Operating Support
Operating Support
Youth Performance Company empowers youth and inspires social change through bold theater.
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.
Emily Edison: Executive director, SOAR Career Solutions; David Hanson: Retired ad agency owner; professional musician; Linda Holliday: Founder and president, Impact Minnesota and Holliday Pottery; Lorrie Janatopoulos: Former planning director, Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency; Donna Johnson: Executive director, Minnesota Discovery Center; Ho Nguyen: Housing and economic justice program manager, Minnesota Coalition for Batter Women; Blake Potthoff: Executive director, Fairmont Opera House; board member, MN Presenters Network; Anne Jin Soo Preston: Arts and cultural nonprofit organization consultant; former Springboard for the Arts board member; Melissa Rands: Director of accreditation and assessment, MCAD; Yee Thao, Executive director, Center for Hmong Arts and Talent
ACHF Arts Access
YPC will evaluate their organizational infrastructure and determine requirements for future programming goals. YPC will work with a third-party evaluator to conduct a functional assessment of organizational infrastructure/capacity, research current industry best practices and compare job descriptions and wages with similar staff positions within the region. 2: YPC will provide excellent theater classes for youth, with ambitious curriculum built to teach expert skills and develop gracious artists and leaders. YPC work with a third-party evaluator to devise methods to measure and understand the impact of our classes. We will conduct written surveys and focus groups of program constituents.
YPC has evaluated current industry best practices, job descriptions and wages as they relate to arts organizational infrastructure. YPC staff used online resources to find income data, these included local job listings, Glassdoor, zip recruiter and research completed by Americans for the Arts. YPC also spoke with local arts administrators and advisors at Propel. 2: YPC hired an Education Architect to evaluate classes and create curriculum. YPC surveyed 2019 students to understand what is working/needs fixing. YPC used online surveys to evaluate student/teacher experiences. YPC also used in person evaluations with staff and teachers.
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