02/09/2025
INVEST in Anna's Art
A town's art, music, newspapers, galleries, and events are the lifeblood of its community, but they hinge on a powerful alliance with its talented art community. When this partnership thrives, small art communities exponentially grow into Music Halls, Opera Houses, Performing Arts Centers, Live Theaters, Galleries, and community-wide festivals—providing our community with endless benefits. The success of these expansions isn't a matter of luck; it's the result of experienced, reputable, and ambitious leaders in the arts, ready to carve out and nurture growth. Every cultural powerhouse started with one brave artist stepping forward. If only Anna could find an artist willing to go the mile for Anna, whose art advocacy is inspiring and strategic. If all this person would need is a little funding—consider your community blessed beyond your knowing. Grab them up, hoist them over your shoulders, for they just might transform your little town into a cultural icon of art, prestige, and wealth.
For the past three years, not one but TWO local artists, Aubre’ Murphy and Joseph Marlette, a powerhouse art couple nationally recognized and locally revered, have meticulously built Anna’s Art Council. They've rallied over 40 local artists and a dozen instructors, liaised with local officials, and tirelessly sought funding from federal, state, county, and city leaders. They are the heart and soul behind the only 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the arts that supports the cancer community with over 400 donated paintings in under five years. Their dedication was acknowledged when Mayor Pete Cain declared November 12th as “Aubre’ Murphy Day,” celebrating her invaluable contributions to Anna's arts. Never has Anna had such a clear choice for arts advocacy. Towns dreaming of an art district need their own Aubre’ and Joe to become the next cultural sensation. It is unfortunate our City Officials turned them away until Anna has the budget for it. Anna, you cannot afford to turn this opportunity away—we won’t let you.
Fortunately for Anna, Aubre’ and Joe are tenacious. Instead of languishing while waiting for grants and federal funding—especially post-DOGE findings—they've pioneered a for-profit model. They offer art enthusiasts, collectors, and Anna residents the chance to support the arts, local artists, future tourism, and a community that knows the prestigious value of an art-supportive society. They have belonged to New York art festivals, are Dean's list college students, triple business owners, community influencers, and the only artists who seek a better life for area artists, with the only arts organizations, arts advocacy, arts magazine, and ideas for the next five years of art district designation. They are experts in project management, arts profitability, and are passionate about art therapy.
Consider if instead of nonprofit endeavors, area investors could benefit from their initial investments like how Denton’s Art District makes up 38% of the entire local economy. Or, how 2024, Frisco’s art district generated a staggering $38M. How McKinney's Art District invested $2.6M and saw a return of $13.9M and are using it to build a new music hall. The economic benefits are irrefutable—higher returns on investment, job creation, business development, and booming tourism. Ask any benefactor of these cultural hotspots about their returns, and they'll likely wish they'd built them originally for profit. 4th Street Art is excited to offer the future of Anna’s Art scene as an investment to area legacy families, business owners, community members, and commercial property owners, who know the high impact of arts communities and want to ensure the Arts of Anna moves forward while enjoying their leap of faith.
To meet the highest impact while creating the greatest initial impact, 4th Street Art is prepared to offer three initial ways you can invest in their initiaves.
INVEST IN ADVERTISING in Anna’s Finest Art Magazine -Anna’s only community-wide publication.
Gain unparalleled visibility, enhance your reputation, and cement your brand within the art community by securing advertising space in Anna’s Finest Art Magazine. Choose your investment level, invest month-to-month, choose the pages your business is seen. Gain visibility, use your investment into purpose driven branding strategies on your website and company campaigns and enjoy the high prestige of being associated with the fine arts.
INVEST IN PROPERTY
Offer us property to host classes, workshops, and events. In return, a portion of ticket sales, commissions, and event profits. As we expand into commercial spaces like lofts, rentable studios, cafés, gardens, and festival grounds, your investment grows alongside us, driven by increased value and activity.
INVEST IN INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVES
Support specific projects, specific artists, specific events, products, and services that best match your personal and business brand most. Enjoy a comprehensive and rewarding return by backing unique and creative endeavors within our thriving art community. As you invest, enjoy commissions, bonuses, and public thanks. Without your investment, the arts are not possible.
Invest today, inspire tomorrow, in Anna’s Art Council, 4th Street Art, Warpaint Project, and Anna’s Finest Art Magazine. Together, let’s build the Anna Art District where sponsors become investors, and investors become the custodians of Anna’s artistic legacy. Imagine being part of the pioneering investment team initiating grassroots funding. This is your moment. If the City of Anna makes time for grants and funding, we will happily, gleefully, and gratefully invest them into our programs, artists, and events.
Time. Nor tide, wait for any man. Together we answer the call to create what does not exist, for Anna artists, Anna’s small businesses, Anna’s community—together we lead the way for a more interesting, entertaining, inspiring, and culturally significant community. Together, we make Anna a place where artists live, grow, and significantly impact the community they love, Anna, is Our hometown, too.
Contact: Aubre Murphy
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NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ART COUPLE AUBRE MURPHY AND JOSEPH MARLETTE WITH 4TH STREET ART, ANNA PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, FOR CORPORATE NEEDS- ART FOR OFFICES, ART servCONSULTANTS, ART DEALER, ART BROKER, ART CONSULTANT, FOR OFFICES WHOSE ART IS DATED, OFFENSIVE, OR BORING. CALL TODAY 430-422-7592
