Operating Support
Operating Support
Operating Support Year 1, FY2020
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; Anna Johanssen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women's Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Kristen Kuipers: musician, private lesson and K-12 classroom music instructor, theater, writing, volunteer with Jackson Center for the Arts; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Brett Lehman: musician, social worker, Worthington City Band; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Alison Nelson: art, music, and dance teacher, fundraiser for Kerkhoven Fire Department Auxiliary; Lynette Swenson: visual arts teacher, folk artist, Swift County Food Shelf advisory board; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee. Carisa Clarke: graphic design/web development, arts volunteer, board member DAC of Murray County
Carisa Clarke, visual art, SMAC Board; Brett Lehman, music, SMAC Board; Steve Linstrom, writing, nonprofits; Jane Otto, arts admin; Janet Olney, visual art, arts admin, SMAC Board; Tammy Makram, arts admin.
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Nicole DeBoer (507) 537-1471
ACHF Arts Access
6: ?The infrastructure of arts organizations is strengthened through access to operating funds, professional development and best practices sharing.? Our number one goal during this period is to provide residents in Pipestone and the surrounding area opportunities to experience a variety of arts programming that is offered no where else in this area. We believe the arts are vital to who we are as Minnesotans and we want to foster that belief in our community. Another of our goals during is to offer our programs at a cost that people in our area can afford.This added funding will help us to provide opportunities for people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities and incomes to experience the arts by allowing us to pay for quality programs while keeping our ticket prices low. This will show our patrons that not only do the arts thrive in Minnesota, but that the state practices good stewardship of public arts funding. Thirdly, it will provide us with financial stability and security we need to be able to spend more on each of our presenter series shows to bring in high quality entertainment without risking taking a huge loss if it's not attended by a full house crowd. This will enable us to show patrons that high quality arts thrive in Minnesota and the state uses its public arts funding to make those arts more accessible to all. We will track the number and cost of programs that take place at the Center, the number of first time guests, what we spend on programming and whether we've maintained a balanced budget during this time. For providing a variety of arts programming, we will log the programs that take place at the Center during this period. Ideally we would be able to book at least six presenter series shows a year during this time, up from just four planned for this year due to show costs and financial limitations. For offering affordable programs, we can track how many people enter our facility for the first time during this period and our average ticket price. We would like to keep ticket prices at around $20 and see around 100 people each year enter the Center during the two years of this grant. For financial stability, we can track what we spend on programming and our financial stability during this time. Success will be evidenced by a balance budget.
Because of the Operating Support Funds, we were able to book artists we wouldn't normally be able to afford for our Presenter Series, but unfortunately, because of the global pandemic, these events had to be postponed. We also lost access to our digital box office platform which provided us our online survey tool to collect demographic and attendance data for our events. We received approval from SMAC to use the 2020 Operating Support funds for overhead expenses instead. We successfully navigated our way through the restrictions put on performing arts venues put out by the State of MN, and were financially stable through the global pandemic.
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