Quick Start Grants
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage
Our goals and measurable outcomes are: 1. To enrich the lives of our citizens through the arts and education; 2. To break down barriers to access and strengthen our rural community through meaningful arts experiences; 3. To help establish Chisholm as a community that invests in the arts for our common good and to spread that influence throughout the Iron Range; 4. To bring disparate groups and organizations together as a team to build the spirit of our community; 5. To utilize our high-quality, historic arts facility -- the Chisholm High School Auditorium; 6. To establish a reputation among local and regional artists and musicians as a welcoming and supportive place. 7. To survey a segment (10% minimum) of attendees to determine the quality of arts experience. Measurable outcomes will be gauged using surveying tools developed by our partner, the Minnesota Discovery Center. Surveys will be distributed to a segment of the audience. In the surveys, we expect to gauge the following: 1. We expect that 90-100% of attendees will rate the event as excellent or good. 2. We expect that 90-100% of attendees would attend a similar event in the future. Additionally, the Theater Latte Da All is Calm" cast will provide a question and answer session for the audience after the show. The number of attendees to the Q and A session will be noted. Notes will be taken and observations made on the engagement of the audience with the cast. Also, our ticketing staff will note the numbers of youth and adult tickets. We are aiming for a 300 ticket sales goal in youth tickets alone. And we are aiming for 600 adult tickets sold."
1. To enrich the lives of our citizens. Of those surveyed (approx. 10%), all rated the event as excellent or good. 2. To break down barriers to access and strengthen our rural community. This event would cost $45-minimum per ticket in Minneapolis. Because of ARAC and other support, we priced tickets at $10 for adults and $5 for students. We provided 13 vouchers to veterans and those who could not afford tickets 3. To help establish Chisholm as an arts community. We recorded visitors from all over the Iron Range. Iron Range audiences are drawn to the quality of events we offer. 4. To bring disparate groups together to promote the arts and education. We had 10 local partners apart from ARAC to sponsor and support the project. 5. To utilize our high quality arts facility. We did this. 6. To establish a reputation as a welcoming place for the arts. All is Calm would like to return to Chisholm in 2017. 7. To survey 10% of the audience and observe audience participation. We did this.
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