Operating Support
Operating Support
Great River Arts exists to enrich lives by providing arts experiences and services to the people of Morrison County and the surrounding communities.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Robert Michael Brubaker: Executive director, Sherburne History Center; Michael Cook: Treasurer, Twin Cities Jazz Festival; retired banker; Anne Dugan: Art history instructor; regional director of Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; Sabrina Gilchrist: Program coordinator, Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement; Buddy King: Unit director, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central MN; secretary of Central MN Arts Board; Connie Lanphear: Communications manager, Freshwater Society; Manny Munson-Regala: ; Sarah Roberts: Board treasurer, Frozen River Film Festival; Frederick Rogers: Founder, Minnesota Folklore Theater; Five Wings Arts Council chair; costume designer, director; Lori Anne Williams, Fundraiser, Catholic Charities
ACHF Arts Access
Annually, GRA staff will develop one new strategy designed to increase earned income for participating artists, by five percent each fiscal year. GRA staff works to support and sustain a thriving community of creatives/artists. If funded, the total annual revenue generated through consigned sales and artist royalties will be evaluated and compared to the previous fiscal year. 2: GRA staff will increase the accessibility of our visual arts programming to individuals/organizations each fiscal year by ten percent. To reflect the community's demographics, staff will cultivate at least two new client sites, three new teachers and/or five new art patrons annually based on new outreach. Evaluations will include numerical and supplemental data gathered from participants
Consignment sales for visual art and retail products increased by 65% this fiscal year. Visual and retail purchases were tracked by our accounting software (QuickBooks), tabulated and compared to the previous fiscal year. 2: Two new client sites were curated (visual), six new artists taught at GRA, two new patrons support GRA's visual arts. An excel spreadsheet was used to track this data.
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