Community Arts Support Grant
Community Arts Support Grant
Bemidji Symphony Orchestra was awarded $6,000 per year to help support compensation for the part-time Executive Director position.
Laura Grisamore: photographer, arts advocate; Mary Therese: visual, fiber artist; Becky Colebank: visual artist, author; Corryn Trask: musician; LouAnn Muhm: poet, author, arts educator; Pam Janssen: painter and woodcarver; Mike Schlemper: sculptor, ceramicist, arts educator; Gayle Gish: arts advocate; Deb Carlson: visual artist, retired arts educator.
Laura Grisamore: photographer and arts advocate; Mary Therese: visual and fiber artist; Becky Colebank: visual artist and author; Corryn Trask: musician; LouAnn Muhm: poet, author, and arts educator; Pam Janssen: painter and woodcarver; Mike Schlemper: sculptor, ceramicist, and arts educator; Gayle Gish: arts advocate; Deb Carlson: visual artist and retired arts educator.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
As a result of this program, (partial funding of the BSO Executive Director position), the BSO organization will become more stable and sustainable as we bring orchestral music to our growing audiences. In addition, the executive director will guide the BSO Board in accomplishing/updating our strategic plan. The BSO will demonstrate progress by expanding our audience through continued support of the Music Director's goals, assessing audience satisfaction through surveys, and tracking audience attendance numbers. The BSO board and executive director will participate in a retreat for the purpose of updating the strategic plan.
As a result of the second year of CAS grant funding, the BSO Executive Director outlined sponsorship options to educate donors about various BSO financial needs, helped establish a finance committee to deepen the board's understanding of BSO finances and a resource development committee to work on improving our fundraising efforts, sought out additional partnerships for the BSO and continued to work to broaden and increase concert attendance.
Other,local or private