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2013 ARTS CENTRAL Annual Report

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Dear Friends of Arts Central,

Heartwarming and heartening are two words that come to mind when we re!ect on Arts Central’s activities and achievements in 2013. Our outreach work with social service organizations such as Mary’s House, a facility that provides services to families dealing with issues around abuse and the Partner in Care program, Camp Courage, for children dealing with grief, have a"rmed our belief that the arts are an extremely powerful agent for emotional healing.

Arts Central cultivates creative minds. To begin to meet the creative needs of underserved populations of children in the school system Arts Central, empowered by a generous donation from the Buccola Family, created the Adopt a School program. Over a dozen local companies stepped up through Adopt a School to support Arts Central’s Artists in Residence program. Our vision is to triple the number of artists we can schedule into the school system in three years.

Art Station has been bustling all year long with engaging activities and classes for kids and adults. The addition of a glass kiln early in 2013 has added an popular new dimension to our curriculum with every class selling out.

And lest we neglect to mention our broader work in the community, we continue to manage the Deschutes Cultural Coalition, the localized re-granting program funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust. In 2013 seven cultural organizations were granted a total of $16,779 from the Coalition. The Arts & Culture Alliance, an initiative created by Arts Central, will spin o# from our organization to become its own free-standing group, which underscores Arts Central’s underlying philosophy to “create, incubate and liberate” select community projects.

We invite all of you to walk side by side with us as we continue to build a deep and lasting transformation of the arts environment in our community.

Warmest Regards,

Gary Chandler Cate O’HaganBoard President, Arts Central Executive Director, Arts Central

Arts Central Board of Directors

Gary Chandler, PresidentAlyce Dawes, TreasurerBrenda Komar, SecretaryTammy BaneyCindy BriggsSharon CalhounRichard GallioPaula JohansonBert KronmillerJoanne MathewsMarsha Stout

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Cate O’Hagan, Executive DirectorDeborah Allen, Education ManagerKaren Agocs, Art Station Manager

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Annual Report cover art by Cindy Briggs, Art Station instructor and Arts Central Board Member

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Arts Central has a two-fold purpose; to cultivate creative minds by making the arts accessible to all and to advocate for integration of the arts in all aspects of community life.

We are extremely grateful for the support that corporations and individual donors have provided to us this year. Your contribution not only provides the critical funding needed to help us grow our programs, it demonstrates your belief that the arts are essential in our community. Thank you!

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VanGo Sponsors

The arts provide a new way of observing, interpreting and experiencing the world, and new perspectives lead to innovative ways of solving problems and interacting with every aspect of life. That is why we provide arts education services to individuals, schools and community organizations throughout Deschutes, Je#erson and Crook counties. We also work with individuals, businesses, governments, educators and nonpro$ts to bring the arts into every facet of our region. Because the arts are essential to a healthy, vibrant community and when a strong creative economy exists, we all bene$t.

Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Community Foundation’s Community 101 Program, Roundhouse Foundation, and US Bank.

Adopt a School Sponsors

PGE Foundation, Staples, Western Title & Escrow, Wells Fargo, OnPoint Community Credit Union, Big Country RV, American Licorice, Avion Water Company, and Walmart

Artists in Schools Sponsors

current grant supportBend Foundation, Chambers Foundation, Charlotte Martin Foundation, Collins Foundation, Facebook, Harvest Foundation, Miller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts—Art Works, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Community Foundation, PGE Foundation, Roundhouse Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Target, US Bank, and Wal-Mart Foundation.

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Art StationArts Central’s creative learning center, Art Station is the largest nonprofit visual arts school in Central Oregon. Located in the Old Mill District, Art Station provides a place where children and adults can explore their creative sides with age-appropriate art instruction in year-round classes and workshops.

Small class sizes allow for personalized instruction from the Art Station’s talented teaching artists and create communities where students of all ages can enjoy a positive and supportive environment.

2013 Highlights31 teaching artists led 295 di#erent art classes at Art Station this year, including fused glass, clay, watercolor, acrylic painting, drawing, printmaking, jewelry, collage, multi-media and more.54 kids ages 6-13 graduated from Art Academy, Art Station’s sequential arts program. There have been 131 graduates since the program’s inception in 2011.More than 1600 people of all ages explored art through classes and camps at Art Station.

Artists in SchoolsArts Central’s Artists in Schools program places experienced professional artists in visual, music, performing, and literary arts in local schools. In 2013, these resident artists engaged 2,249 students in grades K-12, along with their teachers, families, and communities. Any Central Oregon school may participate and should contact Arts Central for details.

2013 HighlightsFourth graders at Ponderosa Elementary studied aeronautics—!ight and motion-—and chose residency artist William Walther to create biplanes to align the project with core content. Students measured, cut, and assembled planes, then covered them in papier-mache, painted them, and created a handmade propeller. Residency artist Samuel Becerra led a school-wide residency at Bear Creek Elementary, focusing on making objects from indigenous cultures. Fifth graders created Aztec Teotihuacana masks while fourth graders made functional !utes in the shape of a bear (their school’s mascot). Second and third graders will create Pre-Aztec masks. Bear Creek focused on a residency that would integrate with current curricula to reinforce learning. Working with residency artist Helen Bommarito, more than 150 students at Rosland Elementary created knee bowls by making a !at pancake of clay, decorating it with stamped impressions, and forming it over their knee into a bowl shape. Students learned about bisque $ring and glazing to make these beautiful bowls.

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VanGoVanGo, a colorfully decorated Honda Element, is a community outreach program that gives students in rural towns with limited access to professional-level arts education the ability to build skills in various art disciplines. This mobile art studio arrives with art supplies and a teaching artist ready to deliver dynamic programming that fosters a love and appreciation of the arts.

2013 HighlightsVanGo partnered with St. Charles Medical Center’s Cancer Survivorship Group members to create handmade books. These artful books were used to record memories, as holiday ornaments, and as gifts.VanGo teamed with Partners in Care’s “Camp Courage” to create artwork with over 50 children coping with the loss of family members. Working with a theme of “Day and Night,” campers made sun plaques, and designed vellum paper luminaries to remember their loved ones.VanGo joined the High Desert Arts League and led family painting activities at the $rst ever “Smith Rock Paint Out” at Smith Rock State Park. Arts Central provided hands-on landscape drawing and painting opportunities at the regional plein air event alongside some of Central Oregon’s most accomplished artists!

Adopt a SchoolThis year Arts Central, in partnership with The Buccola Group and Greenpoint Technologies, launched the Adopt a School initiative.

Backed by a generous $50,000 donation from these two businesses, Adopt a School brings much-needed arts education programming into 17 Title 1 schools throughout the Bend-La Pine School District. From visual arts to dance, music to theatre, the Adopt a School initiative will bring meaningful arts education to these schools, tailored to their needs and delivered by professional art instructors.

2013 HighlightsArts Central hired Education Manager Deborah Allen to foster relationships with the district’s Title 1 schools.Nearly 30 companies and individual donors have pledged support to the Adopt a School program.

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Emerging from the Recession

In response to the recession and the loss of revenue from gallery sales from the former Mirror Pond Gallery, Arts Central’s budget was lowered from over half a million dollars per year in 2008 to the $360,000 that it is today. According to a consultant for the Oregon Arts Commission, non-pro$t arts organizations take eight years longer than other non-pro$ts to recover from a recession, so we know we will be coming back up slowly.

Signs of ImprovementWe believe we have turned the corner and all signs point to positive, and we anticipate increasing our revenue line by $140,000 in two to three years. Our annual fundraiser, the Black & White, is back up to pre-recession numbers. Artists in Schools residencies are up by 15%, Art Station class registrations are up by 16%, and VanGo continues to zoom around the region providing arts learning to underserved populations.

Income SourcesMost of our income—35%—comes from our education programs. As a bene$t to the communities we serve, our arts learning programs charge clients roughly half as much as the program’s actual cost. For instance, a class at the Art Station costs us twice as much as what a person pays to register. We believe it is critically important for the arts to be accessible to all children and adults in this region and are committed to keeping costs low and in some cases, free.Like most other arts non-pro$ts, we raise funds from individuals; individual donations (including revenue from the Black & White) accounted for 31% of our revenue. 19% of our revenue came from corporations and businesses, including our Adopt a School sponsorship initiative. Foundations provided 15% to augment earned income.

ExpensesWhile our education programs are our largest source of revenue, they are also the greatest source of our expenses; 59% of our expenses are program-related. Development expenses, including everything associated with our annual fundraiser, the Black & White, are 17%. All other expenses, 24%, fall into a grab bag of management and operations—basically everything it takes to house and run our programs.

2013 income & expenses

Arts Central Expenses

Programs 59%

Development 17%

Operations 24%

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MembershipsFor Central Oregon art enthusiasts, an Art Station membership is the ticket to creativity. For as little as $65 a year, members and their immediate family will receive a 15% discount on all Art Station classes and camps. Member bene$ts also include a monthly subscription to Cascade A&E and a 10% discount on one (1) birthday party at the Art Station. Membership dollars do much more than provide valuable discounts and bene$ts, they fund the essential work of Arts Central and allow us to expand our reach and impact in the community.

DonationsMonetary donations in any amount are greatly appreciated and are put to the greatest use in providing a culturally-rich environment for all to enjoy. From student scholarships to in-school programs, VanGo outreach to corporate sponsorships, every dollar makes a tremendous di#erence in our organization and in our community.

Black & White This annual event is Arts Central’s largest fundraiser. In fact, the 2013 Black & White raised more than $100,000! The festive evening features fabulous live and silent auction items along with great wine and food, all to support the arts in our community. The 2014 Black & White will be held on Sunday, September 21, and it’s not too early to reserve your table or become a corporate sponsor. We look forward to seeing you!

looking aheadWe are extremely pleased with all we have accomplished in the last year and look forward to making an even greater impact in 2014.

You can help us do just that by supporting our programs in the following ways:

To learn more about supporting Arts Central through memberships, donations or Black & White, visit artscentraloregon.org or call 541- 633-7242.

what can your donations do?$45

fuels VanGo, our mobile art studio

buys art supplies for a class of 12 at Art Station, our creative learning center

$65

lets a 9 to 12 year old experience a creative clay or multi-media class

$100

gives a 4 to 6 year old a one-year scholarship to a class combining art and literacy

$300$700

funds a week- long artist residency in a local school

Donate todayand show your

support for the arts in Central Oregon!

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