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Renting the Art Center
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Inquiries and application for rental use of the Sioux City Art Center should be made with the staff of the Art Center (712.279.6272 ext. 200).
When available, the Sioux City Art Center permits individuals, groups, and organizations to use its facilities for functions, meetings, and events in order to facilitate public support and participation in the Art Center. Events hosted at the Art Center must be educationally based, public service-oriented, or may be private functions approved by the Art Center and within the guidelines stipulated in this policy. Facilities may not be rented by any organization, company, or individual for fund-raising or promotional purposes.
Renters should be aware of the nature of the spaces they are using, and activities should be appropriate for such a setting. Art Center facilities are limited and their use is conditional to the Center’s primary concern for the appropriate care and safeguarding of its collections and exhibitions. Thus, the Art Center reserves the right to refuse facility rental due to concerns for the safety of the building, its holdings and/or conflicts with the goals and purposes of the Art Center. Events must not compete with, or detract from, the Art Center’s ongoing public activities. Moreover, the Art Center shall not be held liable, and organizations using the Art Center shall waive all claims, for injury or damage to person or property sustained by said organization or any occupant of the Art Center resulting from or during an event.
All events should be planned to be completed by 11:00 pm with take-down accomplished by midnight.
Please note: The Art Center’s facilities are not available for rent on City holidays when the Art Center is closed to the general public.
Rental Procedures
At the time of application, and before any final decision may be made by the Art Center director, each organization or individual must provide full information concerning the type and purpose of the event being planned, as well as time, number of guests, name of caterer, name of individual or organization’s representative responsible for payment of fees and damages.
Confirmation of the reservation for use of Art Center facilities may be assumed only after receipt by the Art Center director of a signed copy of the Short Term Use Agreement and the full rental fee. The agreement will be sent to the renter stating the date and nature of the event as well as the rental fee. When properly signed and returned to the Art Center along with the full rental fee, and subsequently signed by the Art Center director, the Agreement shall serve as a binding agreement between the applicant and the Sioux City Art Center. A copy of the signed agreement will be sent to the renter. Use is restricted as stated in the Short Term Use Agreement, established time limits must be strictly adhered to, and any change must be approved in advance and in writing by the Art Center director or his/her representative.
Rental fees are non-refundable. In the event of cancellation of the part of the renter, rental fee will be forfeited if notification of cancellation is made less than two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled event.
Additional Fees
The rental fee is for use of the space and regular furnishings in the Art Center’s arrangement. Except as otherwise noted, two Art Center staff members will be on duty during an event and the cost of such staff is included in the rental fee. It should be understood that the duties of Art Center staff concern only the security of the site. In planning the event, should the Art Center determine that additional staff, including professional security guards, are necessary to protect the Art Center’s interest, fees for those services shall be paid in accordance with the schedule of fees maintained by the Art Center director and shall be on the basis of actual hours, with a minimum of two (2) hours per employee. In addition, the renter shall pay fees for the use of equipment in accordance with the rental schedule maintained by the Art Center director.
The Art Center director shall have the right to waive and/or adjust rental fees as appropriate for the Art Center Association of Sioux City, arts-related organizations, community groups, 501(c) organizations, and for City-sponsored activities.
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