Operating Support
Operating Support
Springboard for the Arts' mission is to support artists with the tools to make a living and a life,?and to build just and equitable communities full of meaning, joy, and connection.?
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
Increase economic opportunities for artist-run businesses and artists' professional capacity Evaluation of workshops, classes, and consultations, longterm research on artists' capacity and resilience, programs to support access to capital and markets, including new partnerships and platform opportunities. 2: Develop new mechanisms that connect individuals and communities directly with artists Community participation in artist-led projects, including cross-sector partnerships involving artists and centering creative practice as a critical part of community recovery and developing narratives.
Springboard for the Arts achieved its outcome to increase economic opportunities for artist-run businesses and artists' professional capacity. We evaluated this outcome through: Workshop attendance and consultant requests; development of programs to support access to capital and market opportunities; number of cross-sector opportunities created to center artists in economic development. 2: Springboard created new mechanisms connecting individuals and communities directly with artists. We evaluated this outcome through: Community participation in artist-led projects; number of artists supported to create community projects; number of community-based, artist-led projects created; number of creative small businesses supported.
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