Community Arts Support Grant
Community Arts Support Grant
Nemeth Art Center Director Salary Support
Justin Holley: Author; Natalie Grosfield: Musician, actor; Joseph Allen: Professor of Art, photographer, traditional Native crafts artist; Jill Johnson: Author, musician; Sandra Roman: Art teacher, author; Gayle Highberg: Painter; Lowell Wolff: Photographer; Jane Merschman: K-12 teacher, actor, director; Mary Hilbrand: Musician; Joanne Kellner: Arts administrator, puppeteer.
Justin Holley: Author; Natalie Grosfield: Musician, actor; Joseph Allen: Professor of Art, photographer, traditional Native crafts artist; Jill Johnson: Author, musician; Sandra Roman: Art teacher, author; Gayle Highberg: Painter; Lowell Wolff: Photographer; Jane Merschman: K-12 teacher, actor, director; Mary Hilbrand: Musician; Joanne Kellner: Arts administrator, puppeteer.
ACHF Arts Access
Our outcomes are to make more area residents and visitors aware of the Nemeth Art Center and our programming, to gain new members, to increase attendance at our exhibits and events, to provide opportunities of music, dance, theater and costuming that will be new, expanding both experiences of art and definitions of it and to bring people of all ages together to celebrate art in the community. Attendees to the event will be asked to fill out a short survey about their experience and whether they'd like to see similar events in the future. A separate email survey will be sent to our members, asking whether they attended, if not what were the barriers to their attendance and if they did, how they rate the quality of the experience. We will also evaluate success by attendance and ticket sales. Finally, we will count new memberships gained at the event.
Funding provides a level of stability for the Nemeth Art Center to retain an executive director. The retention of the director contributes to the continuity of the art center’s programing, which in turn builds awareness of the art center in the community. The Nemeth Art Center is impacting a regional community with its arts programming and making its presence known as a cultural asset in Park Rapids and beyond. This past season the Nemeth Art Center tracked visitors, program participants, donors, business sponsors and members. During the 2016 season, the total membership to the art center continued to increase, after doubling in 2015. Written surveys at both the NAC and Wild Rice Festival tracked the impact on the audience for the art center’s events. Additionally, the director was available to speak with visitors to the art center one on one.