Operating Support
Operating Support
The Walker Art Center is a catalyst for the creative expression of artists and the active engagement of audiences. Focusing on the visual, performing, and media arts of our time, the Walker takes a global, multidisciplinary, and diverse approach to the creation, presentation, interpretation, collection, and preservation of art.
Ardell Brede: former mayor of Rochester; Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: executive director of grants and sponsored programs for Saint Mary's University of Minnesota., Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; Sean Dowse: former mayor of Red Wing; former executive director, Sheldon Theatre; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Thomas Moss: consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Jonathan Carter: Carter is director of IT business relationship management for the Harmon business unit of Apogee Enterprises. Previously, Carter had a long career with General Mills, spanning finance, sales, marketing, information systems, and other areas. A former board chair for the Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir, he is an active executive board member of the Monitors Club, supporting the educational, political, economic, and social well-being of the Twin Cities African American community. Carter holds a BS in computer science from Washington University (Saint Louis); an MS in computer science from Stanford University; and an MBA in finance and international business from Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.; Linda Holliday: Holliday is founder and president of Impact Minnesota, providing an array of consulting services to nonprofit, for profit, and public organizations; and of Holliday Pottery, creating handcrafted functional ceramic wares. She was previously with the Initiative Foundation for nearly twenty years, most recently serving as vice president of organizational development. Holliday is a 2010 Bush Foundation Leadership Fellow and holds a master's degree in public affairs from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Crossing Arts Alliance in Brainerd.; Betsy Husting: Husting is retired after more than 40 years working in the arts as a producing director, actor, marketer, administrator, and development professional. In 1994, she founded Husting & Associates Consulting, providing fundraising expertise to nonprofits, primarily arts organizations. Her clients included Flying Foot Forum, Illusion Theater, Public Radio International, Zorongo Flamenco, Theater Latt' Da, Graywolf Press, MacPhail Center for Music, Teatro del Pueblo, and many more. Husting attended Denison and Indiana Universities as an English major with a minor in theater.; Yumiko Inomata: Inomata serves as finance manager for Minneapolis-based Arts Midwest, one of six regional arts organizations in the United States. She has a BA in theater studies and has taken graduate-level courses in educational policy and administration, and teaching English as a foreign language. Outside of work, she has served on numerous panels, including the Sage Awards for Dance (2009-2010), and for several grant programs for the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. She is an alumna of the 2017/2018 Arts Organizing Institute through Pangea World Theater's Lake Street Arts!, which was part of a National Endowment for the Arts Our Town grant.; Nora Murphy: Murphy is a fifth-generation Irish-Minnesotan and mother of two grown sons. She is an author of two memoirs and three non-fiction books for children. She works as the Tribal Planner and Grant Writer for the Lower Sioux Indian Community in southwestern Minnesota.; Carolyn Wintersteen: Wintersteen is a founding ensemble member and executive director of Theatre B in Moorhead. She serves on the Moorhead Art and Culture Commission and is active in local civic organizations. Prior to founding Theatre B, she coordinated programs at Trollwood Performing Arts School, taught at Minnesota State University Moorhead and North Dakota State University, and worked in administration at Prairie Public Broadcasting. She earned a BA in theater from Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington) and an MFA in acting from the University of Pittsburgh. Wintersteen has performed with the Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, Theatre L'Homme Dieu, Commonweal Theatre, the Black Hills Playhouse, and Theatre B. In 2017 she received the Lake Region Arts Council McKnight Artist Fellowship Grant to support an original play which she and her husband performed at the Minnesota and Boulder Fringe Festivals. Theatre B is a recipient of the American Theatre Wing's 2014 American Theatre Company Award for excellence among young theater organizations nationwide.
ACHF Arts Access
Support for first time visitors to the Walker is enhanced to ensure accessible, meaningful, and welcoming arts experiences. Track and map first-time visitor journey experiences, analyze opportunities for improvements. Use 'test and learn' methodology for new approaches. Measure Net Promoter Score (visitor satisfaction). 2: Arts learning is accessible to audiences with diverse learning needs and from racially, culturally, and socio-economically diverse communities. Attendance/demographics track accessibility and participation. Ethnography studies, surveys, interviews, and focus groups measure engagement, learning outcomes, growth mindset, and satisfaction.
Support for first time visitors to the Walker is enhanced to ensure accessible, meaningful, and welcoming arts experiences. More first-time visitors accessed the Walker through virtual programs. While visitor tracking onsite was not possible, Walker used post-event surveys to implement `test and learn` methodology for new approaches and measure Net Promoter Score. 2: Arts learning is accessible to audiences with diverse learning needs and from racially, culturally, and socio-economically diverse communities. Attendance/demographics track accessibility and participation Surveys, interviews, and focus groups measure engagement, learning outcomes, growth mindset, and satisfaction.
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