Council funds aid the acquisition of works, major exhibitions and gallery installations, publications and public programs. Programs include lectures, demonstrations of printing processes, gallery receptions, private exhibitions and day trips. Members have a first opportunity to purchase limited-edition prints commissioned and sold by the council. This council's goal is to stimulate, encourage and supplement a museum program in contemporary art. Members raise funds for acquisitions, sponsor public lectures, organize visits to artists' studios, present a yearly lecture series and arrange travel programs for the membership.
Council members work in virtually every part of the museum.
From staffing Welcome Centers and the Boone Children's Gallery, providing assistance to curatorial and administrative offices to working in libraries and promoting membership renewals. Members also act as hosts for special events, assist in Museum Shops and participate in education outreach programs. New members must complete a one-year training program. A study and support group for the South and Southeast Asian Art Department. Its purview is art from India to Indonesia and from Tibet to Sri Lanka from earliest civilizations in the fourth millennium B.C. to the present.