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 Southwest Minnesota State University; 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.
ACHF Arts Access
1) Our goal is to increase audience size by 20% over the two-year period. This will support our chorale in presenting high-quality arts activities. 2) Our goal is to increase our digital presence by 10%. This will help overcome barriers to accessing high-quality arts activities and reach out to a diverse audience. 3) Our goal is to make the chorale more financially stable by maintaining a reserve fund. This will support our arts organization in being able to continue to present high-quality arts activities to the region. 1. Keep track of audience size at each concert site and compare totals to the average for 2016-2018. 2. Compare number of Facebook friends in 2017 with the number at the end of each grant/fiscal year. 3. Examine the yearend financial statements for a reserve fund.
1) Our total audience for the two years prior to this grant cycle was 1,874 (4 seasons); our total audience during this grant cycle was 1,345 (3 seasons). Our cancelled spring season we were to be included in the Dawson-Boyd Concert Series, and was our anniversary concert series, therefore we were hoping for a good turnout. We changed our fall 2019 concert theme to be more appealing to potential audience, but only had one season to try that. The chorale was profiled on Pioneer Public TV's Postcards program that aired April 2020; this program will be used to promote the chorale. 2) We have started to do some digital advertising through Facebook, but don't have personnel who are skilled in digital metrics in order to analyze data. 3) The chorale has started, and maintained, a small reserve fund of $1500.
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