Arts Activities Support

Our artistic goals in this project are to enlighten audiences to the unique connections between the oud and pipa and to the great benefits of intercultural interaction when people from different cultures approach each other with mutual respect, open minds, and open hearts. Our participant goal is a minimum of 450 adults and 45 children concert attendees, and we will consider our project a success if: 1) the audience size increases by at least 20% over past projects, 2) audience racial diversity increases by at least 15% over past projects (based on ratios of Chinese to non-Chinese; Arabic to non-Arabic); 3) we get more print and broadcast media attention than in the past, and/or establish new media relationships; 4) comments on the surveys are 90% or more positive; 5) 100% of our partners express a desire to work with us again on future projects; and 6) at least 20% of the audience indicates they have been introduced to the artists, and/or instruments for the first time. Surveys will be distributed to audience members and library staff at the concerts. Their written and verbal comments will help inform us of the success of our project. We will also evaluate our success by the response of artists and comparison of audience size and diversity of the audience in comparison to similar past projects. Any reviews, previews or other coverage by local media will also be considered. All these aspects will be reviewed by our board and used to guide us in future endeavors.