BAMPFA Curator's Circle

Curator’s Circle members play a crucial role in BAMPFA's ability to showcase the highest-quality art and film programming and foster new knowledge about the vast array of cultures and historically significant works represented in our collection. Your contributions help to underwrite in-person conversations with artists and filmmakers from around the world, while also making BAMPFA programs widely accessible by allowing us to offer free admission to Bay Area children and their families.

Become a Curator’s Circle member today to get and give the best of BAMPFA!

Levels & Benefits

Join BAMPFA’s premier donor group, the Curator’s Circle, and enjoy enhanced access to exhibitions and film programs as well as intimate events and behind-the-scenes activities with artists, filmmakers, curators, collectors, and fellow patrons.

All Curator’s Circle members receive:

  • VIP membership for two with unlimited free admission to the galleries and most public events
  • Six single-use gallery passes for unaccompanied guests and 12 single-use film passes
  • One complimentary exhibition catalog
  • A dedicated Curator’s Circle member hotline for easy access to information and concierge ticket services
  • Reciprocal privileges at more than 1,100 museums nationwide
  • Plus all of the benefits of regular BAMPFA membership, including reduced-price film tickets and a 10% discount at the BAMPFA Store

$1200 Curator's Circle
(Two cardholders; $738 tax deductible)

Inside Access, Outsize Impact ≫ Members of the Curator’s Circle provide essential support for the creative and cultural life of our community and enjoy unique access to all that BAMPFA has to offer.



$2,500 Benefactor
(Two cardholders; $2,200 tax deductible)

All of the above benefits, plus:

  • One year-round pass to all film screenings
  • Invitations to exclusive Curator’s Circle Film-to-Table dinners and festive receptions with guest speakers and featured filmmakers
    • Complimentary catalogs of all exhibits


$5,000 Advocate
(Two cardholders; $4,650 tax deductible)

All of the above benefits, plus:

  • Two additional year-round pass to all film screenings
  • Invitations to exclusive receptions and tours of private homes and collections



For deeper levels of giving and engagement with BAMPFA, please consider the Film Council or the MATRIX Council, or contact Alexis Gordon, Individual Giving Officer, at alexisgordon@berkeley.edu.