAF MEMBERS! We welcome questions & connections: Members@theLEAF.org

PERSONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Join LEAF Membership to be part of a global community of donors who believe in the life-changing power of cultural arts education. Being a member is the best way to grow your LEAF connections. Your Membership provides cultural arts education to youth locally and globally on a daily basis locally, globally and now virtually as well!

BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS

Become a LEAF Business Member and make a stronger bridge to your local and global community! LEAF Business Members share their love of music, arts, and culture by contributing to LEAF’s cultural arts education programs.  Show your customers that your business cares about the future of our community and the world! Business!

 Bundle Your Book with Membership $100+ to get great GIFTS (like PJs /Blanket). Click Here!
You’re Part of the LEAF Story! Pre-Buy YOUR LEAF BOOK 
 Live Life Like A Festival

As a LEAF Member, your support helps write the next chapter of our shared journey.
Celebrate the story you’re helping to create with The LEAF Book — a stunning tribute to 30 years of community, culture, and creativity. Book solo is just $49.95 so easy to Join or Renew your Membership bundle with the LEAF Book – Live Life Like A Festival. 
Explore Live Life Like A Festival Book – Click Here 

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All Personal LEAF Memberships include:

  • Changing lives of youth through Cultural Arts Programs Locally and Globally
  • Being Cultural Preservation Super Stars supporting LEAF International Programs, Culture Keepers & Youth
  • Supporting Teaching Artists, Youth & Community through cultural arts programs and cultural exchanges
  • First access + invite to special LEAF Events
  • Special invitations for LEAF events all year
  • Exclusive access to discounts and promotions provided by LEAF Sponsors and LEAF Business Members
  • LEAF Global Arts Experience
  • Regular e-news updates
  • LEAF Staff Connection Support for International & Local Artists and Culture Keepers

Includes basic benefit package listed above plus:

  • 4 passes to LEAF Global Arts experience in Downtown Asheville

$50 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • Special Invites for Family Cultural Arts Events

$100 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • 10% off merchandise at LEAF Global Arts Experience or LEAF Style Online
  • 1 VIP Parking Pass per LEAF Special Events

$250 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • 10% off Special Events at LEAF Global Arts Experience
  • 2 VIP Access Passes per LEAF Festival
  • Annual Family Pass for LEAF Global Arts experience (entrance for your entire household)

$500 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • VIP Tour of LEAF Global Arts Experience 
  • 2 additional VIP Access Passes (4 Total) per LEAF Special Event

$1,000 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • VIP Tour of LEAF Global Arts experience with a Curator or Artist in Residence
  • VIP Tour of LEAF Global Arts experience with LEAF Leadership
  • VIP Walks at Lake Eden with LEAF Founder
  • 2 VIP Weekend Plus Tickets per LEAF Festival

$2,500 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • 2 Additional VIP Weekend Plus Tickets (4 Total) per LEAF Special Event
  • Live Life Like A Festival Home Concert
$5,000 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • Customized LEAF Experiences
$10,000 Yearly

All Business Memberships include:

  • Changing lives of youth through Cultural Arts Programs Locally and Globally
  • Being Cultural Preservation Super Stars supporting LEAF International Programs, Culture Keepers & Youth
  • Supporting Teaching Artists, Youth & Community through cultural arts programs and cultural exchanges
  • First access + invite to special LEAF Events
  • Special invitations for LEAF events all year
  • Exclusive access to discounts and promotions provided by LEAF Sponsors and LEAF Business Members
  • LEAF Global Arts Experience
  • Regular e-news updates
  • LEAF Staff Connection Support for International & Local Artists and Culture Keepers
  • Special invitations for LEAF events throughout the year
  • Invitation for up to 2 guests to attend LEAF Special Events
  • Ability to share discounts and promotions with LEAF Members
  • Listing on LEAF’s website, Weekend Program, and Annual Report

Includes basic benefit package listed above plus:

  • 10% off Special Events at LEAF Global Arts experience
  • 1 VIP Parking Pass per LEAF Special Event
  • 2 VIP Access Passes per LEAF Special Event (this is not a ticket)
$500 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • VIP Tour of LEAF Global Arts experience
  • 2 Additional VIP Access Passes (4 Total) per Special Event (this is not a ticket)
$1,000 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • VIP Tour of LEAF Global Arts experience with a Curator or Artist in Residence
  • VIP Tour of LEAF Global Arts experience with LEAF Leadership
  • VIP Walks at Lake Eden with LEAF Founder
  • 2 VIP Weekend Plus Tickets per LEAF Festival

$2,500 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • 2 Additional VIP Weekend Plus Tickets (4 Total) per LEAF Special Event
  • Live Life Like A Festival Home Concert

$5,000 Yearly

Includes benefits of previous level plus:

  • Customized LEAF Experiences

$10,000 Yearly

Don’t see a level that fits with your giving range/goals? Reach out to us at Membership@theLEAF.org!

Join by Phone: 828.68-MUSIC [686-8742]
Join by mail: LEAF Global Arts
19 Eagle Street, Suite 120, Asheville, NC 28801
*Please make check payable to LEAF Global Arts with Membership in the Memo Line*

One of the benefits of LEAF Membership is that we are connected to a global community of donors who believe in harnessing the power of cultural arts as a lens for cultivating cultural curiosity and bringing greater harmony to our world. Our members continue to inspire us by supporting cultural arts learning experiences for youth locally & globally. As you maneuver through our new normal and decide if, where, and how, you can support we ask that you look in your own back yard. Our local businesses provide job opportunities, join us in partnership and serve our community on a daily basis. We want to highlight the LEAF Business Members that allow us to do what we do, thank them for their support and encourage you to show them love where you can. Some of these businesses are sharing special deals with you, some are feeding/supporting their community as most needed, and some are striving to forge a path through this pandemic. One thing is for sure, like you, they are a part of the LEAF community.

Annual Gratitude Report

Reflecting on Resilience and Community: At first glance, it’s hard to think about the gratitude for 2024 since Hurricane Helene visited us on September 28th. However, in creating this report it was important and healing to reflect on the nine months leading up to the storm  that were filled with hope and remarkable efforts, and a journey after the storm that continues to give LEAF challenges and gifts. Explore the Gratitude Report to see the impact of YOUR support!

Thank you for Empowering LEAF !

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LEAF Business Members are Community All Stars!

GLOBAL CITIZEN

•Dan Lucas Memorial Fund
•Alexandra & Don Clayton
•The Ben Gradison Family
Burial Beer Co
Allen Stahl + Kilbourne
•Paul Mitchem Family

VISIONARY

Charles “Charlie” Gwinn
•Cindy & Pete Perez•

LUMINARY

Falcon Construction
Mah Jong
•Peace-Love-Happiness
Asheville Community Movement
•Westmoreland & Scully: Corner Kitchen & Chestnut Restaurants
•Drs. Linda & George Milsaps

CULTURAL AMBASSADOR

Enter The Earth
•Barbara Benisch & Jacque Allen
James “Jim” Bird
•Pasta & Provisions

CULTURAL AMBASSADOR
•Grey Eagle Music Hall
•Industrial Tape & Supply

PATRON

Red House Architecture
•Fox Cove Photography
•Green River Botanicals
•Stumphouse Design
•Susan & Andrew Grover/Baxter
•Harmony AVL+media
•Gardens of Health 
•Beasley Family
•Boekelheide Family

PATRON

•Asheville Pizza South
•EDEN-OUT
•Luster Clean
•Illustrated Map of Asheville
•Perkins and Sons, LLC
•Sarah Hairell-
Carolina One Real Estate

•HunterKemper Consulting|•Ritter, Zaretsky, Lieber & Jaime, LLP
Eden Rock Real Estate 
•PeaceBug Farm
•JSJ Contracting
•Health Designs, LLC
•Ethereal Leaf
Tosco Music

A few examples of how LEAF donations and memberships are activated!
$100 – 3-hour Teaching Artist leading Schools & Streets Sessions (in-person or virtual)
$200 – 20 scholarships for youth to explore the world at LEAF Global
$250 – Gives a Gift to a Local Musician for a Community Performance
$500 – 5 months of equity and community building Learning Journeys (in-person & virtual)
$3,500-5,000 supports 1 LEAF International Program for 1 year!

LEAF LOVE ENDOWMENT FUND

Charitable & Planned Giving: Donor Advised Funds, Stocks +

Cultural Exchange Fund

LEAF
Instrument Drive

Discover the ways to be part of LEAF that matches your Giving Priorities.
Thank you for considering donating to LEAF Global Arts in your will and giving legacy that passes your love for arts and culture to future generations while honoring you or your beloved friends and family.

Reach out to Members@theLEAF.org

 

AN URGENT LETTER FROM THE LEAF BOARD:

For nearly 30 years, LEAF Global Arts has connected people through the power of art, music, and culture. Every shared moment has been made possible because of you – our community.

The LEAF Festival is critical to funding LEAF’s larger work: providing global cultural arts programming for thousands of local youth and preserving cultures and traditions around the world.

This year, we are facing a financial crossroads: between the loss of last fall’s Festival, losing a majority of our arts education funding in 2025, and not fully recovering from COVID, the future is bleak. The upcoming LEAF Festival could be our last if we don’t come together to sustain the heart of LEAF’s mission – but we have seen what this community can do when united for a cause greater than itself.

To open the Festival experience to as many people as possible, and to rally the full spirit of LEAF, we are offering a limited number of LEAF LOVE Tickets at a significant discount.

These special tickets, offered at 30% off (our highest discount, even more so than our Early Bird pricing) are our way of ensuring everyone has a place in this story. Full-priced tickets also remain available for those with the means to give a little more to help support LEAF’s vital work.

Your presence, your voice, and your support matter more than ever right now. Join us in making this LEAF Festival one that the world will never forget and ensuring the music continues for generations to come. 

Mayani is a Maasai boy from longido Arusha. He went to boarding school at 6 years old and lost his Maasai language and tradition. Since joining the LEAF program, he has learned to sing Maasai songs, practiced the ‘jump’ tradition and wear Maasai shukas (traditional clothing). Mayani is extremely happy and is currently teaching other youth the culture.