Operating Support
Operating Support
To collaborate with our community and artists to celebrate and experience the arts.
Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; 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; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; 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; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
ACHF Arts Access
At least 16,000 youth and adults will participate in accessible arts programs in the inner city through quality arts experiences Evaluation will be measured by number of programs offered, demographics served, reflective conversations and evidence of arts learning. 2: At least 4-5 non-arts organizations will integrate the arts into community life due to partnerships and efforts of ESAC ESAC partners with social and civic groups in areas like urban design of the East Side. Success will be evaluated by projects completed.
18,753 youth and adults participated in accessible inner-city arts experiences through ESAC programs. Evaluation was measured by number of projects offered and reflective written evaluations and evidence of arts learning. 2: Four non arts organizations partnered with ESAC to include arts in their program offerings. Success was evaluated by projects completed with 4 non arts groups: St. Paul Public Schools, City of St. Paul, Cambric Affordable Housing, Payne Arcade Business Association.
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