Operating Support

The Lanesboro Arts Center plans to continue the integration of art into public spaces, so that the arts are interwoven into every facet of life. Integrate the arts into all facets of community life by expanding outreach. The Arts Center will continue to develop strategic partnerships with community organizations, regional non-profits, and service organizations to broaden its impact in the community through the arts. The Arts Center will highlight the impact and value of the arts in publications and public relations materials. Evaluation of the arts being interwoven into every facet of community life was achieved through methods including 1) tracking of participation numbers; 2) verbal and written feedback from community partner organizations; 3) verbal and written feedback from participating artists and audience members; 4) written documentation of participation experiences by unsolicited participants (e.g. newspaper and/or blog articles written independently about arts experiences); 5) volunteer recruitment response for arts events and programs. 2: The Lanesboro Arts Center will continue to expand its use of technology and social media to attract, grow, and strengthen audiences and to enhance public understanding of the value of the arts so that people of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities may better participate in the arts. Evaluation of Lanesboro Art Center’s enhancement of public understanding of the value of the arts in our region was achieved through 1) documentation of articles in publications; 2) verbal feedback from new and returning arts participants in Center programs; 3) tracking of social media and Web site participation numbers; 4) documentation of verbal and written examples of staff, board, and volunteers sharing Lanesboro Art Center’s mission and information about upcoming arts programming (e.g. in verbal announcements at a performance at the Saint Mane Theatre).