Operating Support
Operating Support
Pillsbury House Theatre creates challenging theater to inspire choice, change, and connection.
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.
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.; 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.
ACHF Arts Access
PHT activities increase access, attachment and agency among artists, participants and neighborhood residents. Access is measured by tracking participation including demographics, length and intensity; Attachment through surveys; and Agency with pre-post artist surveys and documentation of work created. 2: PHT stimulates increased creativity in our four-neighborhood service area by integrating art into the fabric of the community. Neighborhood/audience surveys show increases in creative activity and engagement with local arts offerings; partner orgs document use of creative strategies to reach community goals.
335 artists created experiences that succeeded in increasing access, attachment and/or agency among the 22, 969 people that participated. Attendance data, participant surveys and one on one interviews, pre-post artist surveys and actual artwork created are the data sets analyzed to determine progress toward intended impacts. 2: Creative activity increased in our four neighborhood service area, 99 artists implemented arts projects out in the neighborhoods. Evidence of increases in creativity include surveys of neighborhood residents, organization leaders and small business owners; actual artworks displayed out in the neighborhood; and artists engaged to support community projects.
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