Operating Support
Operating Support
Operating Support Year 2, FY2019.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Pam Blake: retired art educator, visual artist, Tyler Arts Council, Lincoln County Art Fair, South Dakota Arts Educators Association, Southwest Minnesota Weaver’s Guild; Michele Knife Sterner: theatre actor, SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Kelly Muldoon: graphic artist, Prairie Music Association, Prairie Oasis Players; Dan Wahl: writer, visual artist, director, adjunct English instructor SMSU; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Reggie Gorter: vocalist, theatre, voice/dance teacher; Dana Conroy: producer/filmmaker; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Joyce Aakre: visual art, writing, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board; Pam Blake: visual art, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board; Mark Bosveld: theatre, arts administration; Steve Linstrom: writing, museum admin; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: visual art, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board Board; Liz Rackl: visual art, arts administration; Tom Wirt: visual art, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board.
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Access
1) Increase attendance/program participation at the Art Center by 15%. 2) Increase community support and advocacy for the Art Center and the arts. 3) Secure a new facility that will allow us to expand programs and services and meet the needs of our expanding audiences. 1) Monitor attendance numbers, solicit participant feedback to determine interests/needs, conduct periodic online surveys to determine out visibility. 2) Survey volunteers, members/donors, and gift shop artists; track memberships, monitory gift shops inventory and sales. 3) The board/facility committee will identify and secure new rental space.
We have increased gift shop sales - 2017: $1,883, 2018: $232,1 2019: $2119. While 2019 sales were slightly lower than 2018, 2019 was the first year we had sales from every exhibit. This is an important benchmark and indication the community is beginning to understand the value of supporting working Minnesota artists. Memberships have increased - 2017: $5683, 2018: $6465, 2019: $7706. This increased reflects an increase in partner dues to offset costs of insurance rate increases and slow and gradual increase in individual memberships. By increasing and improving individual memberships (discounts on gift shop and classes) we are also increasing other areas of earned income. We still struggle to compete for sponsorship dollars for summer and after school youth programming in a community that is a youth sports heavy culture and most local businesses. have. However, are free monthly program for preschool children, Art Kids Drop in Day, as been grant funded for the past two years and is growing in popularity.
Other,local or private