Arts Organization Development

Our goal is supporting artists and arts organizations in creating, producing and presenting high-quality arts activities. Through the goal to conduct a strategic plan, Big Stone Arts Council expects to see both a new intention or motivation to take some course of action, and an improved ability or capacity to grow the mission. By achieving our goal to support artists and arts organizations we also expect to see the following as an outcome of this project: Organizational Self Esteem -- Big Stone Arts Council will see its worth and grow its mission to promote the vitality of the Big Stone area by continually developing the region into a thriving hub of cultural-artistic expression and engagement. Board Engagement -- Board Members will be passionate about the mission and engage regularly and aim to expand membership and board diversity. Partnership Relationships -- The organization will grow capacity and create greater impact and importance in the artistic development of the Big Stone community. Investment -- Boards of Directors and community members will want to invest both resources and time to achieve long-term and sustainable goals. Accountability -- Board of directors and others involved set goals and regularly assess performance against these goals. The organization consistently provides impactful stewardship reports that illustrate to all donors and stakeholders how together they are making an impactful difference. Expected changes would be a more focused organization with the strengths that a comprehensive plan can provide. The hope that this new energy would translate into increased high-quality arts activities for our community. Through the education of our board of directors and membership and additional evaluation and assessment of our community needs, we will develop an action plan with a specific timeline. Each action will have specific individuals with the skills to accomplish the task. Each action planned will be evaluated by the organization at the monthly meeting. Participant surveys where possible will be utilized. Outcomes will be documented through participant surveys, observations, data collection, SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis and more.