Room rentals are available:
Monday - Thursday: 8am - 9pm | Friday & Saturday: 8am - 6pm
(Hours may vary seasonally)
MAC
Merced Multicultural Arts Center
Located within five blocks of highway 99 in the center of the San Joaquin Valley and in the heart of a revitalized Downtown Merced, The MAC offers a wide variety of classroom, conference, and general meeting spaces to meet all of your personal or professional facility needs. The Arts Center boasts 9 modular class/conference rooms as adaptable to a ballet or watercolor class as to a management seminar or deposition.
$600/8hrs*
Theater | 2400sq’
$120/hr**
Main Gallery | 1,850sq’
$20/hr
Rm 2 | Dance Studio (mirrored) | 1620sq’
$20/hr
Rm 3A | Multipurpose (mirrored) | 650 sq’
$20/hr
Rm 3B | Multipurpose | 650 sq’
$20/hr
Rm 4 | Multipurpose | 795 sq’
$25/hr
Rm 5 | Conference/Meeting | 450 sq’
$20/hr
Rm 7 | Darkroom (equipped) | 175 sq’
$20/hr
Serving Kitchen | 330 sq’
Rooms are billed from load-in through load out
2-hour minimum rental fee on all rooms except darkroom and kitchen
Multiply hourly rates x1.5 outside of normal operating hours for usage or occupation.
*Refer to Theater Rate Card for rental terms
**Main Gallery: Theater operation times apply.
Minimum 50% down required at time of booking - Balance due on date of event.
A cleaning deposit and set-up fee may be required. Clean-up is billed at $25 per hour. Third floor activity may be restricted when an event is taking place in the theater below.
20% DISCOUNT ON HOURLY ROOM RATES TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH 501(C)(3) STATUS.
RATES SUBJECT TO PERIODIC ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON OPERATIONAL COSTS.
LONG-TERM RENTAL AGREEMENTS AND FEES FOR ARTS-RELATED INSTRUCTION MAY BE NEGOTIATED WITH THE CENTER’S DIRECTOR.
THEATER
The 2,400 sq. ft. “black box” Theater offers a wide range of uses with its modular riser and staging system, 24 channel 2000 watt pro sound system, and a state of the art theater lighting system which can be programmed from the spacious control room overlooking the theater. Theater dimensions are 40’ x 60’. Maximum seated capacity: 240
$600
Theater per Day (8 hours*)
$200
Security/Cleaning Deposit
$40
Chairs/Tables set-up
$5 each
Modular 3’ x 8’ Riser
$20 per hour**
Stage Lights
$120 (per event)
24 ch. Pro Sound System
$20 per event
Custodial (after closing)
*includes load-in/load out times. Hours of operation: 8am-11pm.
Add $75 per hour outside of standard hours of operation or beyond 8 hours of usage or space occupation. If the Main Gallery is utilized for functions other than theater access and program intermissions w/o set-up, include Main Gallery rental fee.
LIGHT & SOUND rates do NOT include technicians for events. **3 hour ($60) minimum charge for THEATER LIGHTING.
20% discount on theater per day rate for service organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.
Security/cleaning deposit must accompany application. All fees are to be paid in full prior to the start of the event. Events requiring excessive clean-up will be charged $25 per hour and billed in excess of monies paid.
For further details please refer to the MAC Use Policy or email director@artsmerced.org
Rates are subject to periodic increases based on operating costs.