Fire Mountain Arts Council

Mission

Fire Mountain Arts Council (FMAC) Mission:
•Enrich our community life through the arts.

Goals:
•Present theatre, movies, music, and other arts events.
•Foster arts education.
•Create an environment that nurtures local talent.
•Feature our regional character.
•Provide venues for the arts.
•Stimulate economic growth.

Description

Welcome to our GiveBig Washington FUNdraiser page!  Be part of FMAC's exciting next step!

Roxy Renovation Phase II with Energy Upgrades

Your donation will be matched!
The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust supports the Phase II Renovation with a 1:2 match!

Good progress so far!  
-Efficient LED stage lighting is installed and saving lots of electricity.
-Roxy Theater's roof and heating/cooling will be complete this spring.
-Plans are drawn up for the long-needed, ADA-accessible backstage addition.
-Over 3/4 of the funds needed for the entire Phase II Renovation are already committed.

Next step:  Build out the back of the Roxy!  Keep those kids out of the mud!

FMAC will finish Phase II of the Roxy Theater renovations by adding a backstage.  Currently, adult actors and OnStage children must enter the stage from outdoors--often in pouring rain or snow or intense heat!  Managing 70 children entering and exiting the stage is a crisis! Participants who cannot manage stairs, like our current student with spinal bifida, cannot access the stage from the open-air "green room."  The Roxy addition will not only provide shelter for actors and crew, but backstage spaces for rehearsal, storage, set construction, and, most importantly, an ADA-accessible classroom. 

All these improvements will assure the long-term viability of the Roxy Theater and the capability of its programs to serve the community and its youth for decades to come and help drive the economic well-being of eastern Lewis County.  

We are all pulling together!  This is happening!  Please give as generously as you can, any amount helps.

The Roxy Back Story:

In 2003, Fire Mountain Arts Council (FMAC) purchased Morton's Roxy Theater--a dark house since 1980.  With $740,000 worth of community and grant support, the first phase of the Roxy's renovation enabled the theater to reopen with performances of South Pacific in July 2006.  Some 10,000 patrons/year have used the theater ever since, except for during the pandemic.  Today, programming is back full swing.

FMAC's active community theatre performances, concerts, weekly first-run movies, and OnStage Youth Theatre Education Program create a dynamic, creative core to our community.

Up to 70 children per session participate in OnStage's after-school and summer programs.  They build self-confidence and develop team-building and theatre skills. The children then perform for the community and area grade school students. OnStage welcomes children with disabilities and offers scholarships for low income families.

FMAC also operates the Barbara Clevenger Johnson Art Gallery, featuring local artists, and the Tiller Arts & Events Center, hosting community meetings and classes and supporting the live shows.

Volunteers are key to all aspects of FMAC.  FMAC has no full-time staff.

FMAC serves the rural communities of eastern Lewis County and southeast Pierce County and works to help break the cycle of poverty prevalent in our region.  Except for FMAC programs, the nearest cultural opportunities are at least an hour away.  FMAC buildings are a community anchor on Main Street, Morton.  The many participants and patrons coming and going to the Roxy Theater bring life to downtown Morton and significant patronage to local businesses.

Recognition

Your donation will be matched!  
The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust is supporting the Roxy Renovation Phase II with Energy Upgrades with a 1:2 $100,000 match!.

FMAC's donors, grantors, members, board members, and volunteers make it possible for us to successfully address our mission and serve our community.

Thank you to those of you who have donated so far to Roxy Re-roof Campaign and the Phase II Renovation;  FMAC is grateful for your support and that of these key contributors ($10,000 or more donated) to the project:
TransAlta Coal Transition Board
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Lewis County PUD
John and Carolyn Mullenix
Hampton Lumber Mills
USDA Rural Development

Thank you to current major financial supporters of FMAC ($1,000 or more donated in the last year):
The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound
Dawkins Charitable Trust
Lewis County
City of Morton
Port Blakely Tree Farms
Alta Forest Products
Morton Country Market
Colton Pharmacy
Arbor Health
Rivers Coffee House & Bistro
Rod's Tire Source
E-Z Storage (in-kind)
East County Journal (in-kind)
John and Carolyn Mullenix
Steve and Beth Caskey
Christie Greiter & Dave Chambers
Presbyterian Thrift and Gift
Fred Schwindt and April Doolittle
Ken Sparkman
Scott Steltzner
Belle Williams

Many, many other patrons and businesses in our community provide donations and tremendous in-kind support. Thank you so much!!!