Operating Support
Operating Support
In pursuit of artistic excellence, we engage our region's most talented artists in work that welcomes and develops audiences and opens hearts and minds.
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
ACHF Arts Access
Artistry continues to reach a greater level of quality in performances in other programming. We used press reviews, tracked attendance by zip code; sought audience and artists feedback. Engaged with staff and external consultants in conversations about the quality of performances, exhibitions and other programming. 2: Build a more diverse, engaged, and loyal audience across all of our disciplines. We will track ticket sales for access-oriented performances, participation rates in programs that reach culturally diverse populations, audience demographics reported in surveys, and other data.
Despite our challenges in the past year, Artistry produced high quality performances, art, and other programming. We evaluated Outcome 1 by collecting press reviews, tracking ticket sales, tracking attendance by zip code, and soliciting feedback from staff, artists, audience members and external consultants regarding the quality of our programming. 2: We continue to diversify our artists and audience members and provide access programs. We evaluated Outcome 2 by tracking ticket sales for access-oriented performances; analyzing participation rates in programs that reach culturally diverse populations; and quantifying data from artist and audience surveys.
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